[{"id":63,"name":"Free is Very Expensive","slug":"free-is-very-expensive-63","cover_uid":null,"published_on":"2020-01-28T00:41:17.183Z","content":"Often people come up to me and say, can you give me some career advice?\r\n\r\nAnd I’ll say, sure let’s book a session. \r\n\r\nAnd then they say, why do you have to charge? It’s just advice. \r\n\r\nYou want free advice to help you make more money? Does that make sense?\r\n\r\nI gotta eat too. My rent isn’t free. \r\n\r\nI love helping people. I really do. We’ve done thousands of free sessions. I answer messages and emails at all hours of the day. And I love doing that. \r\n\r\nWe’ve had events with over 2000 attendees that are free and we give away incredible resources like our free resume templates, articles and videos. Those cost time and money to make. \r\n\r\nIt wouldn’t be fair for me to advocate for you making more money, if you can’t do the same for us.\r\n\r\nThere’s an interesting paradox I’ve seen. The paradox of generosity. Often the people we give the most free stuff to, keep on asking for more. Demanding. Entitled. \r\n\r\nBut the ones willing to pay from the start? Amazing customers. Kind, motivated, respectful. And they see incredible life changing results.\r\n\r\nOur median salary increase is $17500 and often people have only paid $150 for that. That ROI is out of this world. Where else can you spend $150 and make $17k?\r\n\r\nThis is a hard thing to talk about because of course I want to help people and keep HireClub accessible, but for communities to stay afloat, to thrive, there has to be investment.\r\n\r\nWe all win when we invest in each other.","user":{"id":2,"username":"kidbombay","name":"Ketan Anjaria","avatar_url":"https://res-5.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_north,h_200,q_auto,w_200/h5zk2mzyb3e45b428l0f"}},{"id":62,"name":"Life is Short","slug":"life-is-short","cover_uid":null,"published_on":"2020-01-27T20:14:01.374Z","content":"Life at times seems so short.\r\n\r\nWe aren’t here for very long. And while we are here, I believe we are here to help others.\r\n\r\nIn the first month of 2020, the world has seen many challenges. Many of you have experienced your own personal challenges.\r\n\r\nLoss of income, a hard time finding a job, dealing with stress at work. These are all more common than we think.\r\n\r\nI want to take a minute and thank all of you HireClub for your kindness and generosity.\r\n\r\nYou have helped people in need, provided clarity for those in the job search, and been kind and respectful in very controversial discussions. This is a rare and beautiful thing.\r\n\r\nI often get kudos for our work with HireClub but it takes a village. It is all of you that deserve my thanks, not the other way around.\r\n\r\nWhat I love about our community is how universal the issues are. I get asked by drivers, baristas, students, moms, dads, kids, adults, directors, managers, CEOs, everyone from all walks of life needs help at work.\r\n\r\nPeople stop me on the street to thank me and tell me their stories of what they are working on. It’s beautiful.\r\n\r\nThere isn’t a day that goes by without someone needing support at work.\r\n\r\nI know these are trying times. But one thing that keeps me so hopeful is all of you and the work we do together.\r\n\r\nHow we help each other is how we are all so human.\r\n\r\nThank you HireClub 🙏🏾 ❤️😊","user":{"id":2,"username":"kidbombay","name":"Ketan Anjaria","avatar_url":"https://res-5.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_north,h_200,q_auto,w_200/h5zk2mzyb3e45b428l0f"}},{"id":61,"name":"Focus on the Journey","slug":"focus-on-the-journey-61","cover_uid":null,"published_on":"2020-01-08T20:07:00.229Z","content":"Last night I went to pitch night with a bunch of angels. I was the last to go on.\r\n\r\nHonestly, it all went so smooth. I didn’t feel like I was pitching. Just telling our incredible story of growth.\r\n\r\n$1.2 million in salary increases.\r\n$280k in revenue which is 3x growth without ads.\r\n\r\nWe don’t spend money to acquire customers inefficiently and we are on track to be profitable by the end of this year again.\r\n\r\nWe aren’t selling $1 for .90 cents which is so common in this era of growth at all costs.\r\n\r\nWe consciously decided to continually invest into improving product. We are sweating all the small details.\r\n\r\nI’m so proud of what the team has built. How many people we get to help. How we are making coaching accessible for so many.\r\n\r\nNone of us went to Stanford or MIT. I don’t even have a degree. All of us have different backgrounds. We range in age from 21 to 60 plus. Some of us are proud immigrants. Some are early in their career, and some very experienced.\r\n\r\nOur customers are also incredibly diverse. From 18-65 and from every major city in the US and outside of it. We’ve broken past the SF tech bubble.\r\n\r\nI know often the story of startups in SF can be narrow. 97% of VC funding goes to male founders. 80% of VC funding goes to white male founders. It often takes deep connections to make deals work.\r\n\r\nBut we are proving you can do things differently. You can create a company that puts people first and still makes money.\r\n\r\nI know the deck is stacked against us but we’re tenacious. Whatever happens in the future, I’m trusting in our journey. That we choose to do the right things which are often hard and worry less about the outcome","user":{"id":2,"username":"kidbombay","name":"Ketan Anjaria","avatar_url":"https://res-5.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_north,h_200,q_auto,w_200/h5zk2mzyb3e45b428l0f"}},{"id":60,"name":"Work Life Balance","slug":"work-life-balance","cover_uid":null,"published_on":"2020-01-04T00:13:45.690Z","content":"There was lot of chat on Twitter over the holiday break on how many hours you need to work to be successful. (yes the irony!)\r\n\r\nSome stating that you have to put in more than 40 hours to find “success”. Some saying it’s better to have work life balance.\r\n\r\nI’ve worked my ass off before for companies and yes obviously HireClub.\r\nDoing the time to learn is often needed.\r\n\r\nBut I think it’s better to work smarter not just harder. Grinding rarely has great results and even the top athletes in the world put in rest days.\r\n\r\nSo even with our incredible 3x growth this year, I’m proud to say we worked 3 days a week in the office. 2 days at home.\r\n\r\nWe didn’t count vacation days. We just trusted our team.\r\n\r\nWe didn’t have deadlines. Products are ready when they are ready and tested.\r\n\r\nYou don’t have to put your heath aside to be successful. The goal of modern life should be a better balance not less balance. We can use technology to make life easier not harder.\r\n\r\nSome might say this comes from a place of privilege. And they are right, we are absolutely lucky to be able to do this.\r\n\r\nBut we also made choices to support this. Reducing expenses, being careful with what we spend on, focusing a few small things. Heck I’m 42 and I have a roommate and rent controlled apartment.\r\n\r\nBut where do we invest? In our team. Always.\r\n\r\nI wish more companies would learn this. We’ve seen a dismantling of the Unicorn startup world this year.\r\n\r\nPeople over profits. Community over commerce. It may sound like wishful thinking, but what’s the point of disruption if we can’t disrupt deeply unfair and archaic work practices?","user":{"id":2,"username":"kidbombay","name":"Ketan Anjaria","avatar_url":"https://res-5.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_north,h_200,q_auto,w_200/h5zk2mzyb3e45b428l0f"}},{"id":59,"name":"2019: Year in Review","slug":"2019-year-in-review","cover_uid":null,"published_on":"2019-12-30T21:50:28.680Z","content":"#### 2019 has been an incredible year for HireClub\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cimg src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/t_Blog Image/v1577738454/blog/infographic_series_salary_04.jpg\" alt=\"Salary Negotation\" class=\"img img-fluid\"\u003e\r\nWe raised salaries by over $1,200,000 million for coaching clients!\r\n\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cimg src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/t_Blog Image/v1577738448/blog/infographic_series_annual_03.jpg\" alt=\"Annual Revenue\" class=\"img img-fluid\"\u003e\r\nWe grew revenue 3x to $280,000 without ads!\r\n\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cimg src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/t_Blog Image/v1577738451/blog/infographic_series_coaches_03.jpg\" alt=\"Coach Earnings\" class=\"img img-fluid\"\u003e\r\nWe paid coaches over $157,000!\r\n\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cimg src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/t_Blog Image/v1577738461/blog/infographic_series_minutes_09.jpg\" alt=\"Coaching Minutes\" class=\"img img-fluid\"\u003e\r\nCoaches spent 88,000 minutes coaching clients. That's 1466 hours of coaching!\r\n\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cimg src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/t_Blog Image/v1577738452/blog/infographic_series_community_01.jpg\" alt=\"Community\" class=\"img img-fluid\"\u003e\r\nWhat started as just 25 friends is now over 30,000 members in our community!\r\n\r\nThroughout the year, there was many days progress seemed stalled. It’s so easy to get stuck in a negative mindset.\r\n\r\nDays I wanted to give up. Days I thought that we weren't going to make it. My anxiety often makes the trouble now seem worse than the growth that's happened.\r\n\r\nBut when you take time to reflect and value your wins, you can see positive patterns.\r\n\r\nWhen you have gratitude every day, you can learn to value yourself.\r\n\r\nWhat were your wins in 2019? What did you learn to value about yourself?\r\n\r\n","user":{"id":2,"username":"kidbombay","name":"Ketan Anjaria","avatar_url":"https://res-5.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_north,h_200,q_auto,w_200/h5zk2mzyb3e45b428l0f"}},{"id":58,"name":"Salary Negotiation Tips","slug":"salary-negotiation-tips","cover_uid":null,"published_on":"2019-12-12T18:03:09.397Z","content":"We've learned a few things after $1 million in salary increases at HireClub.\r\n\r\n1. Stop trying to be fair. Salaries are neither fair or based on fairness. If that were the case, teachers would make millions and sports ball players wouldn’t. Most people negotiate against themselves with a skewed sense of what is fair. Advocate for yourself and only yourself.\r\n\r\n2. Information is power. Employees have less information about salary vs a company. It’s best to learn to keep quiet and say less. Ask questions that tell you more. What are the responsibilities? Who am I reporting too? Who is reporting to me? What is your budget and timeline?\r\n\r\n3. Do your research. Sites like payscale or levels.fyi have basic salary data. A company that’s raised $2m is going to have different offers than a company that’s raised $20m.\r\n\r\n4. Be transparent about other offers and your timeline. This works in your favor. Treat salary negotiation as a collab not a fight. Recruiters at companies want to get you in!\r\n\r\n5. Negotiation begins from the point of first contact. From your resume, to your first email, you are being evaluated. Know your value and have a professional helpful attitude that shows off your wins from day one. Companies want to hire people that can make them money.\r\n\r\n\r\nThese are very generalized and it's best to book a salary negotiation session so you can optimize your next offer or raise.\r\nhttps://hireclub.com/coaching/sessions/salary-negotiation","user":{"id":2,"username":"kidbombay","name":"Ketan Anjaria","avatar_url":"https://res-5.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_north,h_200,q_auto,w_200/h5zk2mzyb3e45b428l0f"}},{"id":57,"name":"Preventing Spam","slug":"preventing-spam","cover_uid":null,"published_on":"2019-12-06T17:51:40.279Z","content":"HireClub, I apologize for the spam posts on the site recently.\r\n\r\nWhile we have email verification, the spammers are getting past it somehow.\r\n\r\nWe are instituting new controls to ensure spam doesn't go out to you.\r\n\r\nWe've grown so much this year, that we are becoming more and more visible.\r\n\r\nBut spam has no place on HireClub at all and we take it seriously.\r\n\r\nYou can always report any post on the site as spam, but now we will have more automated controls to capture it starting next week.\r\n\r\nThank you everyone who reported this to us. We always take your feedback seriously and prioritize.\r\n\r\n","user":{"id":2,"username":"kidbombay","name":"Ketan Anjaria","avatar_url":"https://res-5.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_north,h_200,q_auto,w_200/h5zk2mzyb3e45b428l0f"}},{"id":56,"name":"The HireClub Vision","slug":"the-hireclub-vision-56","cover_uid":null,"published_on":"2019-08-23T04:34:09.037Z","content":"HireClub let me share my vision for HireClub’s future.\r\n\r\nIf you need a haircut, you can walk to your nearest salon.\r\nIf you need to get your taxes done, you can go to H\u0026R Block.\r\nIf you want great medical, you can go to OneMedical and their amazing health care experience.\r\n\r\nWhere do you go when you need help in your career?\r\nCrickets 🦗.\r\n\r\nHave you ever been to the unemployment office? It’s depressing. It’s rare you leave there feeling hopeful for the future.\r\n\r\n------\r\n\r\n\r\n### I see a future with a HireClub in every city.\r\n\r\nA beautiful space where you can come in and talk to a career coach. Get a headshot, work on your resume, and meet new friends.\r\n\r\nA space where you get support whether it’s dealing with a difficult boss or finding a new job. A positive and inclusive club.\r\n\r\nA club that welcomes everyone. A physical community of kindness to match our online one.\r\n\r\nAnd this is why we do events. They are practice runs for the future. This is why we are doing events in multiple cities. We want to learn how to make this vision work in any city.\r\n\r\nOf course we will still have our online space and virtual coaching. We want to remove all barriers to career success. We want to merge the online and offline and build lasting community ties.\r\n\r\nAnd the design will be impeccable. Beautiful photos, comfy furniture. Organic snacks and greenery everywhere. Friendly coaches to welcome you.\r\n\r\nA real HireClub.\r\nWe will start small. I hope to open the first retail space in SF some time next year. It will be our test run for other cities.\r\n\r\n### This is my vision. Putting the club in HireClub.","user":{"id":2,"username":"kidbombay","name":"Ketan Anjaria","avatar_url":"https://res-5.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_north,h_200,q_auto,w_200/h5zk2mzyb3e45b428l0f"}},{"id":55,"name":"How Social Media Impacts Imposter Syndrome","slug":"how-social-media-impacts-imposter-syndrome","cover_uid":"ositfyylqcmtdmxrksvw","published_on":"2019-07-11T18:41:58.329Z","content":"It’s so easy to look at others and think they have it all figured out.\r\n\r\nOh this person has got a perfect job and career.\r\nOh this person is always traveling, life looks amazing.\r\n\r\nPeople even say to me, hey you have it all figured out, HireClub is doing great!\r\n\r\nAnd while yes we’ve had some great growth, we still have so far to go. I still have anxiety on whether we are going to be viable.\r\n\r\n#### Comparison is deadly for impostor syndrome\r\n\r\nI think one of the biggest parts of impostor syndrome is you feel less when you compare yourself to others. And social media makes this so easy.\r\n\r\nEvery fundraising announcement or picture perfect Instagram photo can trigger a wave of mixed emotions.\r\n\r\nWe’ve posted some people finding better salaries and gotten feedback it was hard to hear that for others.\r\n\r\n#### This work is just hard\r\n\r\nAlmost everything anyone achieves took labor. And I think our mind plays tricks, thinking that others achieve the same things we have far easier.\r\n\r\nI think it’s really easy to make yourself feel less by looking at others. And we do it to ourselves so often. No one forces us to go browse the streams.\r\n\r\nI wish had I answers.\r\n\r\n#### Turn off the streams\r\n\r\nOne thing I do now, is turn off the streams.\r\n\r\nI don’t browse Instagram anymore.\r\n\r\nI don’t browse Techcrunch anymore.\r\n\r\nI unfollowed a bunch of folks on Twitter who were just value signaling. (ahem VCs).\r\n\r\nI don’t want to compare my “now\" with someone else’s journey.\r\n\r\n-------------\r\n\r\nSpeaking of impostor syndrome, our panel of Coaches and I will discuss this topic at our event [\"Overcoming Impostor Syndrome\"](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/betabrand-presents-overcoming-impostor-syndrome-with-hireclub-tickets-64404072314) next week on July 18, co-hosted with Betabrand.  ","user":{"id":2,"username":"kidbombay","name":"Ketan Anjaria","avatar_url":"https://res-5.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_north,h_200,q_auto,w_200/h5zk2mzyb3e45b428l0f"}}]