A real recruiter’s method, not another template

Get hired in 60 days or less.

Career coach Lucy Gilmour’s method, turned into an AI coach that runs your search with you, every single day.

Early members get their first week free. One email, no spam.

See how it works
8 years

running a recruitment company. She read CVs for a living.

1,000+

job seekers hired using her system.

500,000+

follow her career advice.

Watch the whole method in action

The job hunt is broken. You’re not.

You apply. Silence.

200 applicants per role, a CV that never reaches a human, and rejection emails that arrive at 2am, if they arrive at all.

It’s not a numbers game. It’s a method game.

Every tool flatters you.

“92% match!” says the job site. Then: rejection. Nobody in this industry makes money telling you the truth, so nobody does.

Advice everywhere. A plan nowhere.

LinkedIn gurus, ATS hacks, template packs. You’ve read it all, and you still don’t know what to actually do today.

“I spent 8 years inside recruitment watching talented people get overlooked. Not because they weren’t good enough, but because they didn’t know how the game was played.”

Lucy GilmourLucy Gilmour, ex-recruiter and the coach behind Ask Lucy
The method

Lucy’s system, working for you every day

The sequence she has used to help over a thousand people get hired.

01
Check your fit before you apply

Lucy walks the job with you, requirement by requirement: your honest years, your real evidence. Then a blunt verdict: strong fit, a stretch, or a reach. No fake match scores.

02
Fix your shop window

Your CV and LinkedIn are your shop window, as Lucy puts it. She rebuilds your CV for each job in her framework (responsibility, achievement, impact) plus a cover letter in her voice, in minutes. You approve every change before it lands.

03
Practise out loud, not in your head

Mock interviews with the right interviewer: recruiter, agency, hiring manager or panel. Plus a prep pack built from the actual job ad, including the concerns they’ll have about you.

04
Track everything, chase everything

Every application, every stage, every follow-up in one place. Applied four days ago and heard nothing? Lucy nudges you, and drafts the warm follow-up in seconds.

05
Show up every day, with a plan

Every morning: your top three priorities, time-boxed. Run your day, don’t let your day run you. Momentum is the whole game, and Lucy keeps score.

Kind is telling you the truth early, not watching you burn two months.

“Recruiters don’t find jobs for people. They find people for jobs.”

Lucy Gilmour, how she actually coaches

“You’re not job hunting. You’re boss hunting. Find the person you’d work for, not just the ad.”

Lucy Gilmour, how she actually coaches

“Don’t send twenty generic applications. Send five tailored ones that actually fit, and follow every one up.”

Lucy Gilmour, how she actually coaches

“Run your day, don’t let your day run you. Three priorities, time-boxed, done by lunch.”

Lucy Gilmour, how she actually coaches

Real people. Real results. Real timelines.

From members of Lucy’s Job Search Unlocked programme.

“For months, I struggled to get a single response. Now, I’m consistently getting interviews every week. Best money I ever spent.”

Job Search Unlocked member

“I went from constant rejections to 3 interviews in a week! I can’t believe how easy this was once I followed the right strategy.”

Job Search Unlocked member

“I followed the steps, sent a few messages, and boom, two interviews in a week! I wish I had known about this sooner.”

Job Search Unlocked member
What you get

Everything a coach does, built into one place

A daily plan of action

Three time-boxed priorities every morning. Never “what should I do today?” again.

Honest fit verdicts

Requirement-by-requirement traffic lights and a blunt read on every job.

CV builder in Lucy’s framework

Versioned, approval-gated changes. Export to Word or PDF whenever you like.

Tailoring + cover letters

Rebuilt for each job in minutes: hard skills, real achievements, zero buzzwords.

Mock interviews + prep packs

Behavioural, situational and technical questions from the actual job ad. Rehearse out loud.

Application tracker

Drag jobs through stages; every job keeps its own CV, letter and interview notes.

LinkedIn optimiser

Headline, About, experience: section by section, with an honest read of what you have now.

Then, grow

Once you land it, Lucy stays: reviews, promotion cases, difficult conversations.

Talk it out. Literally.

Lucy is a voice coach, not a form. Say “I’ve got an interview at Northwind on Thursday and I’m terrified” and she’ll build the prep pack, run the mock, and talk you off the ledge. Typing works too.

You’ve tried the alternatives

Human coaches are brilliant, for one hour a week, if you can afford them. Generic AI is always on, and agrees with everything you say. Lucy is the third thing.

A human career coachGeneric AI chatbotsAsk Lucy
A real coaching method
Tells you the truth, not what you want to hear
There at 11pm before the interview
A plan for your search, every single day
Builds the actual documents with you
Cost£75+ per hourFree, and it showsA fraction of one session

The things you’re wondering

Yes. Lucy Gilmour is a real career coach and ex-recruiter who ran a recruitment company for 8 years. Her system has helped over 1,000 job seekers get hired, and half a million people follow her career advice on Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube. Ask Lucy is her actual method: her frameworks, her CV template, her interview system, turned into a coach you can talk to any time.

The opposite. That’s the point. Every other tool flatters you into applying. Lucy gives you an honest verdict on every job: strong fit, a stretch, or a reach. And when it’s a stretch, exactly how to close the gap. Kind, but straight.

You can literally talk to Lucy, out loud, like a coaching call. Or type. Every plan includes voice coaching time plus unlimited text coaching, so a session never has to stop.

Yes. Getting hired is half of it. Lucy also coaches the career you’re already in: performance reviews, promotion cases, difficult conversations, and what your next move should actually be.

It’s yours. Your CV, applications and coaching history live in your private account, are never sold, and you can export your documents any time.

Your next role is five great applications away.

Doors open soon. Join the waitlist and be first in line to meet Lucy.

Early members get their first week free. One email, no spam.