Honest over comfortable
We'll tell you when a path looks hard, when your resume isn't working, or when your plan has a gap. That's more useful than reassurance.
Brian Shane
Founder & Career Counsellor
Why Sleek Careers exists
Brian spent over a decade working across industries and countries — tech, healthcare, education, and professional services — watching talented people get stuck not because they lacked ability, but because nobody had helped them think clearly about where they were going and why.
He built Sleek Careers because he was once the person who needed this and couldn't find the right thing. Most career services were either too generic ("follow your passion"), too transactional (just fixing a resume), or too expensive to access without already having a clear direction.
The work here is different. Sessions are grounded in what's actually true for the person in front of us — their constraints, their history, their context — not in a coaching script or a personality type.
Based in Calgary, Alberta. Experience working with clients across Canada, the UK, and internationally.
How we approach this work
Four principles that shape every session.
Context-specific, not generic
Your situation is not the same as the last person we worked with. Generic advice is cheap. Context-specific guidance takes longer but actually helps.
Human-paced, not hustle-driven
Good career decisions take the time they take. We don't push urgency or productivity culture. We help you move at the pace that's realistic for your life.
Action-oriented, not exploratory forever
Exploration is a means to an end. Sessions are designed to move you from thinking to deciding to doing — not to keep you in reflection indefinitely.
Who we work with
Students & New Grads
Choosing a direction after school. First job strategy. Articulating experience from non-linear paths.
Learn more →Mid-Career Professionals
Career pivots, stalled progression, role clarity, or figuring out what "next" actually means after years in the same track.
Learn more →Newcomers to Canada
International credentials, unfamiliar job market norms, and the unique challenge of making your experience legible to Canadian employers.
Learn more →What Sleek Careers is not
Being clear about this saves everyone time.
Not a job placement agency
We don't place you with employers or earn commission from hiring. We help you figure out where to aim and how to position yourself — the application is yours.
Not therapy
Career decisions are emotional and we take that seriously. But this is not mental health support. If therapy would genuinely help alongside this work, we'll say so directly.
Not a LinkedIn growth hack
We don't teach you how to go viral or turn your profile into a personal brand machine. We help you say something true and useful to the right people.
Work with us
If what you've read here resonates, the next step is simple.
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