HiCounselorReviews of hicounselor.com

I had a decent experience with HiCounselor. It has a job search accelerator program for the US technology industry. The first few weeks include training for technical interviews, behavioral interviews, professional networking, improving resume and LinkedIn profile, etc. Various experts help and coach in each of these areas. The candidate has to create around 3 to 5 new e-mail accounts and integrate them with the HiCounselor system. Then, HiCounselor starts automated e-mail networking and automated job applications on behalf of the candidate. The candidate must follow up on each e-mail and job application that the system sends, and manually continue the process forward. If there are any errors, then the candidate must immediately bring them to the attention of HiCounselor, for preventing similar errors in future e-mails and job applications. Within about 5 months, I fortunately got a US job offer. In exchange, as long as my monthly salary is above a certain threshhold, I have to pay 9 % of my monthly salary for 12 months. The income share agreement is executed through Leif. There were also some other job search agencies which charge upfront fees, but I could not afford them as I was a student. Also, I thought that an income-share agreement may be better, because then the job search agency makes money only if I make money, hence their success depends on my success. An agency charging upfront fee in the beginning may not care much about your success after you pay them. I would recommend people to first try to find a job on their own. If they have applied to hundreds of jobs but are unsuccessful in getting interviews for several months, and they are approaching a deadline to get a job and / or end of their financial savings, then they can try a job search accelerator program like HiCounselor. Such a system may be helpful for international students as US job search is even more challenging for them, especially during recession / downturn. (Many US companies do not sponsor US work visa, so they do not hire international students. Also, international students have limited time to find a US job, in addition to completing their coursework and research in the US university.)

Excellent program and amazing trainers. It was great and the people are really helpful.

HiCounselor will lay the path for you to succeed in landing a high-paying job of your desire within several months. 2 months at least for me. The company will guide you through all the technical-related interviews, behavioral interviews, resume-writing techniques, and even salary negotiation part. The company also offers a payment-after-a-job-is-guaranteed option so there is no worry about not getting a job. The only effort expected from you is to work hard to contact and interview as the company only helps to lay out the pathway.

HiCounselor offers a solution to automate your networking efforts and prepare you for interviews. I did get responses from the cold emails, and I valued the interview prep as well as chats about the industry with my instructor. The people that the cold emails reached out to were rather spooked by how their emails were known though.

I would say HiCounselor is a complete package. They prep you right from getting ready for interviews and applying for various job roles to networking on your behalf and suggesting diverse companies that would otherwise be overlooked. I strongly recommend HiCounselor to anyone struggling to find the right job. They will make the job search process much easier!

I started my job search in August 2020 in the midst of pandemic. I was applying to jobs online and networking through LinkedIn. I was getting online assessments but didn't land many interviews through applying online. That's when I decided to sign up with HiCounselor. They assisted me with getting interview calls. To be honest initially I didn't get any interviews in the first 3 weeks of the networking reach out. But eventually I started getting interviews. I was also applying on my own to the roles through LinkedIn networking. The mock interviews both technical and behavioral as well as 6 failed interviews helped me learn from my mistakes and work on them which ultimately helped me land a job offer at a FinTech company. I would recommend signing up with this program if you need assistance in growing your networking outreach.