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Find Your Fit. Craft Your Plan. Forge What's Next.

IQ Catalyst combines deep career expertise, labor-market intelligence, forward-looking strategies, and personalized guidance to help clients find strong-fit opportunities, turn insight into action, and translate strategy into career momentum and results. 

Signature Tools for Thorny Career Challenges

Every concierge career advisory engagement is powered by our Career Boost System™ — a structured, forward-looking methodology that combines labor market insight, custom assessments, personalized guidance, and signature tools designed to turn uncertainty into insight, and insight into momentum.

Job Fit Rubric

Our Job Fit Rubric helps clients stop blindly applying to jobs and focus where they’re likely to have the strongest fit — leading to fewer applications, sharper positioning, and better results.

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Future Cast™

FutureCast™ helps clients pressure-test possible career paths before committing — making different futures more tangible, revealing tradeoffs, and creating the clarity to choose where to focus next.

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A Trusted Thought Partner 

IQ Catalyst Founder Mark Sargent combines deep career expertise with a forward-looking perspective on technology, hiring, and the changing world of work. Grounded in how job searches and hiring actually work, the Career Boost System™ helps clients clarify where they fit, make smarter decisions, build momentum, and achieve better career outcomes.

Impact Delivered At Every Career Stage

Since 2024, IQ Catalyst has partnered with more than 75 clients and their families - from college students and recent graduates to early-career professionals and experienced leaders designing their next chapter. 

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Recent clients have secured strong-fit roles, earned promotions, and launched new careers with organizations like Crocs, DeleteMe, Fanatics, General Dynamics/Electric Boat, Parker Hanafin, Salesforce, Trilon Energy Group, and William Morris Endeavor.

Owen D.
New York, NY

Clarified his direction and discovered a career path aligned with his interests - leading to a promising start in the renewable energy field.

Daniel H.
Cleveland, OH

Turned a successful summer internship into a post-graduate position in the rotational program of an international engineering firm.

Taylor L.
St. Petersburg, FL

Converted a contract position into a full-time role leading e-commerce for an online art retailer — a role closely aligned with her strengths, interests, and sense of purpose.

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Not Sure Where To Start? 

No two career situations are alike. A conversation with career expert Mark Sargent can help clarify what you’re trying to solve for, explore your options, and assess whether now is the right time for personalized, forward-looking guidance.    

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