Your career deserves a strategy – not a job search.
Most professionals manage their careers reactively — updating a resume when they need a job, networking when they feel stuck, taking classes because someone said they should. Modern Career Planning™ replaces that cycle with a five-phase system that produces a career strategy that is entirely, specifically yours.
No credit card. No catch. Just the starting line.
Sound familiar?
I’m performing well. But I’m still being passed over.
Recognition is not a strategy. MCP gives strong performers the roadmap that performance reviews never provide.
I don’t know what I actually want to do.
Phase 1 starts with identity, not job titles.
I’m getting advice, but I can’t reproduce it.
Law #1: Be selfish. Generic advice is designed for no one. Your plan serves your goals — not someone else’s template.
Career strategy isn’t something you do when things fall apart. It’s something you build before they do.
A five-phase operating system for your career.
Modern Career Planning™ (MCP) is a structured, five-phase framework developed by Edward Chiang. It takes you from self-discovery to a fully personalized Individual Career Plan (ICP) — a living document that captures your identity, your goal, your advisory board, and your development roadmap. It is not a course. It is not a book. It is a system you work.
Phase 1 — Identity & Brand
Phase 2 — Pathways & Goal Setting
Phase 3 — Career Advisory Board
Phase 4 — Learning & Development
Phase 5 — Career Navigation
Three laws that change how you think about your career.
Law 01 — Be Selfish
Your plan must serve your goals; not your company’s convenience; not your manager’s timeline. Stop watching what others are doing with their careers. Your strategy has one author: you.
Law 02 — Informational Interviews Are Your Most Powerful Tool
No substitute for real conversations with real people doing real work.
Law 03 — Stop Confusing “Taking a Class” with “Building a Skill”
Knowledge → Experience → Validated Skill. Most people stop at step one.
Not sure where to start? Start here.
The MCP Starter Kit gives you the three career philosophies, the three starting assessments, and a preview of Phase 1 — free, in one document. It’s the fastest way to understand what Modern Career Planning™ actually feels like.