DiscoverStage 01 · Discover
Surface strengths, interests and the real questions behind the next decision.
Begin with honest insight—not assumptions.
Career • Business • People Strategy
Navigate what’s next with clarity, purpose and confidence.
GPS Career & Business Strategies helps professionals, students, entrepreneurs and organizations understand their strengths, make informed decisions and build lasting success in a changing world.
35 years of human resources and people-leadership experience
Karla Hill
Founder · GPS Career & Business Strategies
35 years
HR & people leadership
1 of 4- Career Direct
Career Direct
Certified assessment administrator
2 of 4 - Career & business
Career & business
Strategy for people and organizations
3 of 4 - Human-centered
Human-centered
Workforce guidance for the AI era
4 of 4
Choose your path
Where do you need direction?
Four audiences. One commitment to clarity, purpose and human potential.
GPS Method
The GPS method
A clear route from insight to action
Inspired by navigation: discover where you are, clarify the destination, map the path, move with intention and keep evolving.
Signature services
Strategy for careers, students, business and people
Each engagement is tailored. Consultation CTAs connect you with Karla—not an automated checkout.
Manifesto
The Human Touch Your AI Can’t Replace
- PurposePurpose
- CultureCulture
- Lived experienceLived experience
- TrustTrust
- Human potentialHuman potential
Technology can process information quickly. It cannot fully understand purpose, culture, lived experience, trust or human potential. GPS helps people and organizations combine modern tools with thoughtful human judgment.
GPS: Guidance, Purpose, Strategy—Your Path to Success
Karla Hill
The Human Touch Your AI Can't Replace
Industry research
Five workforce realities shaping what comes next
Organizations are navigating reskilling, employee trust, hiring quality and human-centered leadership. These cited findings provide context—not GPS-owned metrics—and remain subject to verification.
Five cited findings
FUTURE OF WORK
01Future of work
85%
Jobs Don't Exist Yet
85% of jobs that will exist in 2030 haven't been invented yet. Your HR strategy must prepare for roles we can't even imagine today. Traditional hiring practices focused on fixed job descriptions are obsolete.
Source: Dell Technologies & Institute for the Future
Figures and sources remain subject to client verification.
RESKILLING
02Reskilling
375M
Workers Must Reskill
375 million workers globally will need to switch occupational categories by 2030 due to automation. Employee retention now depends on your ability to offer continuous learning and career evolution pathways.
Source: McKinsey Global Institute
Figures and sources remain subject to client verification.
HUMAN CONNECTION
03Human connection
76%
Want Human Connection
76% of employees say human connection at work is more important than ever in the age of AI. While companies invest in technology, your people are craving authentic relationships and purpose-driven cultures.
Source: Gallup Workplace Research
Figures and sources remain subject to client verification.
$8.8T
Cost of Bad Hires
Bad hiring decisions cost companies up to $8.8 trillion annually in lost productivity. AI screening tools perpetuate bias and miss cultural fit—the human judgment in talent acquisition has never been more valuable.
Source: Society for Human Resource Management
Figures and sources remain subject to client verification.
WORKFORCE TRANSITION
05Workforce transition
52%
Fear Job Displacement
52% of workers fear AI will make their jobs obsolete. This anxiety destroys engagement and innovation. Strategic change management that addresses these fears head-on is critical for organizational success.
Source: Pew Research Center
Figures and sources remain subject to client verification.
Karla Hill
Founder · GPS Career & Business Strategies
Founder
Karla Hill
- Chief Purpose Officer
- Chief People Officer
- HR Executive
- Career Strategist
Founder of GPS Career & Business Strategies. For 35 years, Karla shaped corporate cultures as a senior HR executive—leading with empathy, integrity, purpose and strategy. Today she advises professionals, entrepreneurs, students and organizations committed to economic empowerment and human potential.
HR & people leadership
- Career & business strategy
Career & business strategy
- Coaching & transformation
Coaching & transformation
Client voices
Client voices
Guidance that meets people where they are
Mark Palmer
CEO, Empire Capital
Business & organizationsFeatured story
Karla Hill, President of GPS Career and Business Strategies, has been a game-changer in my professional journey. As CEO of Empire Capital, I attest to the significant and measurable changes Karla has brought about in our performance metrics with her unique approach and unparalleled strategic thinking.
Karla's attentiveness is infectious, ensuring not a moment is wasted and that she always stays aligned with our business goals. She holds a vast reservoir of knowledge, coupled with an ability to consistently deliver high-quality advice and solutions. Karla truly exemplifies the adage, 'iron sharpens iron,' as she has effectively galvanized our team with her dynamic strategies.
Measurable impact for leaders and organizations.
Read full storyCareer coaching
Karla is an amazing coach that brings her rich experience and career expertise to her interactions… Her guidance is clear, relevant and motivating.
Career Direct assessment
Karla Hill’s GPS is very useful in that the assessment validates my gift… the GPS assessment was right on! It validated my core being as an educator and entrepreneur.
Signature assessment
Signature assessment
Career Direct: discover direction with clarity
Designed to support career and education decisions, Career Direct helps clients understand interests, strengths and direction—with personalized guidance from a certified administrator.
- Interests
- Strengths
- Direction
- Step 1Complete the assessment
- Step 2Review your results
- Step 3Build a practical direction
Discover · Clarify · Direct