RESUME, LINKEDIN, AND JOB SEARCH SERVICE
Raj's Results-oriented Resume Service
Get your Results-oriented Resume and LinkedIn profile reviewed and objectively assessed by a top headhunter who has helped multi-billion-dollar companies close challenging positions, and helped thousands of candidates improve their job search strategies and interview performances.
Win MultipleInterviews
Increase YourMarket Value
Build a Robust Career
IMPORTANT
This Consulting service is specifically for people who have completed my Results-oriented Resume writing course. If you haven’t taken the course AND created your Results-oriented resume, do not buy this service.
While my course covers the entire Resume Writing process in detail, some people need additional help to reach their job search goals.
This service is for them.
IF YOU'RE NOT ON YOUR TOES, YOU'LL END UP ON YOUR BACK
What does it take to quickly win multiple Interviews in a noisy, crowded, hyper-competitive job market?
The global recession of 2008-09 caused a seismic shift in the job market. As a recruiter, I had a close-up view of the bloodbath.
The primary fallouts of the recession were job losses (ran into thousands in several industries and resulted in millions of job losses worldwide), a shrinking job market (fewer openings as companies and industries saw a decline in revenue, and as consumer demand fell), and increased competition for the same number of jobs (hyper-competition).
It’s been 15 years since the recession, but its effects can be felt even today. Every time there’s talk of resurgence, one industry or the other slips and the job losses mount. Add to that the trade wars between countries, price wars between companies, technological changes, the impact of the COVID pandemic, a funding winter, the AI invasion, etc. and you have a recurring job market crisis. All this is to say if you’re not on your toes, you’ll end up on your back.
You are safe—until you aren't
As humans, we suffer from ‘Optimism Bias.’ This means deep down we believe that bad things won’t happen to us—whether that’s an accident or a job loss. Optimism Bias is a universal phenomenon and is suprisingly powerful. Fortunately, the Insurance industry has done a good job at marketing its products and today most of us are insured (a good thing, just in case life plays a cruel joke).
Unfortunately, there is no insurance for a job loss. While you may like to believe you are immune to a job loss (Optimism Bias at play), you’re not. If you still believe otherwise, talk to qualified, talented, skilled people who have lost / quit their jobs and ask them if they saw it coming. Remember that job losses don’t always have to result from industry downturns or bad business strategy or a weak CEO or a fall in consumer demand or price wars, they can also be due to office politics / declining company culture / entry of a bad boss, lack of recognition / respect, job dissatisfaction, poor training & development, stress & longer working hours, etc.
If I have learnt anything in my career as a Recruiter, it’s this: Always be ready to find a new job. And that means, first and foremost, building a world-class Resume that can win you multiple interviews in a noisy, crowded, hyper-competitive job market. It means writing a powerful, persuasive Results-oriented Resume that will win you multiple interviews even in a recessive economy.
The Results-oriented resume is the fastest and best way to win multiple Interviews, perform well in those interviews, and win multiple attractive job offers
New Challenges, New Strategies
It was during the recession that I began studying resumes of candidates who were thriving and succeeding despite the job shortage. These people were changing jobs at will and it was almost as if the recession had no effect on them. I decided to study, dissect, and adopt their strategies to revise my Resume Writing process.
As I studied and analysed these resumes, a few patterns emerged. All these people had quantified the results they had delivered, as against merely listing their achievements. Few of them had quantified AND contextualized the results they had delivered—this threw more focus on their results and additionally, it was obvious that it had a positive effect on their interview performance (which they confirmed on the call). Nearly all them demonstrated solid business acumen and this was a result of writing for interview performance, as against writing for winning interviews. (This point is absolutely crucial, and it led to a pivotal shift in my Resume Writing strategy.)
Note: During this process, I ignored resumes of people from premiere institutes since they could win interviews simply by the virtue of their institute’s brand name, regardless of how bland their Resume.
Using these and few other key strategies, I developed the CARCI® framework. This was in 2009. Over the last 20 years, I have refined it and I can confidently state it is the best Resume Writing strategy in existence.
Yes, that’s a bold claim. But I am confident because I have looked at Resume Writing strategies from around the world (including those that run into thousands of dollars). The CARCI framework is the heart of the Results-oriented Resume and it’s the same strategy I have used, over and over, to help my clients win interviews with top companies, and to increase their salary offers and negotiation power. After all these years of putting it to use and seeing first-hand how quickly and efficiently it wins interviews, I have no doubt that the Results-oriented Resume is the Passport to a secure, financially rewarding career.
Your Resume Is A Marketing Document
Even if companies have fantastic products, they still need a smart Marketing plan. Many products have had to bite the dust because their Marketing wasn’t up to the mark. In fact, good Marketing can take an average product and turn it into a blockbuster product. There is ample evidence for this in just about every industry. Marketing is the 20% that brings 80% of the results.
Similarly—it doesn’t matter how competent or qualified a candidate you are, or how average you may believe you are—you need superior Marketing.
That’s the job of your Resume—to Market you and to help you outshine and outclass your competition, and to turn you in an attractive, high-value candidate. And the best way to do that is to use a Results-oriented Resume.
Are you frustrated by your inability to:
- Win multiple interviews?
- Win interviews with companies of your choice?
- Perform well in interviews?
- Position yourself as a premium candidate (top 1% of the candidate pool)?
- Build a career instead of simply changing jobs?
- Feel confident and secure when changing jobs?
- Boost your market value and significantly increase your income?
Your Coach
I have extensive experience in coaching and helping people further their goals in areas of Career development, Communication skills, and Critical thinking.
With 20 years of deep, extensive experience in Recruitment, Sales & Marketing, and Training & Coaching, I bring a unique blend of skills to the table. As a Headhunter, I have helped hundreds of people win lucrative jobs with great companies—across all grades and levels. As a coach, I have helped people improve interview performance, negotiate higher pay, and build up their speaking and presentation skills.
You will find multiple testimonials attesting to the quality and depth of my work on 1) LinkedIn, 2) in my eBook ‘Getting into Great Companies’, and 3) my Resume writing course ‘Raj’s Advanced Guide to Writing a Results-oriented Resume’
Raj Ray
Hire me to
Rise to the Top 1%
The content in your Resume projects your value. And your value determines your ranking in the pool. With my help, you can rise to the top 1% of the applicant talent pool
Win More Interviews
Winning multiple interviews is the most important job of your Resume. More interviews = more offers (and thus improving the odds of finding a great job with a great company)
Give Better Interviews
The secondary purpose of your Resume is to help you thrive in interviews. Few understand this: the content in your Resume can help you steer and control the interview. If you want the offer letter, learn to use your Resume to give better interviews
Put more money in your Bank
When you have multiple offers in hand and when your interviews have gone well, it is highly likely you will automatically be offered an attractive package. You'll also be in a stronger position to negotiate. End result? You'll have more money in your bank
Improve your Confidence
Going deep and creating Resume content that reflects your business acumen and subject matter knowledge will greatly boost your confidence. This will reflect in your interviews. My CARCI format will help you achieve this and more
Receive More Offers
If I have one primary goal in my job search / resume consulting service, it is to help my clients win multiple offers (and thus build a better career). This is doable if you follow the right approach and give your Resume writing process the seriousness it deserves
marketing is The difference between Poverty and Prosperity
Other things being equal, a successful Career is a result of successful Marketing. If you cannot Market and Endorse yourself with flair, you may not receive many interview invitations.
Your Resume is the primary Marketing collateral in your arsenal.
I evaluate and tweak your Results-oriented Resume to demonstrate your maximum possible value to the target companies. Once you have a Results-oriented resume in place, you will greatly improve your odds of winning multiple interviews with target companies.
Show them Value and they'll show you the Money
When shortlisting Resumes, companies look for VALUE. Broadly, ‘Value’ means 3 things: 1) Your educational pedigree, 2) the companies you have worked with, and 3) the results you have delivered.
What matters most are the Results you have delivered and how you articulate those results in your resume. A Results-oriented candidate is a highly attractive and valuable candidate, and my Resume writing course and Consulting practice are designed to increase your market value and significantly increase your Income.
Marketing + Interviews
A Resume must serve 2 purposes:
- It must serve as a Marketing document and lead to multiple interview
- It must serve as a Marketing document and lead to multiple interview
The smart way to move forward is to build and own a Resume that achieves both these goals
Are you prepared to defeat your competition? Or is your competition going to defeat you?
In a job search, the competition is intense. Assuming the company has exhausted its list of internal candidates (current employees due for promotions), you are competing with candidates from the company’s internal database (resumes collected over the years), job portal advertisements, LinkedIn and other social media advertisements, recruitment agencies, referrals, etc. For almost every role, you are competing with at least 300-odd candidates from a wide range of sources. That’s 300 candidates for 1 position. To say that the competition is intense, is actually an understatement.
Hence, it’s not enough to move forward with the hope that just because you are good at your job, you will win the interview. What about the 299 others? Is it not possible that they, too, are good at their jobs? Perhaps better than you?
Set aside blind optimism and opt for cold, clinical objectivity. That’s my approach to all aspects of job search and career development—writing resumes, interview performance, salary negotiation, communication skills, confidence building—I tackle each area / skill with objectivity and time-tested processes, not hope or faith or optimism.
I take a logical, clinical approach to auditing and improving resumes. When you work with me, I’ll show you ‘what’, ‘why’ and ‘how’ of taking control of your resume. My process will greatly improve your odds of getting short listed for interviews.
- Increase the number of interviews you win (application:shortlisting ratio). More interviews = more offers
- Improve your interview performance across all rounds. Better interviews = more offers
- Rise to the top 1% of the candidate pool
- Works for all industries, functions, experience levels, and geographies
- Rise to the top 1% of the candidate pool
- Benefits of being coached by a top Headhunter—someone who has helped people find great jobs for 20 years (see testimonials on LinkedIn, my eBook ‘Getting into Great companies’, and my Results-oriented resume writing course
Remember: Being good at your job, and being good at getting shortlisted for interviews are 2 distinct and separate skills. When you are good at both, you are primed to make the most of the opportunities that come your way.
As you move forward in your career, you will come across dozens of excellent opportunities—will you be prepared for them, or will you continue to waste those opportunities?
What you need to submit:
- Your old resume
- Your Results-oriented resume (as per the strategies and processes in my Resume writing course)
- Filled-up (detailed) CARCI table
- 3 JDs you applied against recently and failed to win interviews
- 2 JDs you want to apply against Your LinkedIn URL
- List of target companies you’re interested in (3-7 target companies) Your application:shortlisting ratio for interviews (if you have been tracking this metric)
- Cover letter (based on the format in my course)
- A list of your pain points / areas you are struggling with — specific to job search and career development
What's included:
- One 45-minute call to evaluate your job search and career goals, and the challenges you are facing
- Two x 45-minute consulting sessions to address the following:
- Examine your filled-up CARCI Table and improve its contents — checking for all 5 elements of the CARCI format and strengthening them wherever required
- Evaluating the bullet points in your resume — both on a standalone basis and against relevant JDs
- Cover letter — analyzing the ‘weaknesses’ and ‘strengths’ of your candidature and tweaking the cover letter to help you put your best foot forward
- LinkedIn profile — making your profile stronger so that it meets the 3 goals (see my LinkedIn course)
- Evaluate your interview preparation — In my experience, 95% of your interview preparation can be taken care of by the CARCI table (please note: while I will thoroughly evaluate your CARCI table and ensure you are well-prepared for the interview, this service does not include interview coaching and practice sessions)
- Customize your resume and cover letter for jobs with 2 target companies
- Improve your resume to cater to, and impress, all stakeholders — recruiters (internal and external), HR Head, Functional Heads, and Company Leadership
- Ensure that you are closing on a high note — adding interest, colour, and subliminally exhibiting desirable leadership traits (to the bullet points, career highlights table, and the ‘Hobbies and other’ section)
- Improving language — pithiness and brevity, persuasiveness, syntax and grammar
- Backend work on my part to meet the above objectives