John Tarnoff
Career Coach & MCL Founder
"I started the MCL to give us the opportunity to support one another in our quest for sustainable, rewarding, and meaningful careers."
The Community for Mid-Career Professionals
Mid-Career is a time of transition. You want to turn your experience and insight into valuable and purposeful job opportunities. You want to make an impact. You want your work to be more meaningful and purposeful, while delivering the unique capabilities and value that you can deliver.
The challenge
Today’s jobs and careers marketplace is broken.
Good luck getting a response to a resume submission...
The deck is stacked against mid-career professionals. As one recruiter shared to a researcher: “I would rather hire someone on the way up, not someone on the way down.”
Our Mission
The Mid-Career Lab is the community dedicated to supporting professionals in every field.
They join the MCL to connect with and support colleagues working to build and sustain their careers and find better jobs.
They’re building self-reliance, resourcefulness, and confidence.
They're learning skills and strategies to overcome the broken hiring system.
They’re networking their way to great opportunities by learning and practicing valuable career skills.
a 'freemium' community
The community is free to join and offers a number of free resources for job seekers and career reinventors:
In addition to the free resources, the community also offers paid career workshops and premium courses.
discussions
Share and get answers to your pressing questions about jobs applications, drafting your resume or LinkedIn profile, how to network effectively, how to interview, and much more.
Meet and bond with other members facing similar challenges.
events
Events include John’s monthly Office Hours Q&A Call on Zoom. This is an open forum to share and learn from others going through similar challenges, and also sharing their wins and epiphanies. It’s a great place to meet others and exchange contact information and resources.
trainings/workshops
Free and paid courses and workshops are in the works. They'll cover current career skills and strategies for defining your unique professional value, networking, interviews, thought leadership.
The 3 Elements Career builder framework
The MCL is built around John’s proprietary career development methodology.
A sensible, modern, and highly effective curriculum, the Framework has been in continuous development since he launched is career coaching practice in 2012.
It draws on his 30+ years of experience as a content, project, and talent management professional in the entertainment industry, and on his master’s degree in Spiritual Psychology, a counseling psychology program based on the application of mindfulness, compassion, and self-responsibility to personal and professional growth.
Your career cannot grow based solely on random job applications and hope. The workforce and the career marketplace are far too competitive. You need to become more intentional and strategic about your career.
You need a system!
Define Your Superpower
The specific set of skills, abilities, and experiences that you use to define the ideal role you want to pursue.
Build Your Community
Build a community of like-minded professionals to help connect you to opportunities and attract referrals, recruiters, employers, and clients to you.
create your professional brand
Stand up for what you stand for to build trust, authority, and credibility in your field and extend your reputation.
it's free
sign up now! Invent your future
By joining, you’ll also receive the free regular Mid-Career Lab Newsletter with actionable insights toward your career development goals.
