CENNETA clinic for career transitions.
CENNET is building the place experienced leaders go when a career changes: one coordinated team, one plan and one network, from the first week to the first year in the next role.
Early stage · Atlanta, Georgia · Founded 2026
Transitions are now a normal part of a leadership career
The single-employer career is gone. Senior people change roles more often, and each change is a health, finance, family and identity event, not just a job search. Today they piece help together from outplacement, coaches, recruiters and volunteer groups that do not talk to each other.
US job cuts announced January to October 2026, after a record 2025: about 1.7 million in 22 months.
2026 cuts in which employers cited AI, as organizations flatten and layers of management disappear.
No one coordinates the whole transition: career, health coverage, finances, relocation and the network, under one plan.
A clinic model: intake, assessment, a plan, a coordinated team of specialists, and follow-up after landing.
Source: Challenger, Gray & Christmas, October 2026 job-cuts report (November 5, 2026).
Six service lines, joined by partnerships
Members enter through a digital membership and move into hands-on programs when they need people. Employers can sponsor programs for leaders in transition.
Peer pods, networking, mentoring, referrals and member-led groups.
Assessment, a 90-day plan, positioning and coaching.
Health-coverage checks, health check-ups and referral, and finances during the transition, with licensed professionals.
Executive roles, consulting, board seats and fractional leadership.
Entrepreneurship, franchising, industry changes, relocation and retirement transitions.
Outplacement, succession support and leadership-transition programs for employers.
The member journey
Built AI-first, delivered by people
AI does the drafting, matching and answering; licensed professionals and experienced coaches make the calls. Working prototypes exist for each piece below.
The member and team hub: one front door with Ask CENNET, events, the directory and each member's plan.
A long-term view of career, health and finances, so each move fits the life around it.
Coach-only insight on likely paths and timelines, improving as members land.
Same-role and pivot resumes and a video script, built with the member's coach and recruiter.
An AI transition coach on the phone, backed by a 24/7 help desk.
Every step from intake to placement, with its cost, to keep programs profitable.
The CENNET Center
A home for the clinic model in Atlanta: intake on the ground floor, Transition Health and Transition Finance suites, Transition Relocation and counseling offices, rooms for peer pods, and space for partners and networking groups.
Each step has to earn the next: clinic days first, then a small leased suite, then anchor tenants, and a building only with a funded capital plan.
- Digital memberships
- Member-paid transition programs
- Employer-paid programs and outplacement
- Partner sponsorships and office leases
- Licensing the model to other cities
Senior leaders who know the transition from every side
Senior leaders from operations, sales, strategy, finance, health and human capital, each owning a part of the member experience.
Advisors: Jeanne Artime, Tom Berger. IT and legal are outsourced.
Seeking aligned employer, strategic and capital partners
We are refining the model, running member discovery and validating partnerships. If you would like the investor briefing, write to us.