Career Tapped
Two-Week First-Job Program

Learn the right way to apply.

Stop competing with hundreds of applicants and sending applications you never hear back from.

Take control of your search and learn how to get in front of the people hiring for the roles you actually want.

For soon-to-be graduates and recent graduates pursuing their first full-time role.

Take control of your job search.

Focus your search, strengthen your positioning, find relevant hiring contacts, and launch outreach.

  • Where You Are Now

    Scrolling job boards without knowing which roles fit

    Where You’ll Be After the Program

    A focused list of roles and companies that fit your interests, experience, and goals

  • Where You Are Now

    Unsure how to stand out without much professional experience

    Where You’ll Be After the Program

    A clear story and tailored resumes that connect your experience to the roles you’re pursuing

  • Where You Are Now

    Applying without knowing anyone at the company

    Where You’ll Be After the Program

    Relevant recruiting and team contacts, including direct email addresses and a plan to reach them

  • Where You Are Now

    Wondering what to say or whether to follow up

    Where You’ll Be After the Program

    Personalized messaging and a clear outreach and follow-up sequence

  • Where You Are Now

    Unsure what to do when someone replies

    Where You’ll Be After the Program

    The confidence to move conversations toward interviews

Leave with your search underway—and the skills and tools needed to keep moving forward on your own.

The five-step job search system

A repeatable approach to finding the right opportunities, reaching relevant people, and moving your search forward.

  1. Start
  2. 1
    01

    Strengthen your position

    Connect your coursework, projects, internships, part-time work, and other experience to the role you want. Use our AI resume-tailoring tool to build a clear, relevant story.

  3. 2
    02

    Build your target company list

    Focus on roles and companies that fit your goals and current experience. Build a prioritized list so you know where to spend your time and effort.

  4. 3
    03

    Identify the right hiring contacts

    Find relevant recruiters, hiring managers, and team members. Use our contact-finding tools and support to identify direct email addresses and plan your approach.

  5. 4
    04

    Launch personalized outreach

    Create messages that connect your interests and experience to each opportunity. Follow a clear outreach sequence and track your next steps.

  6. 5
    05

    Turn conversations into interviews

    Know how to respond to interest, referrals, and application instructions—and how to ask for a useful next step.

  7. Finish
Luke McCarthy, founder of CareerTapped

Meet your coach

Luke McCarthy

Founder, CareerTapped

“I’ll work with you through the four live group calls to help you focus your search, refine your story, and put your outreach into action. The goal is to leave you with a process you understand and can keep using independently.”

We build your search together.

Across four live group calls, we help you focus your search, strengthen your positioning, find relevant hiring contacts, and launch outreach—with practical tools you can keep using afterward.

*Monday and Thursday illustrate the program’s four-call schedule. Session dates and times can be arranged to work for you.

Week 1

Build your foundation

Monday*

Call 1

Find the opportunities worth your effort.

We work together to understand the entry-level roles and companies that fit your interests, experience, and goals. Turn a scattered search into a focused target list, and learn how to connect your existing experience to each opportunity using our guided AI resume-tailoring tool.

Take-home

Complete your first version of the target company list in your search tracker. Bring your resume and a priority opportunity to Call 2.

Thursday*

Call 2

Find the people who matter—and how to reach them.

Together, we identify relevant recruiters, hiring managers, and team members at your target companies. Learn what each person cares about, how your approach should differ, and how to refine your resume and story for each contact. Use our contact-finding tools and support to find direct email addresses and build your contact list.

Take-home

Add 4–5 relevant contacts for each priority opportunity to your tracker, including their roles. Our contact-finding tools will help you identify their email addresses and contact information.

Week 2

Put your search into motion

Monday*

Call 3

Build your messages. Launch your outreach.

We work together to create personalized messages that give each contact a clear reason to respond. Use our outreach templates to build your sequence, plan your follow-ups, and organize your next actions in the tracker—so you know who to contact, what to say, and when to follow up.

Take-home

Start your outreach, track your results, and bring your questions and any replies to Call 4.

Thursday*

Call 4

Know what to do when the conversation opens.

We work through real replies and common scenarios together, helping you respond to interest, referrals, application instructions, and silence. Use our response examples to move conversations toward interviews, and leave with a clear plan for continuing your search.

After the program

Keep your tools, templates, and tracker. Add new target companies and know how to run every step yourself—from finding the opportunity to following up with the right people.

CareerTapped · Land Your First Job

Build a search you know how to run.

Four live group calls over two weeks, practical tools, and guided support to put your job search into action.

One-Time Payment

$199

Session dates and times can be arranged to work for you.