Team Networking Group (TNG)

What Team Networking Group (TNG) does

Team Networking Group (TNG) is a private, Indianapolis-based virtual community and job placement service targeting mid-career professionals in the United States. Founded originally as a local in-person networking group, TNG transitioned to a fully virtual delivery model using Zoom videoconferencing, enabling national reach while maintaining Indianapolis as its headquarters. The company positions itself around the premise that modern job hunting is broken due to automated screening systems and phantom job postings, and that a structured peer group can accelerate placement.

TNG offers two distinct programs. TNG Boost is a free, weekly Tuesday evening virtual session (7-8pm EST) providing networking, video archive access, and membership in the TNG-exclusive LinkedIn private community. TNG Gold is an invitation-only premium membership program meeting Wednesday mornings (9-11am EST), capped at 20 members per cohort, featuring a structured 22-week curriculum covering job search basics, finding best job fit, marketing yourself, and landing the ideal job. Gold members receive a minimum of 6 hours of facilitated live group interaction monthly, personal mentoring, training in LinkedIn influencer techniques, video interviewing, and sales, plus access to a network of hundreds of alumni. Individual one-on-one career coaching is available as a paid add-on at market rates of $50-$200 per hour.

TNG's business model is a community-led freemium funnel, where the free Boost tier feeds the screened, application-based Gold membership. Membership fees for Gold are not publicly disclosed. The organization operates with 9 employees and 4 named staff (Bruce Sing, Kelli Jones, Melissa Bertke-Heslin, Dave Anderson), with no external funding, no parent company, and no disclosed partnerships, suggesting a lean, founder/staff-operated operation.

Name

Team Networking Group (TNG)

Legal name

Team Networking Group

Website

https://tngindy.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Team Networking Group (TNG) is a private, Indianapolis-based virtual job placement community serving mid-career professionals in the United States through a free weekly networking program (TNG Boost) and an invitation-only premium membership (TNG Gold) with a 22-week curriculum and alumni network access.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Career Coaching Services

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Mentoring, Coaching, Alumni Networking & Peer Support Platforms (EDAFAMAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Professional & Career Networks (BPAMABAB)

Keywords

• Job search coaching
• Career networking
• Outplacement services
• Job placement training
• Professional development

Headquarters

HQ city

Indianapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. TNG Gold Membership Fees: Paid membership program offering comprehensive job search training, networking, and coaching services. Membership continues until member finds a job or opts out. The program includes 6+ hours of facilitated live group interaction monthly, access to all members and alumni, video archive, LinkedIn forum, personal mentoring, and advanced tools training.
2. Individual Coaching Services: One-on-one job search coaching available to both Boost and Gold members for additional fees. Standard career coaching rates mentioned as between $50-$200 per hour in the market.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Team Networking Group (TNG) is a private career services organization that helps mid-career professionals find employment through two programs: TNG Boost, a free weekly Tuesday evening virtual networking and check-in session, and TNG Gold, an invitation-only premium membership (capped at 20 members) with a 22-week curriculum, facilitated group training, mentoring, and access to a private LinkedIn community and alumni network. Individual one-on-one career coaching is offered as a paid add-on.

Product overview

Team Networking Group (TNG) is a job placement service for mid-career professionals offering two membership programs: a free TNG Boost tier (Tuesday evening virtual meetings) and a premium TNG Gold tier (invitation-only Wednesday morning sessions with a 22-week curriculum). Both programs use Zoom for video conferencing and provide access to LinkedIn communities and video archives. Individual coaching is available as an add-on service for additional fees.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TNG Boost: Free weekly Tuesday evening virtual networking session for job seekers, meeting 7pm-8pm EST via Zoom. No monthly fee required.
• TNG Gold

Products and services

• TNG Boost Free weekly interactive virtual meeting for job seekers meeting Tuesday 7pm–8pm EST via Zoom, focused on member check-ins, networking, and shared challenges/successes. Provides access to all TNG members, the video archive, the TNG private LinkedIn community, and serves as the entry point to the Gold program.
• TNG Gold Premium, invitation-only membership program for mid-career professionals meeting Wednesday 9am–11am EST via Zoom. Limited to 20 members per group, it delivers a 22-week structured curriculum (Job Search Basics, Finding Your Best Job Fit, Marketing Yourself, Landing Your Ideal Job), 6+ hours of facilitated live group interaction per month, personal mentoring, advanced tools training (LinkedIn influencer, video interviewing, sales training, mock interviews), and access to all TNG members and hundreds of alumni.
• Individual Coaching One-on-one job search coaching available to both TNG Boost and TNG Gold members for an additional fee. TNG connects members with a network of recommended career coaches and experts; standard coaching rates run between $50 and $200 per hour.

Quantifiable outcome

• Membership continues until member finds a job - services do not expire

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Challenger, Gray & Christmas: Outplacement and career consulting firm offering individual and group coaching for displaced workers. Comparable on services sold and customer segment, but operates as a professional services firm rather than a small-group membership community.
• Korn Ferry (Career Transition): Global consulting firm with a career transition/outplacement practice serving displaced executives and professionals. Operates at much higher price points and scale, but directly addresses the same buyer pain (finding the next role after displacement) and competes for the same prospective member.
• Right Management (ManpowerGroup): Large corporate-outplacement provider offering career coaching, workshops, and job-search support bundled into employer severance packages. Directly competes for the mid-career displaced-professional segment but typically delivers time-limited (not unlimited) services and is bought by HR, not individuals.
• Lee Hecht Harrison (LHH): Global outplacement and career transition firm delivering coaching and job-search programs primarily through employer contracts. Same end customer (mid-career professionals in transition) and similar curriculum content, but enterprise sales motion and broad portfolio of services.
• LinkedIn Premium: Dominant professional network with paid job-seeker features (InMail, profile boosts, recruiter visibility) targeting many of the same mid-career professionals TNG serves. TNG even uses LinkedIn training as curriculum content; LinkedIn is both a channel partner and the most visible indirect competitor.

Others

• Circle: Membership and community platform powering paid online groups with courses, events, and discussion forums. Operates in TNG's infrastructure layer — a potential productization path for the TNG Boost/Gold group experience if TNG wants to scale beyond live Zoom facilitation.
• Mighty Networks: Community-platform-as-a-service used by creators and membership organizations to run paid cohorts, courses, and discussion spaces. Comparable underlying technology layer (virtual community + subscription gating) that TNG could productize or migrate to as it scales beyond Zoom-led meetings.

Direct peers

• ExecuNet: Membership-based networking and job search platform for experienced ($100K+) professionals, combining a curated community with content, coaching, and recruiter connections. Comparable on the paid-membership model targeting mid-to-senior professionals and the use of network effects to surface hidden roles.
• The Muse: Career-coaching and content platform with paid coaching, resume help, and community/job-matching tools aimed at mid-career professionals. Comparable on customer segment, coaching add-on offering, and emphasis on community-driven job search support.
• Five O'Clock Club: Long-running, structured career-coaching and networking organization that uses small-group, facilitator-led sessions to help professionals find jobs. Closely comparable on membership model, mid-career target audience, group-based curriculum, and emphasis on networking as the path to placement.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/team-networking-group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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