We built this because the gap was too obvious to ignore.
Three advisors. Decades of hiring experience across Fortune 500 companies, startups, and SMBs.
Actively advising students and early-career professionals, with direct visibility into what consistently moves candidates forward and what doesn't.
We kept seeing capable candidates miss opportunities—not because of their credentials, but because how decisions are made isn’t always clear.
Career Acceleration Advisory is your answer to that gap.
Strong career programs explain the steps.Â
We focus on how those steps actually play out in hiring decisions.
Most career resources focus on structure. We focus on what actually happens in the room.
We've reviewed thousands of applications, made hiring decisions, and sat in rooms where candidates move forward or don't. We know how risk gets assessed, how trust gets built, and what makes a hiring manager stop and pay attention.
That perspective is what C2A brings directly to emerging professionals— the ones who are capable, motivated, and doing everything they were told, but still not getting the results they deserve.
Where every new professional starts.
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Students and new graduates show up at our door because they’re lost, behind, or stuck. Everyone C2A works with starts in one of three places — and the program meets them there.
Who am I? What do I want? Where should I focus? For the client who feels lost, uncertain or stuck.
How does the employer see me? How do I run a disciplined search? For the client applying and hearing nothing.
How do I show up, tell my story, and perform under pressure? For the client who interviews but can't progress.
The advisors.
Each advisor brings a distinct lens shaped by real hiring environments—across enterprise, media, and high-growth organizations.
Together, their work reflects the full path a candidate moves through: how experience is interpreted, how it is presented, and how it is evaluated in real time.
We’ve worked with business and liberal arts majors, engineers and artists, introverts and students and grads who learn differently. The program meets everyone where they are, because how you search matters more than what you studied.Â
Magan Taylor
Co-Founder, Career Acceleration Advisory
Advisor |Â Personal Brand Strategy & Marketing | MBA, Entrepreneurship
Magan coaches students at the Leeds School of Business, one of the top public business schools in the U.S., where she designs and delivers career readiness programming at scale and works directly with students navigating internships and early career decisions in real time.
She brings over a decade of experience operating at the intersection of product, partnerships, and go-to-market strategy across organizations including Under Armour, MyFitnessPal, and agencies within WPP. Across these roles, she built and led cross-functional teams, managed multimillion-dollar revenue portfolios, and worked directly with enterprise clients to define positioning, partnerships, and growth strategy.
Her work has consistently focused on how value is translated into signal—how products, partnerships, and people are positioned so they are clearly understood. She has led initiatives spanning business development, product strategy, and marketing, often in high-growth environments where ambiguity is high and clarity is key.
In her roles, Magan has evaluated candidates, shaped hiring decisions, and built teams where the difference between being overlooked and being selected came down to how clearly someone could communicate their impact.
At C2A, Magan focuses on how students present themselves before the first conversation—resume, LinkedIn, and overall positioning—so strong candidates are recognized quickly and clearly in a selective market.
“Strong candidates don’t usually have an experience problem—they have a positioning problem.”
Stacey Hur
Co-Founder, Career Acceleration Advisory
Advisor | Market-Aligned Narrative & Positioning | PCC-Certified Coach
Stacey coaches students at the highly regarded Leeds School of Business, and works with professionals navigating transitions and high-stakes decisions through her individual practice, Star Power Coaching.
Her career spans media, leadership development, and enterprise strategy, with a focus on how people understand and communicate their experience to move toward what comes next.
She began as a writer and producer in television, contributing to series including Home Improvement, Full House, and All-American Girl. She later developed award-winning leadership programs for Fortune 500 organizations at Ninth House Network, collaborating with thinkers such as Ken Blanchard, Peter Senge, Clifton Taulbert, and Tom Peters.
She went on to hold executive roles at Comcast, Lumen Technologies, and The Denver Post / Digital First Media, leading strategy and transformation across product, technology, and operations.
At C2A, Stacey helps students connect their experience to what hiring managers are actually evaluating, strengthening how they position, communicate, and perform so they are understood, taken seriously, and selected.
She is trained in group facilitation through the Way of Council method and has applied this work in businesses, nonprofits, and Los Angeles Juvenile Hall.
“What changes outcomes is not just what you have done. It is how clearly you can show where you fit and why it matters.”
Leigh Monserrate
Co-Founder, Career Acceleration Advisory
Advisor | Client Engagement & Human Depth | MBA, Finance
Leigh coaches students at the Leeds School of Business, known for its strong career outcomes and engaged student community, where she works closely with students navigating interviews, networking, and early career decision-making.
She brings more than 20 years of experience leading client strategy, enterprise growth, and high-stakes relationships across organizations including Gartner (formerly CEB), where she managed strategic accounts representing over $100M in revenue and worked directly with Fortune 500 executives to influence decision-making, retention, and long-term partnership strategy.
Her career has centered on how decisions actually get made in complex environments—where multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and real constraints shape outcomes. She has led large teams, coached senior leaders, and built systems that translate insight into action, consistently operating in roles where trust, communication, and the ability to connect ideas in real time determine success.
Across her work in advisory, SaaS, and client success leadership, she has seen firsthand that strong ideas and strong candidates are not enough on their own—what matters is how effectively they are communicated, how trust is built, and how alignment is created in the moment.
At C2A, Leigh focuses on what happens in the moments that matter—how students communicate, how they build trust, and how they create momentum in interviews and networking conversations.
“Most candidates don’t lose opportunities on paper—they lose them in the conversation.”
Organizations We've Served
Company names are referenced for identification purposes only and do not imply endorsement.
What we believe.
The information gap is real.
College builds the foundation. Hiring decisions follow a different set of rules. The students and new grads who understand both show up differently. Career Acceleration Advisory shows you how the rules actually work.
We're accountable to outcomes. We don't measure success by how good the sessions felt. We measure it by whether individuals are ready to land a job — active conversations, competitive positioning, a plan they own.
Fortune 500
Hiring Experience
Across multiple industries.
40+ Years
On the Hiring Side
Across three advisors.
3
Advisors. One program.
Small groups. Every session.
Career Acceleration Advisory is an independent advisory service and is not affiliated with any university or career services office. We serve students and early-career professionals nationally. To maintain professional boundaries, we do not accept clients who are current students or recent graduates of institutions where our advisors hold professional roles.
Career Acceleration Advisory
Former Fortune 500 hiring managers.
Now on your side of the table.
