Client Success Story

$100K Signing Bonus 25% Salary Increase 51 Days Executive Vice President

This is what happens when your job search is engineered by someone who spent 11 years on the other side of the hiring table. Numbers first. Guessing, second.

Where CC&A Clients Have Landed
Workday
AMD
The Southern Company
Burn Boot Camp
The Home Depot
Chewy
Sentinel Blue
Flexware Innovation
Stratus
Northrop Grumman
Northside Hospital
Alorica
Justrite Safety Group
Amazon
Google
Deloitte
ServiceNow
Workday
AMD
The Southern Company
Burn Boot Camp
The Home Depot
Chewy
Sentinel Blue
Flexware Innovation
Stratus
Northrop Grumman
Northside Hospital
Alorica
Justrite Safety Group
Amazon
Google
Deloitte
ServiceNow

The Guarantee

The Elite Package is a three-month engagement. If you are not hired within that initial period, the services automatically extend at no additional cost. We keep working. We keep networking.

And not just any offer. You land one that fits: the role, the compensation, the direction you're headed. If it doesn't, we work for free until it does.

Until the offer is signed.

100%
Success rate · 96% of clients hired within 90 days
3 Mo.
Initial engagement period
$0
Additional cost if extension needed
Until Hired
Services continue automatically

Every layer of your search, handled by someone who's hired.

Six connected pieces, each solving one specific reason strong candidates get overlooked. Not a generic template applied to every client.

01

Resume Rebrand

Your resume stops getting filtered out before a human ever sees it. Rewritten in the language ATS systems and recruiters are actually scanning for.

02

Apply-For-You Engine

No fitting role slips past you because you didn't have time to apply. We submit targeted, high-relevance applications on your behalf every week.

03

LinkedIn Optimization

Recruiters start finding you first. A profile rebuilt so you surface in the searches hiring managers are already running.

04

Interview Coaching

You walk in able to lead the conversation, not just react to it. Live practice built around your actual target roles.

05

Networking Done For You

You stop shouting into the void and start real conversations with key industry leaders. We break through the noise and put your name directly in front of the decision-makers who actually hire at your level.

06

1:1 Strategy

Your strategy adjusts as your search does. A running plan built around real opportunities, not a one-time template.

Real conversations with real hiring decision-makers.

Networking Done For You
Referral offer from decision-maker, live client campaign
Recruiter reply, live client campaign
CTO reply, live outreach
Executive recruiter reply, live outreach
COO reply, live introduction request
Recruiter reply, live client campaign
Co-founder reply, live outreach
Recruiter reply, live outreach
Executive introduction, live outreach
Hiring manager reply, live outreach
Target company reply, live outreach
CTO of AI reply, live outreach
Executive search firm reply, live outreach
Skill endorsement + reply, live campaign
Target company reply, live outreach
CTO reply, live outreach
Technical recruiter reply, live outreach
Live outreach reply
Target company opening shared, live outreach
Live outreach reply
Live outreach reply
Live outreach reply
Referral offer from decision-maker, live client campaign
Recruiter reply, live client campaign
CTO reply, live outreach
Executive recruiter reply, live outreach
COO reply, live introduction request
Recruiter reply, live client campaign
Co-founder reply, live outreach
Recruiter reply, live outreach
Executive introduction, live outreach
Hiring manager reply, live outreach
Target company reply, live outreach
CTO of AI reply, live outreach
Executive search firm reply, live outreach
Skill endorsement + reply, live campaign
Target company reply, live outreach
CTO reply, live outreach
Technical recruiter reply, live outreach
Live outreach reply
Target company opening shared, live outreach
Live outreach reply
Live outreach reply
Live outreach reply

The difference shows up in the offer.

Real clients. Real timelines. No polish added.

Chris partnered with me to completely transform my professional brand. A modern, executive-level résumé, an optimized LinkedIn profile, and a targeted recruitment strategy. The results exceeded my expectations: I landed my dream role in less than 90 days.

Cory Sauls
Cory Sauls
EVP of Project Management, Stratus Unlimited

After more than 50 applications and only a handful of conversations over three months, I knew I needed a different approach. Chris pushed me outside my comfort zone in the best way, and I landed a great role.

Diana Herrera
Diana Herrera
Client, Career Transition

I recently worked with Chris and he was amazing. Above the strategy, resume and job hunting skills, he's a wonderful person who also supports your psyche and confidence. I'd recommend you talk to him for an active or passive search.

Gordan Schleffer
Gordan Schleffer
VP Client Partner, Healthcare

Chris is a fantastic partner to work with. He combines strong industry knowledge with a client-first mindset and consistently goes above and beyond to support those he works with. I would HIGHLY recommend Chris and his services to anyone seeking guidance in their job search!

Dee Sieg
Dee Sieg
VP of Operations

For anyone who wants to upgrade their career and increase their visibility professionally, I highly recommend Chris and his team at CC&A Solutions!

Adam Kane
Adam Kane
VP Strategy & Development

Chris did an excellent job of facilitating my search for a new role. He had a great balance of leveraging technology in my search while also keeping the human touch. I appreciated the time and effort he put into prepping me for interviews by going through role play as well as helping me research the companies and people I would interview with. He was also a great sounding board when weighing options and helped me determine if roles truly aligned with what was important to me at this stage of my career.

Dorothy Jones
Dorothy Jones
VP of Operations

What hiring managers actually look for in the first six seconds.

The five signals a former corporate recruiter looks for before deciding whether your resume goes in the "yes" pile or the "no" pile. Written from the inside.

  • 01Why your keywords aren't landing (and what to swap them for)
  • 02The one line at the top of your resume that decides the next six seconds
  • 03Three "executive résumé" habits that quietly disqualify you
  • 04How to write bullets that survive ATS and impress a human
  • 05The single question to ask yourself before sending any application

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The Cornwell Report No. 001

The First Six Seconds.

By CC&A
2026

Meet Chris Cornwell.

Career strategist, former corporate recruiter, and founder of CC&A Solutions.

Chris Cornwell, Founder of CC&A Solutions
Chris Cornwell
Founder & Career Strategist

11 years inside the hiring machine. Now working for you.

My career started in staffing at TEKsystems, where I spent 7 years placing candidates across a wide range of industries and roles. From there I moved in-house for 2 years as a corporate recruiter at Workday and The Home Depot, screening candidates for exactly the kinds of senior and executive roles my clients are targeting today.

I've read thousands of resumes and sat on the other side of hundreds of interviews. I know precisely what gets a resume filtered out before a hiring manager ever reads a name, and what gets someone shortlisted instead.

In 2022, I founded CC&A Solutions to put that experience to work for candidates instead of companies. Every branding strategy, networking campaign, and 1:1 session is built on real hiring-side knowledge, not guesswork. Which is why clients who follow the process land offers fast: 96% of them are hired within 90 days.

7 yr
In Staffing
TEKsystems
2 yr
Corporate Recruiting
Workday, The Home Depot
2 yr
Career Strategy
CC&A Solutions

Your four options, side by side.

How working with a career strategist compares to going it alone, hiring a traditional coach, or relying on AI auto-apply tools.

 
You, Alone
Traditional Coach
AI Auto-Apply Tools
CC&A Solutions
Cost to You
Time only. Weeks or months.
$1,500 – $5,000+
$30 – $100 / month
$999 – $2,995/mo. Priced to pay for itself in one signing bonus.
Who's Actually Working For You
You.
A coach with theory.
A bot spraying resumes.
A former corporate recruiter with 11 years of hiring experience, working for you.
Insider Hiring Knowledge
None. Guesswork.
Rarely. Coaches are usually from HR or L&D.
None. Just pattern-matching keywords.
Yes. From Workday & The Home Depot.
Application Quality
Whatever you have time for.
You still apply yourself.
High volume, low relevance.
100 targeted, high-relevance applications weekly. 90%+ relevance.
Direct Recruiter Outreach
Limited to your network.
No.
No.
Yes. Direct conversations with key hiring decision-makers at your target companies.
Real-Time Strategy Adjustments
Trial and error.
Weekly at best.
None. Set-and-forget.
Continuous. Weekly 1:1s and campaign tuning.
Guarantee
None.
Rarely.
None.
Elite Package: work continues at no cost until you're hired.

The math of missing out.

Target executive role, base compensation
$225,000
Average time on the market, unassisted
6 months
Monthly salary you're not earning
$18,750
Salary lost over 6 months
$112,500
Signing bonus a strong negotiator captures
+$50,000
Cost of a slow, unassisted search
$162,500+

Two ways to get hired faster.

Pick how much you want off your plate. Every path starts with a free call, so you know what you need before you commit to anything.

Engagement 01

Foundation

Get your brand and strategy sharp in two weeks. Everything you need to start applying with confidence.

$999
2-Week Engagement
  • Branding Revamp: resume, cover letter, headshots & LinkedIn
  • Strategy: job search & ideal-role targeting
  • Profile Marketing: break through the noise and reach key decision-makers
  • Custom 30-Day Action Blueprint: AI interview prep & follow-up plan
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The questions you're actually thinking.

That's exactly the problem this was built for. In almost every case, it's not a lack of experience. It's that your resume never makes it past the applicant tracking system, or your profile never reaches the person actually making the decision. I spent 9 years in staffing and corporate recruiting, including screening candidates for Workday and The Home Depot, so I know what gets a resume filtered out before a human ever reads it. We fix that first, then fix the strategy behind it.

30 minutes, no pitch. We look at where your search actually stands (your resume, your LinkedIn, your target roles) and I'll tell you honestly what's working, what isn't, and which package makes sense, if any.

Yes. My background is in corporate recruiting for large organizations including Workday and The Home Depot, and CC&A is built around senior and executive-level searches specifically. Not entry-level resume mills.

Instead of you applying and waiting, we break through the noise and put your profile directly in front of the people who are hiring. We start real conversations with key industry leaders on your behalf, so you get seen instead of guessing.

It depends on the package. Foundation is a focused 2-week sprint, and Elite is an ongoing monthly engagement that continues until you're hired.

Book a free 30-minute strategy call below. We'll look at your goals and current materials and figure out the right starting point together. Together is the key word.

The right role is worth a conversation.

Book a free 30-minute strategy call. Bring your questions. Leave with a clear picture of what's working, what isn't, and what your next move actually looks like.