Who I am
I am not a recruiter who moved into coaching. I am someone who went through the exact search my clients are in now, twice, including once after being laid off.
The longer version
The layoff is the part that matters. Everything before it, I could put down to working hard. Everything after it, I had to figure out properly.
When I was let go 2 days before the New Years Eve 2022, I did what almost everyone does: I applied everywhere. Hundreds of applications, a resume I had barely touched since the last search, and a LinkedIn profile that read like a job description. Weeks of nothing. The problem was never effort, I had plenty of that. The problem was that none of it was aimed anywhere.
What changed things was narrowing down instead of widening out. I picked a small set of roles I could genuinely compete for, rewrote everything around measurable impact instead of responsibilities, and started talking to people rather than applying at them. Six interview calls came back in three weeks. I signed a new role in under two months.
That gap, between how hard people work and how little of it is pointed in the right direction, is the whole reason this business exists. Almost nobody who comes to me is underqualified. They are unclear, badly positioned, and invisible to the systems doing the filtering. Those are all fixable problems.
Most people do not need to become a better candidate. They need to become a legible one.
My journey
Frontend engineer, zero local experience. Student and intern.
9 internship interviews during peak COVID, then a full-time offer in 2 months.
Laid off. The part that taught me most about how job searching actually works.
6 interview calls in 3 weeks after rebuilding the strategy. New role in under 2 months.
Turned a personal system into a repeatable process for other people.
Became Elite Career Coach at Topmate.io
Clients working at FAANG+, banks, AI startups and more.
What's included
A structured 6 step job search system to help you target the right roles,
crack the ATS, create more opportunities and prepare for every interview.
Know exactly what you should be targeting. We evaluate your experience, career goals, compensation expectations, location preferences, target companies and current market opportunities. From there, we identify your top 5 target job titles.
Build the right foundation for your applications. Our resume experts create 5 Base ATS Friendly Resumes, with each resume aligned to one of your selected job titles. Instead of relying on one generic resume for every opportunity, you have a strong base resume for each direction you are targeting. What you achieve: Five targeted ATS friendly resume foundations built around the roles you want to pursue.
Learn how to get through the ATS and reach human review. Learn how to take your Base ATS Friendly Resume and tailor it to each job description using the 15 minute application strategy. You learn what to change, how to align your resume with the job description, which base resume to use, and how, where and when to apply. You also receive 50 target companies matching your profile and relevant filters. What you achieve: A repeatable strategy to crack the ATS instead of sending the same resume to every job.
Make your LinkedIn work for your job search. Your LinkedIn profile is optimized around your target roles with headhunter friendly keywords to improve your visibility to recruiters and hiring professionals. What you achieve: One optimized LinkedIn profile that supports your target roles and helps recruiters understand where you fit.
Create opportunities beyond cold applications. Learn who to connect with, how to start conversations, how to build rapport and how to move toward asking for a referral. What you achieve: A repeatable LinkedIn networking strategy designed to create more referral opportunities.
Be prepared for every interview round. For each interview, your preparation is specific to the employer, interviewer, job description and resume you submitted. Get guidance on what questions may be asked, how to approach your answers, what to say, what not to say and what questions you should ask. What you achieve: Interview preparation built around the actual opportunity in front of you, from screening rounds to hiring manager, technical and panel interviews.