Welcome to my little corner of the internet. I'm excited that you're here!
If you've been struggling to find a new job, you've come to the right place.
I'm Vikram Anand, a career coach and professional with 33 years of experience in the Indian corporate sector, now based in Vancouver, Canada.
I've also been a stressed out job seeker struggling to find a new job when I was in junior and middle management, not so long ago.
When I was changing jobs from a junior to middle management role in 2002, I found it incredibly hard. All my online applications went unanswered, and recruiters stopped taking my calls after a while!
I didn't know it then, but the reason was - for every job advertised online, there are over 250 applications (source: Indeed), and therefore the probability of getting called for a job interview is just 6/250 = 2.5%!
As my kids were growing up, my wife sacrificed her career to bring up the boys, and we became a single income family.
I needed to increase our family income - but I kept facing rejections all the time, from everywhere, and felt I was letting my family down.
A meeting with my former boss, Rohinish Hooda changed my life forever.
At lunch at McDonald's he offered me some advice which led to a major AHA! moment. It helped me create a job search framework called N.E.X.T. which skyrocketed my job search success!
N.E.X.T. stands for Network - Engage -Xcite - Transact
The framework helped me pivot to deeply satisfying jobs as a Vice President at Max Life Insurance, AkzoNobel and Cargill.
By 2014, I knew I had to share my success framework with others struggling in the same position I was just a few years ago.
I pivoted from the corporate sector to becoming a career coach and have since then enabled over 25,000 working professionals discover the power of the N.E.X.T framework in their careers.
I've taught the N.E.X.T. framework at the Indian School of Business (Hyderabad), Upgrad, Naukri, Monster and the School of Inspired Leadership.
I've also partnered with the Govt. Of India's National Career Service to share my proven job search framework.