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Carly Vivian is a career reinvention strategist who spent 30 years at the table when Fortune 50 organizations made their biggest calls - mergers, transformations, and leadership transitions at a combined $100B scale. She now helps senior executives, post-exit founders, and athletes leaving sport decode what built their First Act and architect a deliberate Second Act. Her work runs on the Discover, Design, Develop methodology, which also anchors her book in progress, Lightning Strikes Twice. Alongside the platform she keeps a separate, referral-based executive coaching practice.
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Carly Vivian is a career reinvention strategist who spent 30 years at the table when Fortune 50 organizations made their biggest calls - mergers, transformations, and leadership transitions at a combined $100B scale. She now helps senior executives, post-exit founders, and athletes leaving sport decode what built their First Act and architect a deliberate Second Act. Her work runs on the Discover, Design, Develop methodology, which also anchors her book in progress, Lightning Strikes Twice. Alongside the platform she keeps a separate, referral-based executive coaching practice.
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Carly Vivian's LinkedIn post addresses age bias in hiring, describing how a seasoned professional's extensive track record can work against her when automated filters read experience as a timestamp rather than depth. The post advocates bypassing application portals in favor of direct human connections and targeting roles like advisory or fractional work where judgment and depth are valued.
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Summary
Carly Vivian's LinkedIn post addresses age bias in hiring, describing how a seasoned professional's extensive track record can work against her when automated filters read experience as a timestamp rather than depth. The post advocates bypassing application portals in favor of direct human connections and targeting roles like advisory or fractional work where judgment and depth are valued.
Tags
age-discrimination · job-search · hiring-bias · career-strategy · networking · resume-optimization · fractional-work
Key entities
Carly Vivian (person, 0.95) · Dr. Nicole Howard-Rice (person, 0.9) · Amit Karmakar (person, 0.85) · Farhat N. (person, 0.8) · Simone Shabazz (person, 0.8) · age discrimination in hiring (concept, 0.98) · applicant tracking systems (concept, 0.85) · fractional work (concept, 0.9) · LinkedIn (organization, 0.95)
Classification
analysis · language en · status final
Provenance
claude-opus-4-6 via @stacklist/mcp-server@2.0.0, confidence 0.85, 27 Jul 2026