Executive search, talent intelligence and career strategy Based in Nigeria. International search.
FOR EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS

Your next move should be more than another job.

Understand your market position. Define the right target. Pursue the opportunities where your experience can create the greatest value.

Career strategy

A deliberate next chapter.

Our primary focus is Directors, VPs, C-Suite and board professionals, alongside senior managers and experienced specialists. Career strategy is a paid advisory service, separate from employer search. It begins with direction and relevance, not document formatting.

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Career strategy process

Direction before activity.

Diagnose & position

Understand your experience, career priorities and how your value is perceived in the market.

Target & align

Research realistic roles and organizations. Connect the leadership narrative to the requirements of the target.

Search & engage

Design relevant outreach, evaluate role fit and make more informed decisions about which opportunities to pursue.

Strategic support does not guarantee representation, interviews, offers, sponsorship, compensation or employment. Read the recruitment data notice.
Who you work with

Advice from people you can name.

Career strategy engagements are led by the founder and supported by an experienced career consultant. You know who is reviewing your materials before any work begins.

Portrait of Toyeeb Issa-Qazim

Toyeeb Issa-Qazim

Founder & Executive Search Partner

Leads every employer search and reviews each search enquiry personally. His work combines recruiting-informed research with career positioning: understanding how hiring teams screen experience, and how a leader’s record should be presented to the market.

  • Executive search and search briefs
  • Executive career positioning
  • Executive resume and LinkedIn strategy
  • Market research and targeted outreach
Portrait of Jedidiah Solomon

Jedidiah Solomon

Executive Career Consultant & Coach

Works with experienced professionals and executives planning their next move. His practice covers career coaching, leadership career strategy, interview preparation and LinkedIn positioning, alongside recruitment and talent acquisition work.

  • Career coaching and leadership career strategy
  • Interview preparation
  • LinkedIn profile positioning
  • Recruitment and talent acquisition

“Toyeeb is one of the best resume writers on here. I got laid off from a gig at a church, and was scrambling to find work. My resume can be confusing to deal with, because it mixes a lot of 1099 and W-2 jobs, and I haven’t worked in one single industry or anything. He pulled it all together and made sure it was optimized for both SEO and AI screener/recruiter tools. I ended up finding a job in under three weeks, and getting seven interviews along the way, in large part thanks to Toyeeb.”

Ted BauerEditorial and strategic communications professional, United StatesClient review on Upwork, from Toyeeb Issa-Qazim’s independent resume practice before The Forge Careers. Individual results vary and are not a guarantee.

Let’s discuss
the mandate.

Tell us what the role needs to accomplish, where it sits in the business and what makes the search difficult. That is where the work starts.

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