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WHAT’S YOUR ACTUAL CAREER FIT?
HAVE YOU TAKEN OUR QUIZ YET? IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK…
Doing well in your career isn’t just about you… It’s about the impact you get to make on the world. It’s about being a happier (and more empowered!) parent, daughter, sister, friend or worker… It’s about bringing all of you into your day, expressing who you truly are– your gifts, your interests and your calling. After all, if you don’t love your 9-5, it’s tough to be happy from 5pm onwards.
If you’re one of the 71% of workers on the job hunt right now, I believe it’s because you refuse to settle for anything less than fulfillment in your career… And you deserve it. After having coached hundreds of clients personally and thousands through my e-courses, I’ve harnessed all that I know about careers into this quiz.
You spend 90,000 hours of your life at work… That’s more than 66% of your time awake on this planet. Let’s make it count.

Meet Ashley

The fact that you’re here means that you’re probably in the same place I was in 2009:
- Confused, exhausted, or uncertain of what you’re truly meant to be doing in your career.
- Sick of applying for jobs and never hearing back.
- Ready to launch a business but panicking at the thought of creating money out of thin air.
- Tired of pretending to be someone else, or hungry to step into real, unshakeable confidence.
And if you’re anything like I was six years ago, you’re unsure about HOW you’re supposed to get there.
Today, I’m a career coach, empowering people around the world to discover their authentic careers, land more job offers and launch their dream businesses – but back then I was winning awards for my work as a national security expert for the Pentagon.
Yes, THE Pentagon.
Needless to say, the leap from national security professional to career coach is not a natural transition… So you’re probably wondering how I got from there to here.
I’ll rewind for a moment.
In 2008, when I was living in France, I saw a man hit his wife across the face in broad daylight. No one around us flinched. I was in tears.
Watching this abuse got me thinking about the role government plays in protecting people, both on a human level and on a national level; this moment solidified my interest in pursuing a career in counterterrorism.
I set out to learn as much as I could: I read everything, mastered Arabic and French, and traveled to some of the darkest and most remote corners of the world, convinced that I would be the next Maya from Zero Dark Thirty. Before the ink dried on my undergraduate diploma, I was already preparing to start an international relations Master’s program in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London.
It certainly seemed like a good idea at college graduation: My friends struggled to formulate answers when their parents and professors asked, “What are you going to do in the real world?,” but I got to smile serenely and tell people I had a “plan.”
That confidence began to deteriorate when I got to grad school.
Sure, I was interested in the subject matter, but everyone around me seemed so passionate, so…certain. It was an alarming contrast: interest versus passion.
But I kept pushing forward,
ignoring those first warning signs that something wasn’t quite right.
After graduation, I returned home to LA and started searching for employment. It didn’t take long to figure out that I was a terrible job-hunter, so I took the first reasonable offer I received: A dead-end admin position.
Every day was spent ordering cupcakes for office parties and processing travel expenses for executives’ exciting business trips to locations I never thought I’d get to see.
My counterterrorism ambitions haunted me constantly, and I daydreamed about moving to D.C. to use my degree in a meaningful way…but I was stuck. As much as I wanted to serve my country, I had a steady job in LA at a time when everyone was panicking over the economy… Plus, I was scared. Who was I to think there was something better out there for little old me?
So I did what so many of my clients did before they started working with me:
I let that cubicle drag me to the depths of despair
because I didn’t know how or if I could actually find something better.
Only when my misery finally outweighed my fear of the unknown did I get the courage to make a change.
I arrived in Washington, D.C. with zero job prospects and zero professional contacts. Using the same “I WILL make this work” attitude that propelled me through grad school, I threw myself into the job search.
I met inspiring DC women on my journey—all of whom were incredibly successful—and they’d confide in me that their “coach” helped them create their big careers.
“A coach? Like a sports coach?” I’d ask. They smiled, and helped me in my job hunt.
Trust me, in those early months in D.C., I got dealt enough rejection to last several lifetimes.
But it worked! I landed three job offers in six weeks —each one better than the last.
I’ll never forget landing my coveted job for the Pentagon at age 23, negotiating a 300% raise, feeling like I was on top of the world with my new six-figure salary and sparkling DC life.
I literally went from executive assistant to an executive– all in ONE six week job hunt. Think about that… SIX weeks and my life was THAT different.
Unfortunately, the feeling was short-lived.
I spoke at TEDxBerkeley years later about the process of admitting to myself that I didn’t have what it took to hold a gun and be the spy I thought I was destined to be.
I talked about it as a breakthrough, but at the time of the realization, it felt more like a nervous breakdown.
Realizing I was in the wrong profession wasn’t an easy or convenient pill to swallow so soon after completing an expensive Master’s degree, but veering off my well-planned career path didn’t seem like an option, so once again, I stuck it out.
It got to the point where every day in my job felt like a waste of time. I was burnt-out and scared that I would never find my purpose in the workforce. I worried that I would spend my entire life counting down to Fridays, never finding a career that energized and excited me. I was overwhelmed and upset by the idea of letting life happen to me, just taking jobs just because I “should take what I can get,” or because I didn’t really know what I wanted.
These thoughts really killed my confidence, which made the idea of going out and finding a new job even less appealing.
I started talking to friends about my job hunt, but we always inevitably ended up talking about their careers. Everyone, it seemed, was experiencing a crisis of their own, yet they wanted to know how I’d managed to triple my income, land so many interviews, and become so efficient at networking. Pretty soon, my friends were asking if they could bring their friends along to our coffee dates or weekend brunches, and instead of talking about bad dates or annoying roommates, we would map out how they were going to ask for a raise, pursue a promotion, or make a lateral jump to a new industry.
I’ll never forget the day I arrived at Starbucks to meet a friend and she was accompanied by eight girls, all of them crammed around a tiny table.
“They heard you help people get results,”
she said, by way of explanation.
I taught them everything I knew about job hunting. It wasn’t until later that I learned to live my own purpose that I’d start to help these amazing women find theirs, too.
Finally, I moved home to L.A. The fear and uncertainty I’d been dodging for so long caught up with me, and I felt like a complete failure.
I knew I needed to take massive action, so I borrowed money to hire a career coach who empowered me to move forward.
It was a life-changing decision: She helped me overcome the emotional hangover I felt from realizing that my dream job wasn’t so dreamy. More importantly, she helped me recover the confidence and clarity I’d lost along the way.
While working with my coach, I reflected on the weeks in DC I spent as a job hunting and job-hopping master. I realized that it was the thrill of the hunt – not the job itself – that lit me up and made me come alive. I truly loved job hunting and helping people find their purpose. I loved networking, I loved rebranding my resume, and I loved negotiating for my salaries. In fact, I secured a 20-50% salary increase with every single job hop.
I felt incredible fulfillment
when my tools translated into massive results for others.
Any confusion I had about my own purpose soon dissipated: I was already living it as a Career Coach.
There were absolutely no career or business coaches to millennials to be found online at the time that I launched, so I had to fully own it. It was my time. I paved my own path with no one else to follow.
By the time I turned 29, I built a thriving business supporting Gen Y women in their careers, and I can honestly say that I’m living my purpose every day.
I’ve created the Job Offer Academy course to help clients affordably invest in themselves and apply my methods to land a new job they love.
I’ve created the Career Clarity Lab to help clients affordably find their purpose in the workforce, so they no longer face the pain I once did. CLICK HERE to learn more about it!
I’ve created the Business Launch Mastermind course to help new entrepreneurs affordably invest in launching a service-based business that lights their hearts on fire and hits the six figure mark within the first year.
In three years time, I scaled the business to reach the 7- figure mark and built a team of top coaches and career experts. And believe me when I tell you, I didn’t think I could possibly make a great living, love what I do, AND help people while I do it.
Today, my team and I coach our clients—both in private and group programs— on how to find their purpose, land more job offers and scale their business. I started off helping 20somethings, and now we are supporting amazing men and women of all ages.
I am so inspired every time someone new finds us and says “yes” to investing in themselves for this powerful work. Whether I’m helping someone get clarity on the best career path for them or helping job hunters land offers, I am in my bliss.
Curious how this all happened…Here’s a timeline
2007 Los Angeles, CA


Interned for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Random, I know. Except not really, since I studied political science!
2008 Nantes, France


I lived in Nantes, France. And I decided to pursue a career in national security.
2009 Los Angeles, CA


I graduated as a triple major from University of Redlands (Government, History, French).
May 2009 Washington, DC


I took a networking course in Washington, DC to learn about government jobs for the month.
2010 London, UK


I studied Islamic Extremism and completed my Master’s in International Relations from the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. I also interned for Princess Diana’s human rights team in central London.
Aug 2010 London, UK


After graduation, I returned home to LA and started searching for employment. It didn’t take long to figure out that I was a terrible job-hunter, so I took the first reasonable offer I received: A dead-end admin position.
July 2011 Washington, DC


I arrived in Washington, D.C. with zero job prospects and zero professional contacts. Using the same “I WILL make this work” attitude that propelled me through grad school, I threw myself into the job search… And it worked! I landed three job offers in six weeks.
Dec 2011 Washington, DC


I started talking to friends about my job hunt, and then we always inevitably started talking about their careers. Pretty soon, friends were asking if they could bring their friends along to our coffee dates so I could help them navigate their job hunts, too.
May 2012 Los Angeles, CA


The program I was running for the Pentagon was winning awards. As a result, 14 ambassadors from the State Department requested that we introduce the program into their country. That meant I was asked to travel to 14 high-risk zones around the world. So I quit my job in DC, and accepted an offer running an intelligence team for a Fortune 100 company, based in Los Angeles.
Sep 2012 Los Angeles, CA


I sold my car so I had $10,000 to hire my first high-end business coach to figure out my life purpose! I affirmed that my unique gift is in helping job seekers land job offers, figure out their best fit in the workforce, and upgrade their confidence with an actionable strategy. My coach helped me prepare to quit my job and thrive in my practice.
Feb 2014 Berkeley, CA


Spoke at TEDxBerkeley– my first public speaking engagement ever—to an audience of 4,000 on how to unlock the best career path for you.
… And left my corporate job on blind faith that I’d land clients.
Dec 2014 Los Angeles, CA


Generated six figures in my coaching practice, just 10 months in! And started coaching aspiring coaches and entrepreneurs on how to launch their service-based business.
Created the Business Launch Mastermind course (20 hours of content!), and also created a free mini version of the course (1 hour of content) to help a small group of new business owners.
Dec 2015 Los Angeles, CA


Amassed $150,000 of debt after trying everything to make my online marketing work for my my online job-hunting course, the Job Offer Academy (10 hours of content, 8 video trainings).
I also created a free mini version of the course, here, which houses an hour of free content, pulled straight out of the flagship job hunting program.
Jan–May 2016 Los Angeles, CA


Suddenly had a surge of 6,000 customers in 31 countries join the Job Offer Academy methodology. Hired 6 employees, paid all $150,000 of my debt off in 2 weeks.
June 2016 Los Angeles, CA


After many of the job seekers in the Job Offer Academy methodology landed job offers, they requested content on how to figure out the best career fit for them… This led me to creating the Career Clarity Lab course (6 hours of content).
I then pulled an hour of free content out of that course and created a free mini version of the course, here.
Aug 2016 Los Angeles, CA


I graduated with another Master’s in Spiritual Psychology from University of Santa Monica.
May 2017 Los Angeles, CA


Launched CAKE Publishing, an online ghostwriting, copywriting and publicity house for entrepreneurs and influencers.
May 2018 Los Angeles, CA


Launched the You Turn Podcast—listen here on Apple, and here on Android—to help you upgrade your mindset in work, love and life!
Dec 2018 Paris, France


Signed a book deal! The book released in 2020.
Feb 2019 Ubud, Bali, Indonesia


Moved to Bali for a few months, where I’d support private clients in how to find their purpose in the workforce, launch their dream business or upgrade their confidence… And otherwise, I am living next to the Ubud Monkey Forest, writing my book.
Jan 2021 Los Angeles, CA


#1 New Release
Published my book, You Turn: Get Unstuck, Discover Your Direction & Design Your Dream Career.