Career Strategy Course

Build your Career Strategy in 4 weeks.

1 hour a day for focused learning × 4 weeks = Your Career Strategy, market positioning, and practical tools for your next career move: internal, within the company, or external, if you are searching for your next job.

For international and Danish professionals navigating the Danish/Nordic job market.

150

participants since 2025

9.2/10

satisfaction rate

90%

successful career stories

Next launch: 25 November 2026

Career Strategy Course incl. 1 Individual Consultation

Early price
€268(DKK 1,999)

Early price, course content available 25 November 2026.

  • 4-week focused career strategy program
  • Exclusive templates and frameworks
  • Access to content for 12 months
  • Individual Support: 1 career consultation

Prefer the course only? See all packages

Your consultation is held with Daria Helgogaard.

Course language: English

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The Career Strategy Course

Four modules. One clear strategy for moving your career forward.

01 / STRATEGY

Build Your Career Strategy

Turn your direction into a focused 2 to 5 year career and market plan.

02 / POSITION

Position Your Value

Clarify the professional value you want employers and networks to understand.

03 / MINDSET

Fear & Limiting Beliefs

Notice the inner voice, test its beliefs and take the next step.

04 / TACTICS

CV, Cover Letter, LinkedIn & Networking

Turn your strategy into a CV, a cover letter, a visible profile and purposeful conversations.

Programme in detail

This is our most in-depth programme. Work through the programme at your own pace, using the templates and homework to apply each part directly to your own career. Three optional consultations are included to support you.

01

Build Your Career Strategy

Move from broad intention to a defined market approach.

  • · set a longer-term career goal and identify the next strategic move;
  • · define target roles, organisations and relevant markets;
  • · build a practical 2 to 5 year career roadmap.

Result: a clearer target and a strategy for pursuing it.

02

Position Your Value

Make your experience easier for other people to understand and buy into.

  • · articulate the professional value you bring;
  • · identify the strongest evidence behind your positioning;
  • · build a coherent professional narrative you can use across the market.

Result: a sharper, more credible way of presenting yourself.

03

Fear & Limiting Beliefs

Master your inner game: the opponent you meet in every level is the one inside your own head.

  • · recognise the fears that hold back your career moves;
  • · understand how old beliefs turn into self-talk;
  • · protect your energy and answer your inner critic.

Result: one limiting belief tested, rewritten and replaced by a next step.

04

Tactics: CV, Cover Letter, LinkedIn & Networking

Turn your strategy into market assets and conversations that open doors.

  • · build a CV and a short, specific cover letter around real evidence;
  • · shape a LinkedIn presence that makes you findable;
  • · network with purpose to create access to opportunities.

Result: a CV, cover letter, profile and network that support your strategy.

Built from the inside of the market

We know how companies choose people, because we have been the one choosing.

Sandra Umbro

Sandra Umbro

Global Headhunter · Career Advisor · 20+ Years in Recruitment

Sandra is a rare recruitment professional with deep industry experience and a genuinely human approach. With 20+ years in talent acquisition and more than 2,850 global hires, she understands how companies make decisions and how people do. She listens closely, asks precise questions, and sees strengths candidates often miss. Her communication is calm, honest, and grounded, and she builds trust quickly.

Structured, reliable, and highly experienced yet warm and approachable, Sandra is a strong partner for both candidates, companies and Career Academy LevelUP which is why over 20,000 people follow her work on LinkedIn.

Read more & certifications

Certified in Business Ethics Code of Conduct, Personal Data Protection, Competency‑Based Recruitment (Korn Ferry), Security Awareness, and Design Sprint (LEAD THE TALENT).

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Daria Helgogaard

Daria Helgogaard

Founder · Career Consultant · Global HR Leader

Daria is the founder of Career Academy LevelUP, a career consultant and HR leader with 20+ years of international HR experience across Novo Nordisk, Microsoft, L'Oréal, Alfa Laval and Oticon. She built her career in Denmark from the ground up to senior HR leadership, so she understands the Danish job market from the inside.

She brings warmth and honesty to the work, and is at her best helping people recognise strengths they do not always see in themselves.

Read more & certifications

Certified Professional Coach (Mannaz), LinkedIn Certified Professional Recruiter, and certified in Insights Discovery, SHL OPQ32 and Saville Wave assessments. M.Sc. in International Business from Copenhagen Business School and CEMS Master in International Management.

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What participants say

Real results from the course

Career strategy during uncertainty
Elena H.

Elena H.

Specialist, Maersk

“I came to the Career Strategy course expecting to learn about CVs and interviews. Instead, I gained something much bigger: a strategy for my job search, a deeper understanding of my professional value, and the tools to stay grounded and confident during a very uncertain time.”

Before

Joined the Career Strategy Course while her company was going through layoffs. The atmosphere was tense and stressful, and she expected the course to focus mainly on CVs and interviews.

After

She gained a structured job-search strategy, learned to use LinkedIn strategically, and built practical techniques to manage her emotional state and stay confident under pressure.

A much clearer understanding of the Danish job market and recruitment process, plus a stronger sense of her own professional value and readiness to navigate career uncertainty.

Career Strategy Course

From redundancy to a new direction
Julia P.

Julia P.

Executive, Nokia → Prestige role at Ramboll

“What this course gave me was a deep understanding of my own value and real belief in myself. I now know the sky is the limit. It is an excellent value for money, and a group that became a real network.”

Before

Made redundant, Julia faced both the fear of not being wanted and the difficulty of searching after years out of the market.

After

She identified and let go of limiting beliefs, and built a career strategy, self-presentation and personal brand that gave her professional confidence.

A deep understanding of her own value, and she landed a prestige role at Ramboll.

Career Strategy Course + individual and group consultations

First role in the Danish market
Arina B.

Arina B.

New expat in Denmark

“After completing the Career Strategy course, I went to interviews confidently - not from a place of need, but from a position of equal dialogue. The course gave me structure, and the sessions gave me support.”

Before

Four months of searching on her own produced only one interview, and the process felt like an exam she kept failing.

After

After the course, Arina understood the techniques required to present herself successfully at the interview and complete the aptitude tests, and she was able to receive the job offer for the role she applied for.

Successfully received a job offer.

Career Strategy Course + individual and group consultations

Global Brand & Marketing Leader
Olga KN.

Olga KN.

International marketing professional with 13+ years across global brands

“I realized that the challenge wasn’t my experience, but how I was presenting it. Once I adapted my CV to the local market and built a clear strategy, I started getting responses, interviews, and the confidence to take my next career step.”

Before

Despite 13+ years with brands such as L'Oreal Paris, Maybelline New York and Yves Saint Laurent, and experience across six countries, Olga was getting silence after applications in Denmark.

After

She adapted her CV to the local market and began receiving more responses, regular interview invitations and a significant increase in professional connections.

Greater confidence and a clear strategy for combining her international experience with brand development in the digital and pharmaceutical sectors.

Career Strategy Course

Career transformation in Denmark
Olga K.

Olga K.

20 years in accounting, relocated to Denmark

“I realized that language is not a barrier when you have a system, support, and belief in yourself.”

Before

After relocating to Denmark with limited English and no Danish, Olga took a hotel job and believed her professional career was behind her.

After

She rebuilt her confidence, clarified her career strategy and repositioned her experience for the Danish job market.

From a hotel job to a manager role at a Danish company, back in her own profession.

Career Strategy Course + individual and group consultations

Public sector to pharma
Oksana B.

Oksana B.

16 years at the UN, moving to the private sector

“I realized that experience from any field can be transferable - if you know how to showcase your strengths and what makes you unique.”

Before

After 16 years at the UN, Oksana decided to move into the private sector. Interviews came, but offers did not.

After

She learned to translate public-sector experience into transferable business value, strengthened her interview performance and built a focused transition strategy.

From the UN to a role at a target pharma company.

Career Strategy Course + individual and group consultations

Who it is for

For professionals ready to move from thinking to action.

Experienced professionalsYou already have a career story. You need to make it clearer, more relevant and more strategic.
International and Danish professionalsYou want practical guidance that makes sense in the Nordic and international market.
People preparing for a move or repositioningYou are ready to target opportunities, improve your market assets and create conversations.
You do not need to have it all figured outYou can join with a clear direction or with several possibilities in mind. The programme helps you sharpen your focus and turn it into a practical career strategy.
Choose your package

Pick the level of individual support you want alongside the course.

The programme is the same in both course packages. The difference is how much individual support you have while you apply it.

All consultations and individual support are currently delivered by Daria Helgogaard.

Career Strategy Course

The full self-paced programme with all templates, frameworks and homework.

  • · 4-week focused career strategy program
  • · Exclusive templates and frameworks
  • · Access to content for 12 months

Course in English

€201(DKK 1,499)
Early price, course content available 25 November 2026.
Most Popular

Career Strategy Course incl. 1 Individual Consultation

The full self-paced programme with one individual session to apply it to your own situation.

  • · 4-week focused career strategy program
  • · Exclusive templates and frameworks
  • · Access to content for 12 months
  • · 1 career consultation included

Course in English · consultations in English

€268(DKK 1,999)
Early price, course content available 25 November 2026.

Career Strategy Course incl. 3 Individual Consultations

The full self-paced programme with three individual consultations to apply it step by step to your own situation.

  • · 4-week focused career strategy program
  • · Exclusive templates and frameworks
  • · Access to content for 12 months
  • · 3 career consultations included

Course in English · consultations in English

€469(DKK 3,499)
Early price, course content available 25 November 2026.
Questions

Before you enrol.

Is this only for people who are currently unemployed?+

No. The programme is relevant for professionals preparing for an external move, repositioning themselves in the market, or becoming more intentional about their next career step.

Is this mainly a CV course?+

No. CV work is one part of a broader career strategy. The programme connects your target, positioning, CV, LinkedIn presence and networking activity so that they reinforce each other.

Is the course specific to Denmark?+

The programme includes Nordic and Danish market considerations while also being designed for professionals operating internationally.

How does the course work?+

The course is self-paced and delivered in English. All templates and homework are included, together with the individual consultations in your package.

What language is the course in?+

The course and learning materials are in English. Individual consultations are available in English.

How do I buy it?+

Choose your package and click Buy now. You pay securely by card and receive a receipt by email. After purchase you can book your consultations.