The Library
Five Vaults. Two universal. Three sector.
All five libraries ship inside every Private Client Advisory engagement. Pricing and access are discussed at the diagnostic call. Click any library below to apply for the private consultation, or read the full engagement spec at /private-client-advisory.
- 1Drafting now
Parent Handbook Vault
For parents — universal across every elite-careers pathway.
The parent's handbook. What ECS does and does not do, the programme tier ladder, the engagement timeline, how to support without micromanaging, the emotional journey, cultural translation across NRI, UAE, Singapore, China, and UK state-school families. Plus the practical topics: how does your child stand out, common misconceptions, why high-achievers fail, red flags in trajectory, when to start. Twenty docs.
- 2Drafting now
International Handbook Vault
For the 95% international audience — universal across every pathway.
Two tracks. Visa pathways and arrival logistics across UK, US, Hong Kong, Singapore. Plus the international candidate experience: why global firms hire globally, what elite recruiters actually filter on, application cycle timing across time zones, interview communication craft, networking from abroad, managing family expectations. The frame: the recruitment process is the only filter. Country, university, accent are context, not filters. Fourteen docs.
- 3Ship-ready · 126 docs
Corporate Law Vault
For Magic Circle, US Elite, and Silver Circle candidates.
126 proprietary documents across all ten stages of the Corporate Law application cycle. Tier 1 Online Assessment (numerical, verbal, logical, SJT, Watson-Glaser, HireVue). Tier 2 Assessment Centre (written, presentation, negotiation, group, in-tray, case study, role-play, ethics). Tier 3 Partner Interview. Plus fifteen firm packs covering Clifford Chance, Freshfields, Linklaters, Allen and Overy, Slaughter and May, White and Case, Kirkland, Sidley Austin, Ropes and Gray, Akin Gump, Baker McKenzie, Travers Smith, Macfarlanes, Herbert Smith Freehills, Hogan Lovells. Plus the Tech Legal and Commercial Awareness library.
- 4Active build · target mid-to-late May 2026
Investment Banking Vault
For bulge bracket and elite boutique investment banking candidates.
Front-office IBD plus Sales and Trading. Two tracks: Track A (M&A, ECM, DCM, Leveraged Finance, Restructuring) and Track B (Markets, Sales, Trading, FICC, Equities). Plus fifteen bank-specific firm packs covering Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Bank of America, Citi, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, UBS, Lazard, Evercore, Centerview, Moelis, Rothschild, Houlihan Lokey, Credit Suisse legacy. Tier 1 OA tuned for the IB funnel (Pymetrics, Capp Strengths, HireVue). Stock Pitch Masterclass. Networking, Superday, the Closer.
- 5Drafting begins June 2026
Elite Admissions Vault
For top US business school and global elite undergraduate candidates.
Top US business schools (Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, Wharton, Booth, MIT Sloan, Columbia Business School, Yale SOM, Kellogg). Plus the global elite undergraduate destinations (Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, Stanford, the Oxbridge route). Same proven pattern as the Corporate Law and IB Vaults: hiring-side and admissions-side reverse engineering converted into transferable frameworks that produce documented outcomes.
Inside the engagement
One product. Five reference libraries. Same complete inclusions at every tier.
ECS sells one product: the Private Client Advisory engagement. The five Vaults are reference libraries inside that engagement, not separate purchases. There is no cross-sell ladder. The same complete library, the same twenty-eight assessment simulators, the same sixteen flagship masterclasses, and the same six proprietary frameworks ship at every tier of the engagement. The variable across tiers is the volume of founder advisory hours bundled with that complete library, not the library itself.
- Conversion (5 sessions)— a focused single-cycle engagement for candidates with a defined bottleneck. Full Vault, all simulators, all masterclasses, all frameworks, members area access.
- Flagship (15 sessions)— a full-cycle engagement for candidates building offers from scratch across the recruitment cycle. Same complete inclusions.
- Premium (25 sessions)— a bespoke build for candidates targeting multiple elite firms simultaneously, or entering late with high complexity. Same complete inclusions, plus priority response window.
- Multi-year arc— the Karam shape. Three-year engagement, by application only. Same complete inclusions, scoped annually.
Pricing is application-only and discussed at the diagnostic call. Approximately thirty private clients per year, across all tiers combined. Read the full eight-point engagement spec →
To begin
Every engagement begins with the diagnostic.
A structured ninety-minute private conversation with Hassan personally. The only route into the Private Client Advisory engagement, with the full Vault library, the twenty-eight simulators, the sixteen masterclasses, the six frameworks, and members area access shipped from day one.
Apply for a private consultation →Active client? Sign in to the members area for direct library access.
Want a structural map of the system before applying? Browse the free Vault Master Index.
Compliance and disclosures
Elite Careers Strategy provides preparation, frameworks, and strategic advisory work. We do not employ, interview, or make hiring decisions at any of the firms referenced on this page. Hiring decisions rest entirely with the firms and institutions concerned. Nothing on this page constitutes a guarantee of any specific professional or admissions outcome.
Vault content is held on file with redacted documentation where named outcomes are referenced. Specific firm-by-firm placement counts are not published as a matter of policy. Elite Careers Strategy is the trading name of City Careers Coach Ltd, a company conducting its affairs under the laws of England and Wales. All proprietary frameworks (STAR-3, PEAL-3, PEAL-X, VTMR, BDC, Commercial Fluency) are trademarks of Elite Careers Strategy.