Tartan Group Transitions
Your Next Career Move Deserves Clarity, Confidence, and Purpose
Whether you are considering a change or facing an unexpected transition, preparation gives your effort direction.
Through Tartan Group Transitions, we provide practical, personal support to help you clarify your goals, understand what you bring, and prepare to connect with employers. We work with you from the early questions about your next move through the transition into your new role.
"The heart of a job search is the process of building a new relationship.”
Go. Make friends.
People hire people to solve a problem. An effective job search connects your capabilities and experience to what an employer needs to accomplish.
That connection begins with preparation. What work do you want to do? Where can you contribute? What evidence demonstrates your capabilities? What do you need to understand about the organization and the people you may join?
We help you explore those questions and prepare for conversations that build understanding, trust, and mutual FIT.
Understand the Employer's Perspective
Gerry Peterson, Founder and Managing Principal of Tartan Group, LLC, brings experience in executive search, organizational leadership, human resources, operations, and career coaching.
His work with business owners, executives, and HR leaders provides an inside view of how organizations define roles, evaluate candidates, and make hiring decisions. That perspective helps you prepare to explain your experience in ways that matter to the people making those decisions.
Since 2008, Tartan Group has helped organizations find Pivotal People, people critical to their success. Through Tartan Group Transitions, we bring that understanding to your career transition.
How We Help
Your circumstances, experience, and goals shape the support we provide. Together, we can work on:
Career direction: Clarify the work, roles, and organizational settings that align with your goals.
Capabilities and evidence: Identify what you bring and develop specific examples that demonstrate your contribution.
Your professional message: Prepare a resume, professional profile, and introduction that communicate your relevance clearly.
Networking and relationships: Develop a focused approach to meeting people, learning about organizations, and building meaningful connections.
Interview conversations: Practice explaining your experience, asking thoughtful questions, and responding with authentic confidence.
FIT and commitment: Evaluate the opportunity, working relationships, expectations, and terms of an offer.
Onboarding: Prepare to establish relationships, clarify priorities, and contribute in your new role.
One-to-one coaching provides space to work through questions, practice conversations, and adjust your approach as you learn.
Preparation Gives Effort Direction
It is easy to follow the herd, submitting applications and hoping something connects. The cheetah offers a useful lesson: observe the terrain, choose a target, and focus your effort.
We begin by helping you understand your objectives and the contribution you can make. Your resume and outreach then have a clear purpose.
Preparation also helps you bring authentic confidence to the conversation. Understand your capabilities, know the evidence behind them, and be comfortable acknowledging what you still need to learn. This allows you to speak clearly, listen carefully, and respond thoughtfully when challenged.
Built on Job Search: How to Hunt
Our approach draws on the concepts and tools developed for Gerry Peterson's book, Job Search: How to Hunt: A Structured Guide from an Executive Recruiter to Help You Find Your Next Role.
The book brings together Five Truths about the job search and a structured six-stage process:
Preparation
Discovery
Engage and Build Relationships
Commitment
Onboarding
Close with Strength
Coaching helps you apply that structure to your circumstances, turning ideas into preparation, conversations, and informed decisions.
Let's Talk About Your Next Move
You may have a clear target or be working out where to begin. We can discuss your situation, what you want to accomplish, and the support that would be most useful.