Neurodivergent Career Coaching Tailored to You

Jess Jarmo is a neurodivergent career coach with over 18 years of recruitment experience, an Education background, and an MBA in Human Resources. She specializes in neurodivergent career coaching because she lives with ADHD, dyslexia, and anxiety herself, combining that lived experience with professional expertise to help neurodivergent professionals navigate careers with confidence.

No. A formal diagnosis is not required to access coaching at Jess Jarmo. Many adults who identify as neurodivergent, or who simply recognize that standard career advice has never quite worked for how their brain operates, are welcome here. Whether you have a confirmed diagnosis of ADHD, autism, dyslexia, or anxiety, or you are still figuring that out, what matters is that you are looking for a career support approach that actually fits how you think and work.

The first session focuses on understanding your primary goals, current challenges, timeline, and the executive functioning patterns shaping your job search or work performance. You leave with immediate next steps, a clear picture of how coaching will be structured around your needs, and a sense of what the next few months will look like.

Standard career coaching assumes a linear process of assessing skills, identifying roles, applying, interviewing, and landing the job, which can be more complicated for neurodivergent professionals due to application overwhelm, executive function challenges, interview anxiety, and workplace communication friction. Neurodivergent career coaching at Jess Jarmo is built around explicit structure, flexible pacing, strengths-based strategy, and tools that account for how ADHD, autism, dyslexia, and anxiety show up in a job search and workplace.

Coaching is designed around how neurodivergent brains work, not how career processes were traditionally built. Every element, from session pacing and communication style to the tools used, adapts to support how you think and build momentum. The approach uses explicit structure without rigidity, visual and written reinforcement, executive functioning strategies, and a strengths-based lens that treats neurodivergence as context for strategy, not a problem to overcome.

Sessions are typically 60 minutes, held once per week, depending on your package. Cadence and pacing are adjusted to match your energy levels, processing style, and goals, and additional sessions can be added during high-stakes moments like interview preparation, offer decisions, or a workplace crisis.

Coaching is offered through a small number of program lengths, ranging from focused, shorter-term job search support to comprehensive, longer-term programs that carry through landing a role and sustaining it. Specific options and what each includes are walked through during your free exploratory call, so the package you choose fits your actual situation rather than a generic recommendation.

If you know exactly what role you want and your main challenge is executing the job search, a shorter, focused program is often the right fit. If you're still figuring out direction, or executive functioning challenges make the search feel overwhelming, a longer program gives you room to explore and build systems at a sustainable pace. The exploratory call can help you decide before committing.

The curriculum covers the full career cycle, customized to your goals and stage. Depending on your needs, sessions may include career exploration, resume and LinkedIn development, networking strategy, job application systems, interview preparation, offer negotiation, and on-the-job success strategies, with executive functioning tools like planning and follow-through woven throughout rather than taught as a separate track.

Between-session support includes structured email follow-ups with session summaries, reminders, and clearly defined next steps, plus a goal and progress tracker to stay organized and accountable. Depending on your package, this may also include resume edits, LinkedIn feedback, interview preparation materials, and the ability to send clarification questions to your coach.

You will be matched with a coach based on your specific needs, goals, communication style, and lived experience, not randomly assigned. Matching considers your career goals and timeline, industry or role focus, executive functioning support needs, and neurodivergent perspective, so you feel understood from the first session. If your needs shift during the program, coaching support can be reassessed and adjusted.

Yes, professional writing support is included depending on your package, covering resume development, LinkedIn profile optimization, and cover letter writing. The approach focuses on clarity, authentic positioning, and language that reflects how your brain works and what you actually bring to a role, rather than forcing your experience into generic templates.

Yes, job sustainability is a core focus of coaching. Landing a job is one challenge; staying in it, performing consistently, and managing executive function demands in a real work environment is another. The 12-month package is designed to carry support through that transition, with the first 90 days in a new role often being the most high-stakes period for neurodivergent professionals.

Therapy focuses on mental health, emotional processing, past experiences, and clinical treatment of conditions like anxiety or ADHD. Career coaching at Jess Jarmo is forward-focused and action-oriented, working on practical career strategy, job search execution, workplace communication, and executive functioning skills. Many clients use both, since the two serve different functions; coaching is not a substitute for mental health support, but a complement to it.

Yes, interview preparation is an area where neurodivergent-informed coaching makes a significant practical difference. Standard interview advice often assumes a level of on-the-spot verbal fluency, eye contact, and social performance that doesn't always come naturally to neurodivergent candidates. Coaching focuses on preparation strategies, response frameworks, handling unexpected questions, and presenting your strengths authentically, with additional mock interview sessions available for high-stakes moments.

Additional sessions can be added during high-stakes moments like interviews, offer evaluations, and onboarding, covering mock interviews, role-play practice, negotiation support, or help thinking through a complex offer decision. These moments often have the highest impact on long-term career outcomes, so support is available even outside your regular session cadence.

Yes, while every client's coaching is personalized, dedicated pages cover ADHD, autism, and dyslexia career coaching in more depth, including how each condition tends to show up at work and in a job search. These pages are a good starting point if you want to explore your specific situation before booking a call.

All coaching at Jess Jarmo is conducted online. Sessions take place virtually wherever you are, so you can work with a coach regardless of location without factoring commute or travel into an already demanding schedule.