New market
Understand what changes when you apply beyond your familiar network.
About ThriveUp Career
Career support for your next move abroad.
ThriveUp Career helps professionals prepare for international opportunities with career strategy, CV and LinkedIn positioning, and interview practice shaped by real recruitment experience.
Why it matters
Make your experience easier to read.
ThriveUp Career exists to help people close that gap. We support professionals who need to reposition their story, prepare for international opportunities, and communicate their value with more precision.
Our work stays practical because career progress depends on practical moments: the CV that opens a door, the LinkedIn profile that attracts the right attention, and the interview where experience becomes trust.
Clear positioning
Turn your experience into a message recruiters can read quickly.
Better interviews
Prepare to explain your value with structure, confidence, and evidence.
Our approach
A recruiter-informed process.
We bring a recruiter-informed view into career preparation, so the work stays focused on what the market needs to understand before it says yes.
Understand the market
We look at where you want to go, how that market hires, and what recruiters or hiring managers need to see first.
Clarify your positioning
We refine how your experience is presented across your professional story, CV, LinkedIn profile, and applications.
Prepare for hiring moments
We work on the conversations, interviews, and decisions where clarity and evidence make the biggest difference.
The founders
Meet the people behind the guidance.
Marielle Machado
Co-FounderMarielle combines a background in Business and IT with experience in global recruitment. Her work is grounded in understanding how candidates are assessed, how opportunities are matched, and how professionals can present their experience with more precision.
She brings a practical view of international hiring to ThriveUp Career, helping clients connect their skills, career story, and market goals in a way recruiters and hiring teams can understand.
- Business background
- IT background
- Global recruitment experience
Carol Galupo
Co-FounderCarol is a certified Professional and Personal Coach with extensive experience across different industries. Her work brings together career development, people strategy, and a structured coaching perspective.
At ThriveUp Career, she supports professionals in recognising their strengths, preparing for important career moments, and communicating their value with clarity and confidence.
- Certified Professional & Personal Coach
- Career development experience
- Cross-industry background
What guides us
Practical, human principles.
Professional Empowerment
Our goal is not to speak for you. It is to help you understand your own experience well enough to present it with clarity.
Transparency and Trust
We give direct feedback on what is helping, what is unclear, and what may be weakening your applications or interviews.
Care and Empathy
Changing markets, roles, or countries can be personal. We keep the process practical without ignoring the pressure behind it.
Knowledge Sharing
We explain the reasoning behind the work, so you leave with stronger documents and a better understanding of the hiring process.
Celebrating Success
Progress is not only the final offer. A sharper CV, a clearer answer, or a more focused search can change the next step.