Executive search strategy
You're more qualified than your search makes you look.
We position you so the right people take notice, get you in front of the decision makers who hire, and prepare you to win the room. From stuck to hired.
Book your free strategy call✓ The Executive Search Playbook is backed by our 90-day interview guarantee
5,000+ professionals and leaders coached · 500K+ resumes screened · SPHR-certified HR leader and Forbes contributor · 15+ years inside executive search
We've spent our careers on the hiring side of the table. Kara screened resumes and ran executive searches; Jack has spent his career coaching executives through them. We use what we learned there to position you so recruiters come to you, open the doors that referrals open, and get your story right before it counts.
Every job search stalls for one of three reasons
Find the one that sounds like your search.
1. Positioning
βI'm not being seen the right way.β
Your resume reads like a job description, your positioning comes across as too junior, you're signaling too many targets at once, and your LinkedIn blends in because nothing sets your impact apart. The recruiters and headhunters who should be finding you aren't, and even when you apply, the callbacks don't come. You're qualified, but your materials don't show it, so when you're not in the room, the people deciding never see why you deserve to win the role. That's not a skills problem. It's a positioning problem.
What you need: a brand clear and compelling enough that the right people find you, and believe you can win the job before you've said a word.
Book a call to map your positioning2. Access
βI can't get in front of enough of the right roles.β
There are two ways to solve this. One is volume: finding and tailoring applications is a second full-time job, 10 to 20 hours a week, and after a few weeks the pipeline thins and momentum stalls. The other is relationships: the best roles fill through referrals and warm introductions you don't have. Most people run neither well.
What you need: either an application engine that runs the volume for you (the Search Accelerator), or a networking system that builds the referrals that reach the hidden roles (the Search Partnership), or both. Referred candidates are roughly 7x more likely to be hired.
Book a call to open your access3. Preparation
βI get the interviews, but I don't win them.β
You reach final rounds and lose them, sometimes because the story isn't sharp, sometimes to candidates who were less qualified but more well known. Today's market is harder than any before it: every interview takes its own research, intention, and strategy to win the next round and, eventually, the offer. Walking in informed is not the same as walking in ready to win.
What you need: a complete strategy pack for every interview and a strategist who sharpens your story until you win the role at top dollar (the Search Partnership).
Book a call to win your interviewsOur flagship program
More than one of those sounds like your search.
That's the normal case at the executive level. The materials are dated, the network has gone quiet, and the interviews that do come arrive faster than you can prepare for them. Fixing one of the three doesn't fix a search when all three are broken.
The Executive Search Playbook is our complete 90-day operation. We rebuild your positioning, source 100 verified decision-makers a month and write the outreach, run 100 to 350+ targeted applications in the background, and build a full strategy packet within 48 hours of any interview you schedule. You meet with Jack or Kara every week, and you have both of us on Slack in between.
Our guarantee: at least one real interview inside your 90 days, or you get another 60 days with us, free. We don't guarantee an offer. Nobody honest can.
We work with a limited number of executives at a time.
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Book a call about the PlaybookThe results speak before we do
98%
land interviews in 2 to 3 months
3-4x
more interviews from the same resume
2-6mo
saved on the typical search
5-15hrs
a week back, depending on support model
βJack goes far beyond resume writing. He helped me clarify my positioning, articulate my experience in a way that resonated with the market, and build a clear narrative.β
Natalie W. · Senior Executive
βKara helped me execute a complete professional rebrand. Her keen acumen and straightforward coaching were instrumental in helping me secure my current role.β
Kevin M. · Scientific Industry Executive
Meet your strategists
You don't get a platform. You get us.
OCS is the two of us, Jack and Kara Dennison. Kara is an SPHR-certified HR leader and Forbes contributor who has screened 500K+ resumes; Jack leads strategy and sits with you on the calls that matter. Between us, we've coached 5,000+ professionals and leaders from stuck to hired.
When you work with OCS, you get both of us in your corner, not a queue and not a script.
Kara Dennison SPHR, CPRW, Executive Coach · Forbes Contributor
Jack Dennison CPRW, Executive Coach
βJack Dennison is a triple threat, bringing incredible coaching skills, operational excellence, and genuine heart to his work. What impressed me most was the way he genuinely and deeply cares for his clients. If you have the opportunity to work with Jack, take it.β
Molly · Financial Industry Executive
βIf you're seeking a coach who sees the potential of the leader within you before you do, Kara Dennison is that mirror and that advocate. Her work isn't transactional, it's transformational, blending strategic precision with emotional intelligence to help high achievers land dream roles and reclaim their confidence, voice, and vision.β
Erica · Fortune 500 Marketing Executive
Companies our clients are leading at
Amazon Microsoft NVIDIA Goldman Sachs Johnson & Johnson Deloitte PepsiCo
Your path from stuck to hired
Most executives start with a call and we point them to the right entry. Here's the full picture.
The complete operation
The Executive Search Playbook
Positioning, access, and preparation, run for 90 days by both of us. Weekly 1:1 coaching, 100 decision-makers a month with the outreach written for you, 100 to 350+ applications run in the background, a strategy packet for every interview, and our 90-day interview guarantee.
$6,997, or from $1,297 a month
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Book a call about the PlaybookNot ready for the full operation? Start where your search is stuck.
Positioning
Branding
Resume, LinkedIn, and positioning rebuilt from scratch, so the right people find you.
$997 - $1,997 one-time
Access, the volume road
Search Accelerator
100 to 350+ targeted applications a month, run for you, so your hours go to the conversations that produce offers.
$597/month
Access & preparation
Search Partnership
Two coaching sessions a month, sourced decision-maker contacts, and strategy packs. The lighter, month-to-month version of what the Playbook runs weekly.
$997/month
Your next chapter starts with one conversation.
Book a free strategy call and we'll map your path from stuck to hired.
Book your free strategy call✓ The Executive Search Playbook is backed by our 90-day interview guarantee
