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Our Success

The Priority Candidates team has a 99% client success rate. Our process works.

Read what our families have to say

Our daughter is VERY happy working with you. As a matter of fact, to quote her, “I LOVE Lesley! She is the hardest worker I have ever seen. She is the best!”

Parent of College Student
Investment Banking Summer Analyst

The work you did in one week with our daughter would have taken us months to accomplish.

Parent of College Student, Investment Banking Summer Analyst

It’s been a long time since we’ve seen our daughter so happy professionally. She loves her new job — the CEO is fantastic, he values her opinion, trusts her judgment, welcomes her authenticity… and her colleagues are smart, fun, and hard working. Seriously, isn’t that what every early grad deserves! I know how instrumental you were during a very vulnerable time in her life and I wanted to thank you again for the way you guided and motivated her during an emotional transition. It worked!

Parent of Young Professional
Employed by Leading Technology Company

Thank you so much Sarah! I really appreciate how much care you put into our sessions. I am so grateful for your help. I hope we can keep in touch as I work towards the next stages of my career.

Young Professional
Employed in a Communication Company

I just wanted to reach out to let you know how this summer went. I got a return offer, and I got recommended to be a part of their leadership development program once I graduate! It was a great summer experience and a great program. Thank you so much for helping me get this internship. It really helped me grow and learn a lot! I’m so grateful for you and your team for everything that you have done for me!

College Student
Internship in Data Science

Thank you as always for all of your help this summer, your continuous positivity and guidance was instrumental to my success.

College Student
Investment Banking Analyst Internship

When I was young college student, I had a general sense of what kind of internship and job I wanted but had little to no idea about the specific direction I wanted to pursue. Initially, I was planning to follow the path that seemed common among my peers. However, when it comes to finding an outstanding internship or job, it is crucial to have a clear understanding of where you want to apply, especially in today’s competitive market.

When I started to work with Lesley as a junior in college and began to go through the job search process, I not only found a career coach that helped me achieve my goals, but someone who helped me determine what my goals actually are. In doing the career assessment (which is a thorough examination of one’s skills and interest) I was able to see what roles actually aligned with my passions. Importantly, I learned that if I had pursued the job search based on my social circles interest, I may have chosen the wrong path. For this reason, I am so glad to have had the opportunity to work with Lesley. Her extensive knowledge of both the job markets as well as her knowledge of people helps her provide advice on both the direction one should take that aligns with their interest but also to achieve those goals once established.

Upon finding what type of career I would both enjoy and excel in, Lesley helped source relevant job offerings that provided me with the opportunity to showcase my skills but also to gain new ones along the way. She provided invaluable assistance with writing cover letters, thorough interview preparation, and essential networking suggestions. Throughout the entire recruitment cycle, Lesley was my supportive partner, helping me find a job that not only suits me but also aligns with my long-term aspirations.

Columbia University Student
Internship and Career Coaching

We very much appreciate your efforts. Our son has learned many important lessons through this process that will benefit him in the future. We credit you and your team for helping him succeed.

College Student
Internship with Congresswoman in DC

After many months and countless thank you notes, the time has finally come for me to write one to you! I sought help from you when I was filled with doubt about my career and next steps. I truly felt unable to do it all on my own. Your support has been invaluable, from when I was seconds away from quitting my job (numerous times) to navigating communication with everyone. Thank you for being a steady voice of reason and reassurance which gave me the confidence to get to where I am today. I’m moving on to this next career step with more confidence, composure, and knowledge — thanks to you and your team. I know this experience will serve me well, not just in professional environments, but ultimately in life, too.

Young Professional
Employed by Luxury Retailer

I want to say a huge “Thank You!” to you and your team. I’ve been extremely impressed at every step, and we see now how EVERY STEP was useful and necessary. You have provided an invaluable service, one that’s needed as much or more today than ever. Having worked with you, I see a world class skill, matched with a driving and uplifting personality. You’re the best!

Parent of Recent Grad
Employed as an Investment Banking Analyst

We would like to thank you, Lesley, and the rest of the team that supported our son throughout this process. It was amazing to see how his job search really took off and the interviews started to trickle in after a relatively short time. Working with you gave him that most valuable tool, confidence, and he started believing he could succeed. We could see his resolve build day by day as he developed more clarity about what he really wanted to do. The prior months were so hard for him and to see him now is heartwarming. As they say, it takes a village and you were the right people at the right time. It is good to know that he will enter the next stage of his life with you in his back pocket!

Parent of Recent Grad
Employed in Real Estate Finance

Thank you Cheryl! You were amazing — best advice I’ve ever got for interviews. Thank you SO much for all your help.

Young Professional
Pursuing a Masters in Creative Writing

I received the best possible support and guidance during my internship search and application process, essential for my success in acquiring my ideal internship for the summer of 2021. While the COVID-19 pandemic limited the scope of employment opportunities worldwide, your team turned such an uncertain undertaking into a growth moment and were indispensable in minimizing the stress inherent to the job search. I especially found your team collaboration an incredibly powerful tool that offered consistency throughout the process. Your passion for your work and desire for my success is unparalleled. I will forever be grateful!

College Student
Internship in Digital Marketing

As I come up on my first day at the new job, I wanted to thank you for all of the help you gave me. We, together, during Covid, went through one of the craziest years possible, and it means a lot that you saw me through to the end of my job search.

Young Professional
Employed by a Luxury Fashion Brand

What a wonderful thrill to be able to end the week with a HUGE thank you to you and your amazing coaches! We are absolutely over the moon about our son’s new position and are so grateful for the incredible guidance, support and advice your team provided him all along the way. He is an awesome guy to begin with, but your expertise in packaging him really got the attention of just the right people. He felt so confident and supported every step of the way — from creating his résumé and LinkedIn profile, to the search process, to honing his interview skills, and even up through yesterday with the final negotiation. Our son appreciated every step of the process, and we consider your serivces to be the best graduation gift we ever could have given him. We are so grateful for all you have done to help our guy land his dream job. Here’s to the start of what’s hopefully a very rewarding career!

Parent of Recent Grad School Grad
Employed by a Professional Sports League

I wanted to send a quick note to say thank you SO much for all of the time and hard work that you did to help our daughter. She is SO excited about her summer internship. It was definitely a reality shock to see how much competition she faced as a sophomore. She could not have done it without you.

Parent of College Student
Employed by an Advertising Agency

I owe you a big thank you. I am very appreciative of the work you have done for me. We never gave up and never settled and it paid off.

College Student
Internship in Sports Marketing

As the mother of a recent college graduate, I was absolutely thrilled with your coaching services! Lesley, you and your team were consistently smart and savvy, as well as professional and supportive to both my son and me every step of the way! I witnessed firsthand how you carefully guided my son through the entire job application process — from research, to resume building, to submitting applications, to the interview process and follow-up — and I was incredibly impressed by the transformation of a hard working, fun loving college student into an accomplished, professional young man!

I am very happy to say that my son was offered a coveted post graduate job in the field of his choice (before he finished school), and I am convinced that this would not have happened if we had not engaged you to help him navigate the process. Lesley, you were absolutely fantastic and I recommend your services wholeheartedly!

Parent of Recent Graduate
Employed by a Professional Sports Team

Lesley worked with our daughter to secure a full-time position post-graduation. The shift in my daughter’s confidence has been amazing. In today’s complicated world, Lesley provides specific advice relative to the job market which my husband and I would never have known. She also knew how to build my daughter’s confidence one step at a time. The services Lesley has provided have been priceless! We are so grateful our daughter is off to a strong start in her career right out of college.

Parent of Recent Grad
Employed in PR in Washington DC

Our Success

Read what our clients have to say about Priority Candidates and how we’ve helped them.

“Their strategic advice is applicable to today’s technology- and social media-driven marketplace, while their tactical plan was tailored to highlight my strengths and mitigate my weaknesses.”

Sam, Loyola University

“Thank you for helping me find exactly what I was looking for.

I could not have done it without the constant guidance, invaluable advice, and emotional support from you during these past few months. I appreciate you always thinking of me, and making the extra effort to connect me with people within the marketing industry!”

Victoria, Yale University

“We are so very happy for our son and excited that he will be working in his chosen field and location! We would like to thank the Priority Candidates team that supported our son throughout this process. It was amazing to see how his job search really took off and the interviews started to trickle in after a relatively short time.

Working with you gave him that most valuable tool, confidence, and he started believing he could succeed. We could see his resolve build day by day as he developed more clarity about what he really wanted to do. The prior months were so hard for him and to see him now is heartwarming.

As they say, it takes a village and you were the right people at the right time. It is good to know that he will enter the next stage of his life with Priority Candidates in his back pocket!”

Sam, parent of Syracuse University graduate

“I was officially offered the position! I’m so excited.

Thanks so much for all your help and coaching along the way. I really feel like the coaching and advice in tandem with the interview practice got me to where I am. It’s been a hell of a year and process, but this feels right…

I’ve already started making my list of folks to reach out to that helped me along the way, and you were first.”

Edward, University of Wisconsin

“I want to say a huge Thank You to everyone at Priority Candidates. I’ve been extremely impressed at every step; and we see now how EVERY STEP was useful and necessary. You have provided an invaluable service, one that’s needed as much or more today than ever. Having worked with you, I see a world class skill, matched with a driving and uplifting personality. You’re the best.”

James, parent of Carnegie Mellon graduate

“Thank you so very much, I truly appreciate your guidance, connections, and advice that helped me land this internship. I don’t know what I would have done without your help.”

Samantha, Cornell University

“I am beyond excited about the new position. I could not have done it without you, and I can’t thank you enough.

My job search over the past few years has definitely had its ups and downs and was not the most straightforward path, but I am so grateful for the new skills and perspective I gained. And the end result makes it even better!

You all truly made this process so much easier and made me more confident along the way.”

Frank, Dartmouth College

“Lesley, Cheryl, and Sarah provided the best possible support and guidance during my internship search and application process. You have been my rock through all of this and I really appreciate everything you are doing. I finally feel that I am receiving the well-informed help I have needed, from a team that believes in me and my potential. This has been essential for my success in acquiring my ideal internship for the summer of 2021. While the COVID-19 pandemic limited the scope of employment opportunities worldwide, Priority Candidates turned such an uncertain undertaking into a growth moment and were indispensable in minimizing the stress inherent to the job search. I especially found their team collaboration an incredibly powerful tool that offered consistency throughout the process— the philosophy being conducive to a passion for their work and desire for their clients’ success unparalleled by any other career company. I will forever be grateful for having found such an amazing resource!”

Emily, Brown University

“Thank you so much for all of your help and for the information you shared with me. I’ve found this entire experience to be hugely helpful and so clarifying on finding a path going forward and seeing some real opportunities. I am so grateful for all that I have learned!”

Sally, Haverford College

“Priority Candidates provided me with all-around top-tier career coaching guidance as I navigated a competitive job market post-graduation. They helped ensure I would stand out from the rest, with a laser-targeted LinkedIn profile and resume; they helped source appropriate job opportunities, and thoroughly prepared me for my interviews through multiple sessions.

Immediately after they revamped my resume, I began noticing I was landing more interviews. I was eventually able to land an amazing entry level job at a leading e-commerce company, and I’m thrilled to be working and growing here a year-and-half later! Without the help of Lesley, and the Priority Candidates team, I would not have been able to jumpstart my career and be where I am today.”

Jennifer, New York University

“I just wanted let you know that I have just received an offer for a full-time position.

I am beyond excited to work there and it is the job I’ve always dreamed about! I wanted to thank you for all of the help and guidance along the way; this has been an incredibly difficult process and I could not have done it without your help!”

Sam, Emory University

“Thank you for the level of professionalism and care that you gave our son. I think he learned a lot from his sessions and assignments and has the knowledge and confidence to move forward…”

Nancy, parent of University of Denver graduate

“I can’t thank you enough! You have been a great resource and I value your time and opinions tremendously. I appreciate you and all of your help!”

Jack, University of Wisconsin

“It’s such a very difficult transition, regardless of the school one is coming from. You helped my three kids so much and I’m very grateful. The universities don’t seem to prepare them for this challenge.”

Amanda, parent of Brown University, University of Southern California, and University of Chicago graduates

“As the mother of a recent college graduate, I was absolutely thrilled with Priority Candidates! Lesley was consistently smart and savvy, as well as professional and supportive to both my son and me every step of the way! I witnessed firsthand how they carefully and innovatively guided my son through the entire job application process - from research, to resume building, to submitting applications, to the interview process and follow-up - and I was incredibly impressed by the transformation of a hard-working, fun loving college student into an accomplished, professional young man!

I am very happy to say that my son was offered a coveted post graduate position in sports, the field of his choice, (before he finished school), and I am convinced that this would not have happened if we had not engaged Priority Candidates to help him navigate the process. Lesley was absolutely fantastic, instilled confidence, and taught him life-long job search skills and strategies that were instrumental in his success. I recommend them wholeheartedly!”

Gerry, parent of Syracuse University graduate

“As I come up on my first day at the new job, I wanted to thank you for all of the help you gave over the last 10 months. We, together, went through one of the craziest years possible, and it means a lot that you saw me through to the end of it.”

Paul, New York University

“Even before beginning a search for a summer internship, I felt the stress and pressure of finding the perfect fit. The world of internship applications can be incredibly intimidating and anxiety-inducing. I could not have been more relieved and excited to have found Priority Candidates. They provided an exceptionally personal and customized experience that not only helped me get a fantastic internship offer but also taught me essential skills that will last a lifetime.

Working with a personal consultant, going through a quick and efficient career assessment process, I was able to determine which field of work aligned with me — that I would most enjoy and excel at. They then provided me with a personalized list of companies that would benefit from my specific interests and skillset.

The Priority Candidates team and I worked together to make sure that my applications were in the best shape and that my interviews would go as smoothly as possible. As a result, the stress of a job application is incredibly reduced as you feel calm, cool, and collected throughout the application process knowing that the team at Priority Candidates have your back and will rigorously work until you receive a great offer.”

James, Columbia University

“We are truly grateful for everything you did to help our daughter. This process has made her mature and become more independent. We are so proud of her. She is on Cloud 9. This job has been her dream for years. We all appreciate everything you and your team did to help prepare her and find this position.”

Samantha, parent of Chapman University graduate

“Thank you so much for all of your help these last few months! It has been much appreciated and I definitely wouldn’t be here without you all!”

Amy, Yale University

“Even before beginning a search for a summer internship or job, students feel the stress and pressure of finding the perfect fit for them. The world of internship applications can be incredibly intimidating and anxiety-inducing as students have likely not been prepared for the sometimes difficult and confusing process of an internship search. Further, as the COVID-19 crisis hit, students found themselves in an even more difficult spot as companies themselves had to change their application process to fit the new world of remote work.

As one of these anxious students myself, I could not have been more relieved and excited to have found the consultants at Priority Candidates who helped guide me through the complicated world of job searches. They provided an exceptionally personal and customized experience that not only helped me get a fantastic internship offer but also taught me essential skills that will last a lifetime. Firstly, by working with a personal consultant and through a quick and efficient testing career assessment process, I was able to determine exactly which field of work aligned with me and that I would most enjoy and excel at. They then provided me with a personalized list of companies that would benefit from my specific interests and skillset.

Finally, the consultants and I worked together to make sure that my applications were in the best shape and that my interviews would go as smoothly as possible. As a result, the stress of a job application is incredibly reduced as you feel calm, cool, and collected throughout the application process knowing that the consultants at early-stage careers have your back and will rigorously work until you receive a great offer. Additionally, I learned essential skills and professional behavior that will stick with me for years to come. I could not be more grateful and happy to have worked with Priority Candidates and would easily recommend them to anyone who is hoping to not only find a great internship but also learn life-long lessons along the way! Thank you!!!!”

Thomas, Columbia University

“Thank you for your hard work! Our Career Assessment sessions were extremely helpful in better understanding my soft skills and strengths; I will most definitely refer back to the reports in the future. It was a pleasure working with you and I will keep you updated on my internship progress! Again, thank you for everything you have done.”

Jennifer, Brown University

“Thank you so much for all of your help and for the information you shared with me. I’ve found this entire experience to be hugely helpful and so clarifying on finding a career path going forward and seeing some real opportunities. I am so grateful for all that I have learned!”

Anne, Haverford College

“Working with [you], going through a quick and efficient career assessment process, I was able to determine which field of work aligned with me — that I would most enjoy and excel at.”

Jack, Columbia University

“Thank you for the level of professionalism and care that you gave our son. I think he learned a lot from his sessions and assignments and has the knowledge and confidence to move forward…”

Sarah, parent of University of Denver graduate

“Even before beginning a search for a summer internship or job, students feel the stress and pressure of finding the perfect fit for them. The world of internship applications can be incredibly intimidating and anxiety-inducing. As one of these anxious students myself, I could not have been more relieved and excited to have found consultants who helped guide me through the complicated world of job searches. [You] provided an exceptionally personal and customized experience that not only helped me get a fantastic internship offer but also taught me essential skills that will last a lifetime. Thank you!”

Tom, Columbia University

“Working with [you] helped me achieve my goal of a summer internship with a company that suited my interests and academic background.”

Maddy, New York University

“Thank you so very much, I truly appreciate your guidance, connections, and advice that helped me land this internship. I don’t know what I would have done without your help.”

Beverly, Cornell University

“Thank you so much for all of your help these last few months! It has been much appreciated and I definitely wouldn’t be here without you all!”

Kelly, Yale University

“My last few months at college were filled with apprehensions about life after an intensely academic, intellectually rigorous four years. I dreaded the countless hours I would soon spend on the interminable job hunt. Their fast-paced, energetic approach helped me transform my passive worries into active searching.”

Mary, Haverford College

“[You] provided me with all-around top-tier career coaching guidance as I navigated a competitive job market post-graduation.”

Elizabeth, New York University

“I am beyond excited about the new position. I could not have done it without you… and I can’t thank you enough.”

Nick, Dartmouth College

“Thank you for helping me find exactly what I was looking for.”_

Victoria, Yale University