CAREER COACHING
Transformation starts from YOU
In 2009, I applied for 1293 jobs amid a recession.
In 2011, I decided to pursue my dream to become a speaker.
In 2016, I aspired to gain control of my body and mental health.
In 2017, I wanted to start my side hustle and make an impact.
In 2019, I realized that the only way to make an impact on my life is to serve other people and focus on sharing my experience through coaching, speaking, and writing.
Since then, I have...
Become an international keynote speaker
Lost 50 pounds
Running my own company
Coaching tech leaders to become bad-asses in their field
Wrote my FIRST BOOK which is a best-seller
Gave multiple TEDx talks.
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How did all of that happen?
Changed my mindset from scarcity to abundance
Spent 15 years of researching, learning and implementing strategies that helped me find my true passion
Found and still continuing to find key factors that will boost my productivity and peak performance
You know what’s even more amazing?
I’m teaching tech folks to cut through the noise, find their dream job and be successful in their career.
Why is choosing the RIGHT career important?
Research suggests that an average person spends one-third of their life at work.
Holy shit!! That’s a lot of your time spent away from your family. Yeah, we’re not counting the time when you were born to your high school years.
So it’s important your job offers these 3 things:
Challenge - You should have a job where you can focus on your strengths, apply your skill sets, and at the same time, be challenged. It should get you out of your comfort zone to experience new things.
Accountability - You should have a job where people depend on your work, have set deadlines, and you are held accountable for your actions. This is when you can bring out your best work.
Fulfillment - You should have a job where you wake up every morning excited, feel you are growing, and at the end of day, you feel you have done something impactful.
You’re on my website ( on this page specifically) because…
You’re at the fork of your career and need guidance. “Do I stay or do I look for a new job?”
You’re itching to make a change in your career. It’s caused you to lose sleep at night.
You have low-self esteem, self-doubt, lack of motivation, but you’re ready to do the work to land your dream career.
You can visualize your dream job, but SCARED as shit to make the leap.
You’re frustrated with your current job and it’s affected your personal life. Basically, filling you up with negative thoughts: “I’m not good enough.” or “I don’t have what it takes.”
You’re overwhelmed and stressed with mixed emotions and need someone to understand you + help you get clarity.
Here’s how I can help you?
Create a safe space for you to share your ideas and fears. I call it “Tech Career Therapy”
Work on your mindset. Break through the fog and see endless opportunities
Make you accountable to your goals and actions and help visualize the bigger picture of where you want to be and what would make the best impact in your life.
Help negotiate your next raise or salary that you deserve
Push you out of your comfort zone to discover new skill sets
Build your overall brand to set you up for success in current and future jobs
“The tragedy of life is not death but what we let die inside us while we live”
Ready to say BYE-BYE to your monotonous, boring, life sucking “Office Space” kind of job and say HI-HI to your new dream job then let’s connect.
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Why is Your Career Important?
My Packages
VIP Day (Half-Day and Full Day)
You get full 1:1 focused time with me. This includes:
Understanding your career obstacles
Coming up with strategies and an action plan
Customizing the day based on your needs which may include - Interview Coaching, Salary Negotiation, Speaking Coaching, Building your brand and much more
“Raj has an extraordinary ability to help people get clarity and focus.”
“I was at the forking point of my career. I was caught between pursuing my entrepreneurial journey and working at my day job. Then I met Raj. In two hours he was able to give me multiple ideas to balance both at the same time. He also gave me various tips to advance in my career. Since we last spoke I have taken positive steps towards working on myself and getting my dream job.”
- Andrei Kudavets, Senior Engineer
Interview Coaching
You have the skills but can’t crack interviews? Don’t worry I got you.
After attending 100+ interviews and conducting even more I can get you past the finish line. It is not how smart you are but how you market yourself.
I will:
Teach you strategies to identify your stories for the interview
Draft the stories for you to make it more impactful
Assist you in practicing those stories and do mock interviews
Make you control the interview in the first 5 minutes
Make the interviewers focus on your strengths
Help you communicate your brand in a succinct, funny, and impactful way which will get you noticed
Make you stand out from the crowd
“He can motivate and inspire you to do things that you would have never thought you could do before.”
“I had applied for over 200 jobs and did not have any luck with interviews. I did not even convert one. I was going through high-self doubt, low-self esteem and was doubting my skills. I thought I will never get a job I wanted and was ready to go back to my native country.
Then I met Raj. He is so motivated and positive and at the same time humble and empathetic and is genuinely interested in helping and adding value. He gave me strategies to ace interviews by teaching me some tricks to communicate more effectively. He also took me through a series of exercises and came up with an action plan to help me get a job.
Because of his help I had multiple job offers and finally landed a job at Amazon which was my dream company. He can motivate and inspire you to do things that you would have never thought you could do before. He pushes you out of your comfort zone and goes above and beyond to ensure I feel comfortable and motivated at all times. Investing in him as a coach and trusting him was one of the best things I have ever done in my life."
- Mihai Dobri, QA Engineer at Audible (Amazon Company)
LinkedIn profile analysis and redesign + Resume creation
Did you know you need the right keywords in your LinkedIn profile specific to the job you want? I got my last 4 jobs via LinkedIn and it has been 10+ years since I applied to a job using a Resume.
You can be this person! Make opportunities come to you because of your LinkedIn profile.
I will:
Identify 4 jobs types you want to focus on for your career path
Update LinkedIn profile based on these job descriptions with the right keywords (I write everything for you)
Help you come up with an elevator pitch you can use during interviews and networking
Create 4 types of professional-looking resumes (1 to 1.5 pages, more than that is a thesis!)
Teach you strategies and set up workflows to apply for jobs and track them
3, 6 and 12 Month Coaching
I have worked with 50+ clients and have helped a majority of them make positive personal life and career transformations.
I will:
Dig deep into your fears, ambitions, desires
Come up with an action plan for the 3, 6 and 12 month coaching period
Clearly define what would be the outcomes
Have weekly, bi-weekly 1:1 calls
Give you 24/7 continued support through emails, phone calls, text messages
Record each coaching session and sent it to you immediately for future reference
“Raj helped me sharpen my technical and communication skills needed for my job.”
“He gave me step by step guidance on how to slowly improve my technical skills and also gave me ideas and strategies to become an effective communicator when working in teams. His dedication to ensure I am successful in my job is commendable. I would recommend Raj to anyone who is willing to take their personal and career path to the next level.”
- Anand Kanniah, Senior Test Engineer
“He helped me strategize how to get a job which was an integral part of achieving all other defined goals.”
“I joined the program in January where I met awesome people. Raj made me discover I have imposter syndrome. I worked on it based on advice and the confidence exuded from all the team members. Raj made me define my goals across all areas and prioritize them accordingly. He helped me strategize how to get a job which was an integral part of achieving all other defined goals. I learned a lot from Raj and the team in my job search journey. And the team was also supportive in helping me prep for my interviews.”
- Tawakalt Ogunjobi, System Test Engineer
Motivation Subscription Package
Research has found that having an accountability partner increases your chances of success by 95%.
Let me be your accountability partner.
Get my subscription service.
I will:
Help you get clarity on your goals
Send you a message, useful resources or voice message on a daily basis via your preferred chat method to keep pushing you to work towards your goals and accomplish them. EVERY SINGLE DAY.
There are no bots here. It is just me motivating you on the other side. “Tony Robbins style” but with a different accent
“Raj is amazing.”
I did not have SaaS experience and he helped me navigate the space like a pro which helped me to land my dream job!"
- Alli Bloj, Global Sr. Program Manager
Career Advancement Workshop
An end-to-end career advancement workshop tailored based on the organization's needs.
I will cover:
How to strategically identify goals and accomplish them?
Strategies to find your dream career
LinkedIn strategies to build your personal brand
How to ace interviews?
How to negotiate your salary?
Strategies to be successful at work
How to build your personal brand?
How to tell compelling stories at work to increase credibility?
Different strategies to be an effective leader
Different ways to become an effective communicator
Productivity hacks to exponentially boost your growth and maintain work-life balance
Identify accountability partners to help you achieve your goals
Have a mind map of goals you want to achieve in a year
“This is a really excellent and practical workshop with practical strategies for goal setting for life and career, tips on how to improve your career, LinkedIn strategies, how to excel at work, and much much more.”
“Raj is so motivated and positive and at the same time humble and empathetic and is genuinely interested in helping and adding value for everyone at the workshop. He created a safe space to engage and motivate everyone and answer our many questions. I highly recommend this workshop!"
- Sharon Boyle, Senior Tester, IBM
“The workshop is eye-opening for your career and personal life. It's doesn't matter, either you have already a job or you want to look for jobs.”
“The workshop helps you strategically how to find your dream career and how to achieve it from A-Z.It doesn't stop there. The workshop helps you how to mind mapping your resolution for your personal life, how to achieve your goals, and how can you be productive every day. I learned so much from it!"
- Agung Abiyoga, UI/UX Designer
“Raj gives you energy, his content covers all interview techniques, LinkedIn techniques, he enables you to be you & makes you a master of interpersonal & intrapersonal communications.”
“It was a wonderful workshop for 2 days & I was personally coached during the workshop. The concepts, clarity & mind changing techniques I received from Raj helped me to see things from different perspectives."
- Muhammad Zubair, SQA Engineer
Growth Accountability Program
A 4-month group program to help you get clarity on your goals and dream career. Build your personal brand and become a rockstar in your life and at your workplace.
I will cover:
How to identify Goals, Tasks and map them to your calendar
Productivity Hacks & Routines
Building your Personal Brand with LinkedIn
Interview and Salary Negotiation Techniques
How to become a great leader?
Becoming an effective communicator
Writing a Conference Proposal
Building your Social Media Footprint
Coming up with a Success Game Plan
“I have not only created several long-term goals, but by utilizing this group, along with the help and encouragement of others, I have reached several of them.”
“The Growth Accountability group led by Raj has helped me not only in my professional career but in my personal life as well. It is very well organized and each time we meet Raj shares what has made him successful, challenges us in tangible ways and we as a group help each other grow as people. I have not only created several long-term goals, but by utilizing this group, along with the help and encouragement of others, I have reached several of them."
- Jon Zapolski, Software Test Engineering Manager