How Coffee To Career works

Seven steps, from finding a posting to saying yes to an offer. You do the sending.

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The route

1Find the role that fits
Go to step 1
2Find one person there
Go to step 2
3Ask for fifteen minutes
Go to step 3
4Apply with a resume made for it
Go to step 4
5Follow up on time
Go to step 5
6Get ready for the interview Beta
Go to step 6
7Land the offer
Go to step 7

Find the role that fits

Every posting gets a fit score and a line on why it fits. Your short list shows the best ones first.

The postings list, each posting with a coffee cup filled to its fit score and a line on why it fits. Sample data.
One posting's page: its fit score in a cup, why it fits, and where to apply. Sample data.

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Find one person there

Each posting suggests who to look for, with LinkedIn and FSU alumni searches that open in your browser. Save the person you find.

One posting's page: its fit score in a cup, why it fits, and where to apply. Sample data.
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Ask for fifteen minutes

AI drafts one short note to the person you saved. Edit it, then send it from your own email or LinkedIn.

PlannedA short list of questions to ask on the chat.

A drafted coffee chat note to a saved person, with Copy and Mark sent. Sample data.

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Apply with a resume made for it

Make a resume copy for the posting, bullet by bullet. On Greenhouse and Lever postings that pass its checks, your answers are lined up to paste. You send it.

The resume page, with tips to check before you send it. Sample data.
One application: each form question with the answer lined up to copy and where it came from. Sample data.

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Follow up on time

Mark what you sent, and a follow-up shows up on your first page when it's due.

A drafted coffee chat note to a saved person, with Copy and Mark sent. Sample data.
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Beta

Get ready for the interview

Interviews often run more than one round. Ask for a prep room for each: notes on the company and practice questions tied to your resume. An AI coach scores your written answers.

PlannedNotes from a short chat with someone who knows the round, fed into your prep room.

A prep room for one interview, open to a practice question. Sample data.
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Land the offer

When an offer comes, ask about the team and the first few months. Weigh it against anything else you're waiting on, then say yes when it fits.

A young man and a woman in a white blouse talk over coffee at an office table by a window.

Opening to FSU first

Coffee To Career is in a private pilot at Florida State University, free for the students in it. Invites open to FSU students soon.

Request an invite