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Now What? Embodied Work

Your career just got
complicated.

A job search dashboard built for women who are done with hustle culture. Track leads, decode job postings, calculate what you're actually worth and not burn out doing it.

You got laid off. Or you saw it coming. Or you're still employed but cooked and the writing's on the wall.

Now What? is the career toolkit and community built for this exact moment. Real tools. Real information. People who actually get it.

Free for 7 days · No credit card needed

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$27 CAD ONE-TIME · FREE FOR NOW WHAT? MEMBERS

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Just got laid off? Calculate what you're owed before you sign anything.
Free severance calculator using the Bardal factors Canadian courts apply. Takes 2 minutes.
Calculate my severance →
Written by an experienced recruiter, certified career strategist & compliance expert
No toxic positivity
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Your job search,
actually organized.

A dashboard built for women navigating career disruption. Every tool you need in one place. Written by an experienced recruiter, certified career strategist, and compliance expert.

$27 CAD one-time · free for Now What? members
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Now What?
⊞ Command Centre
Assess
Strengths & Skills
Severance Calc
Should I Leave Now?
Explore
Could This Pay?
What's My Time Worth?
What Will It Cost Me?
Execute
Job Leads
My Goals
Gap Explainer
BS Translator ✨
Sustain
Self-Care
Win Log
Weekly Reset
+ New Lead
Welcome.
Here is where your career stands today.
Total Leads
12
Active Goals
3
✦ Daily Insight
Reframe "I don't know anyone there" to "I don't know anyone there yet." Networks are built, not found.
Recent Leads
No leads tracked yet.Add your first lead →

Built for the job search nobody talks about honestly.

🎯Most popular

BS Translator

Paste any job posting. Get an expert HR-vetted read on what they really want, whether you're actually qualified, and what the red flags are. No more second-guessing at 11pm.

💰High stakes

Severance Calculator

Know what you're entitled to before you sign anything. Built on Canadian employment law. The information that usually costs $400/hour.

📋

Job Lead Tracker

Track every application, contact, and follow-up in one place. See your pipeline at a glance. Stop losing track of where you left things.

🚪

Should I Leave Now?

Still employed but on the fence? Work through financial runway, market timing, and personal cost — without being pushed toward an answer.

📝

Gap Explainer

Build honest, confident language around your career gap. No apologizing. No oversharing. Just a clear answer to the question everyone asks.

💵

Income & Cost Calculators

Could This Pay?, What's My Time Worth?, What Will It Cost Me? Evaluate every opportunity with clear eyes, not wishful thinking.

🏆

Win Log

Track every small win. Your brain needs evidence you're moving. The job search is a long game. Log the progress.

🌿

Self-Care & Weekly Reset

The only job search tool that tracks your energy alongside your applications. Burning out halfway through is not a strategy.

Bonus

Community Access

Tool subscribers get limited access to the Now What? community. Full membership available when you're ready.

Start free for 7 days → $27 CAD one-time · free for Now What? members.

What the Command Centre gets you.

Compared to what most women are cobbling together right now.

Feature Command Centre $27 Career Coach $200+/hr Generic Job Apps Doing it alone
Severance Calculator Included— Extra cost
Expert HR-vetted BS Translator Built in— Sometimes
Energy & self-care tracking Built in
HR insider knowledge throughout Throughout— Rarely
Built specifically for women Entirely— Depends
Community access included Included
One-time cost$27 CAD$200–400+/hr$15–30/mo$0 (and it shows)

Did you just get laid off?
Know what you're owed.

Most employers offer the statutory minimum. Common law severance — what courts have actually awarded — is typically much higher. Calculate your real entitlement in 2 minutes using the Bardal factors before you sign anything.

Uses
Bardal Factors
Years of service, age, role, and provincial unemployment rate — exactly how courts calculate it.
Covers
All Provinces
BC, Ontario, Alberta, Quebec and all provinces. Accurate statutory minimums per provincial legislation.
Shows
The Gap
Exactly how much more you may be owed vs. what your employer offered. Most people are surprised.
Calculate my severance free → FREE · NO LOGIN · 2 MINUTES · NOT LEGAL ADVICE

You're in the right place if any of this sounds familiar.

You got laid off and nobody prepared you for how disorienting it actually feels. Not just financially. All of it.

You're still employed but running on fumes. You know it's not sustainable and you're not sure how much longer you can hold it.

You left a toxic workplace and now you're second-guessing whether it was the right call. It was.

You're in your 40s, 50s, or 60s and the job market looks nothing like the last time you had to navigate it.

You've been told you're overqualified so many times you've started to believe it means something is wrong with you. It doesn't. It means ageism is real and the market is broken.

You want practical help, not a pep talk. Tools, not transformation. A real conversation, not a highlight reel.

You're struggling to stay motivated when there's no structure, no team, and no one checking in. The isolation of a job search is real.

You want accountability, a place to think out loud, and people to problem-solve with who are actually in it too.

This isn't for you if...

You're looking for relentless positivity, a 30-day fix, or someone to tell you everything happens for a reason. And it's not for you if you want to consume without contributing. This community is built by the people in it.

A small community built by the people in it.

Small enough that Rachel knows your name, your situation, and where you're stuck. For women who got laid off, saw it coming, or are still employed but know the writing's on the wall.

Coworking sessions

Multiple times a week. You show up, you work, you're not alone at your kitchen table. Structure without performance.

Mock interview practice

Peer-led sessions with real feedback. Practice out loud — the only way interview prep actually works.

HR insider access

What happens before the layoff notice. What the severance offer actually means. The stuff that usually costs $400/hour.

Goal setting & accountability

Set goals with people doing the same thing. Harder to stay stuck when someone's asking how it's going.

"I've been on both sides of the table: the one delivering the news and the one receiving it. I know what HR doesn't tell you. I know what the standard job search advice gets wrong for women our age. I built this because I needed it and it didn't exist."
Rachel Maxcy HR Professional, Certified Career Strategist, Founder — Embodied Work

Start where you are.

Four ways in. Start with the Command Centre tool, upgrade to full community whenever you're ready.

Start here · One-time
Career Tool

Command Centre

$27 CAD
One-time purchase · free for Now What? members
  • Full dashboard access
  • BS Translator & Gap Explainer (expert HR-vetted)
  • Severance Calculator
  • Job leads, goals, win log
  • Self-care & weekly reset
  • Limited community access
Get the Command Centre →
Membership

No-Nonsense

$59/month
Most flexible. Full community access.
  • Command Centre included free
  • Full community access
  • Coworking sessions weekly
  • Mock interview practice
  • Resource library
Join No-Nonsense
Best value

Quarterly Growth

$299/quarter
~$100/month · includes 1:1 with Rachel each quarter
  • Everything in No-Nonsense
  • Career goal-setting focus
  • Masterminds & focus sessions
  • 1 x 1:1 session with Rachel/quarter
Join Quarterly Growth

Career Strategy with Rachel.

For when you need someone in your corner who knows how hiring and HR actually work from the inside. Direct. Practical. No fluff.

Not sure where to start? Free 30-minute intro call available. Get in touch →

Single Session

Career Strategy Session

$197 CAD

Sixty minutes to cut through the noise — whether you've just been laid off, you're stuck mid-search, you're weighing an offer, or you need to think through a workplace situation. You'll leave with clarity, a concrete next step, and language you can use.

  • One 60-minute session focused on what's most pressing
  • 30-day Command Centre access — BS Translator, Severance Calculator, Job Lead Tracker, Gap Explainer, and more
  • A guide to take with you
Book a session →

Practical. Honest. No noise.

On layoffs, job searching, burnout, and what a liveable next chapter looks like. No buzzwords. No false optimism.

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