The Career Launchpad
The master class on discovering your dream career and landing competitive job offers
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IMAGINE waking up a few months before college graduation. Up until this point, you’ve done EVERYTHING right:
- In high school you worked hard to get good grades and a solid SAT / ACT score, which allowed you to enroll at a great university
- You attended (most!) of your college lectures, studied diligently for midterms and final exams, and maintained a respectable GPA
- You joined social organizations and clubs on campus to expand your social circle and learn outside of the classroom
- You might have even worked on campus part-time or did a few summer internships
Sounds perfect, right?
But then you ask yourself the question… “Wait….what am I going to do after I graduate?”
And your heart sinks.
It’s the elephant in the room that's staring you in the face.
You’ve pushed off this question for YEARS - using your status as a college student to procrastinate working on your professional career. As graduation gets closer, the stress slowly starts to creep up.
Maybe you don’t know...
- ...what types of jobs are out there, what you’re qualified for, or what you’re passionate about
- ...if you want to go to grad school right after undergrad
- ...where (geographically) you want to work
- ...how to get interviews; you’ve tried applying but it’s not working
- ...how to get offers; you’ve had interviews but can’t close and land the offer
Despite doing everything right, you don’t know why you feel so UNPREPARED. And it isn’t your fault.
For the first time in your life, there isn’t another obvious next step or “17th grade” of school. You are abruptly shifting to a new phase of your life -- where YOU are responsible for managing your career and life after graduation.
You might’ve thought that after graduating from your well-respected college, that employers would be lining up to hire you. But with close to 2 MILLION students just like you graduating from college EACH YEAR, it’s becoming tougher and tougher to make yourself stand-out from the crowd and break through the recruiting noise.
So whether you’re a newly-minted freshman or seasoned senior, answering the question of “what happens after graduation” is something EVERY college student from EVERY corner of country will have to deal with sooner or later.
The great news is, you’ve stumbled upon this course - a master class on career advice that ACTUALLY WORKS. We will teach you, step-by-step, the milestones you need to hit and strategies that are most effective to identify your professional aspirations and attain that dream job, whether you’re an incoming freshman or graduating senior.
Now imagine what it would be like to land a job after college that you’re truly ECSTATIC about.
A job that pays you enough to make a dent in your student loans and even leaves you with some money left over to travel the word and buy the things you want. A job that’s conducive to building meaningful relationships in and out of the workplace. And most importantly, a job that gives you a deep sense of meaning and purpose in the world, the confidence to achieve, and one that allows you to start your adult life on a rocket-ship trajectory.
If this interests you, congrats! Simply by reading this you’re one step closer to making it all happen….
Introducing The Career Launchpad
The Career Launchpad is the first fully exhaustive, step-by-step course on how to discover your career interests and break into any company in the world -- regardless of your year, major, university prestige, or GPA.
Your instructors, Sahil and Rohan Punamia, have learned the ins and outs of what it takes to break into these companies through:
- Landing multiple 6-figure offers at the world’s most competitive companies including Bain & Company, L.E.K. Consulting, Disney, LinkedIn, Netflix, etc. (many of which are listed on Glassdoor’s Top 25 Toughest Companies to Interview With)
- <Running recruiting processes (recruiting events, resume screens, interviews) for our respective employers
- 12 collective years of experience helping college students land offers at leading Fortune 500 companies through in-person workshops, consulting with university career centers, one-on-one coaching, and blogging (www.2by22.blog).
After years of experience managing their own careers, helping friends and clients, and hosting workshops with college career counselors -- Sahil and Rohan decided to pull out all the stops and distill everything they know about uncovering career paths and landing competitive job offers into this one-stop-shop video course.
What exactly is included in this course?
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Lifetime access to 4+ hours of video and presentation content split into two parts
- Each part is segmented into digestible 10 to 20 minute modules
- You will immediately get access to starter modules in part 1. Each week we will release new modules
- After full release of all part 1 modules, we will gather feedback and start the launch of part 2 (which you will automatically have access to)
- Updated best-in-class templates to help you stand out with your resume, cover letter, and cold emails
- You will also get a 30 minute career consultation with myself or Sahil upon completion of the course to make sure you have a customized game plan to accelerate your career
- Money-back guarantee if you don’t think the course was worth it (although I’m confident you will)
- This course will be offered at a special beta price (30% off retail) for this limited time launch
What does it mean to LAUNCH your career?
“Launching your career” is different than simply “finding a job” - specifically, there are 3 unique aspects about launching your career:
1) Launching your career means doing something you would do even without being paid (almost)
You wake up excited about work and are continually inspired by the colleagues you work with. Sometimes you don't even believe people pay you to do what you do.
2) Launching your career means having a job after college that provides you with short-term financial security but long-term upward momentum
The average college graduate earns $50k a year. Our goal is for you to deviate from the norm, earning far more than the average. This course will enable you to earn 20% - 100% more than your peers. And by applying the same principles from this course throughout your 20’s, it's very possible to earn well into 6-figures and be known at your company as a future executive.
3) Launching your career means your future opportunities are limitless
Have you ever wondered what types of people get into Harvard Business School or Yale Law School? Or what it takes to become a CEO or executive? By launching your career, you will unlock doors you never knew existed. If you set your mind on something, you will know how to get it.
The simple truth is that most working professionals love nothing more than to “scout out” new talent and invest in them through mentorship to help others succeed. By learning how to tap into the rich network of working professionals around you and investing heavily into your career in your 20’s (through ongoing learning, mentorship, hard-work, sacrifice, and passion), you’ll receive outsized benefits and career opportunities that will put you on a fundamentally different trajectory than your peers.
While the above 3 points mostly highlight long-term benefits about building your career, there are a few short-term benefits too. By applying the lessons from our course, we've seen students beat the average annual graduate compensation amount by 5-figures, with some even landing offers over 2x higher than the typical employed graduate:
But again, it's not only about the money. For most people, higher compensation doesn't make them feel fulfilled or happy over the long-run. Instead, the quality of your relationships, the meaning you find in your work, and the life you live outside of work are (from our experience) the biggest drivers of a satisfying life. However these are all three things that will benefit from having a truly powerful career.
In other words, launching your career is simply about being in control over your future. Seeing all the possibilities ahead of you. And feeling empowered to achieve.
That, is priceless.
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"After taking this course, you will be able to zone in on your career interest, uncover opportunities around you, and land offers in the most competitive roles at renowned companies"
What you will learn in The Career Launchpad
This course has two parts. In part 1 you will learn...
- Why simply finding a job is not the same as launching your career
- A proven system to explore and pinpoint your career calling (and how to stop stressing out about what you will do after graduating)
- How to find companies to target for internships and jobs
- The secret to unlocking the 80% of jobs that are “hidden” from the public eye
- Proven tactics to reach out to busy professionals and get their attention
- How to network properly (and not awkwardly!) and why most students get it wrong
- How to write a rockstar resume and cover letter (this alone can help you land way more interviews)
- How to land interviews by standing out in the application process
Part 1 is about discovering your interests, developing a recruiting process that delivers consistent results, and landing interviews.
In part 2 you will learn:
- How to ace any interview (tons of tips and tricks Sahil and Rohan have learned over the years)
- Decision-making and choosing between multiple job offers
- Understanding your BATNA (best alternative to a negotiated agreement) and negotiating job offers (this alone can increase your compensation by thousands of dollars today and tens of thousands of dollars in the future)
- Fast-tracking yourself to a promotion by knocking it out of the park in your first 100 days on the job
As you can see, part 2 is focused on converting the interview into lucrative job offers, negotiating your salary, and starting on the right foot to get on the promotion fast-track.
Together, both part 1 and part 2 of this course will give you EVERYTHING you need for your career, from figuring out what you want to do when you graduate to becoming a rockstar professional!
Who are we?
Rohan Punamia
I have always been fascinated by people’s career choices and what they spend their life accomplishing.
In 2017 I graduated from UC Berkeley where I majored in business administration with a concentration in entrepreneurship & technology. At UC Berkeley, I noticed three interesting trends with student career choices:
- Some of my peers graduated with $100,000+ jobs, while others struggled with their career and graduated unemployed
- To get ahead, these students often specialized early in college without going through a process of self-discovery. It was not uncommon for Freshmen to commit to a career in finance, despite having yet to take one finance class.
- Many of the students graduating with 6-figure job offers were under a lot of pressure to choose traditional, prestigious career paths, often deprioritizing their personal interests to “fit in” with peer expectations
I wanted to graduate with a well-paying job and accelerated career trajectory, but on my own terms. I believed there must be a way to explore my career interests and stay ahead of the curve without sacrificing my personal goals.
Through 4 years of trial and error, euphoric 6-figure job offers, stinging rejection letters, and writing over 100 thousand words on career advice for high-achieving college students, I've learned what it takes to launch your career... and I can't wait to share it all with you!
Sahil Punamia
I actually never got into college through the “traditional” method of applying in high school.
Well, I did apply to UCLA in high school and got rejected, but ultimately got into the university via a special appeal program through the school’s music department.
It was a double-edged sword -- getting into my dream school but then dealing with the imposter syndrome of being surrounded by 35,000 other students who, on paper, were more likely to succeed than I was.
Throughout my time in college, I learned (the hard way) how to leverage the intelligence of my peers (rather than compete with them), and through peer-to-peer learning, was able to have an incredibly rewarding and enjoyable college experience. By leading a number of student groups on campus geared towards professional development, I got very good at pinpointing the types of issues college students face when looking to build their careers in preparation for full-time employment.
Upon graduating, I tested the same strategies I taught younger students on myself, and landed a job at L.E.K. Consulting, a company that was listed on Glassdoor’s Top 25 Toughest Companies to Interview With. After a brief subsequent stint at Discovery Channel helping with the $15B acquisition of Scripps Networks (HGTV, Food Network), I landed my dream job at Netflix, where I work today as a marketing strategist for Original Series and Stand-up Comedy Specials.
In addition to my insanely fun career in entertainment, I also travel around the country as a keynote leadership and career development speaker for college students, and act as a consultant to career centers and university professionals in the career services space. I’m also a certified course instructor for the esteemed National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) and sit on the board of the UCLA Alumni Association.
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This all sounds great, but how much does this course cost?
Excellent question - but first, let me counter with a question back to you - how much do you think this course is worth to you?
- What is it worth to land a career after college that you’re actually proud and excited about?
- What is it worth to start your adult life on a rocket-ship trajectory and equipped with the skills to succeed on the job and effortlessly broaden your professional network?
- What is it worth to have exclusive access the 80% of jobs that are HIDDEN from the public eye and your peers?
While it’s hard to put an exact value on all the potential upside you’ll have by implementing all of the learnings from this course (trust us, it is HUGE) - here are a few ways to look at your potential return on investment (based on the success of our 1:1 coaching clients):
*Assumes 15 hours per week x 12 weeks x $10 per hour foregone wages = $1,800
If that’s not enough to convince you, here’s our promise: if you complete the course and try implementing some of the ideas you’ve learned but don’t see any meaningful improvement in your career readiness, you’ll receive a FULL refund.
While the ideas in this course have been battle-tested in the most competitive recruiting environments and have helped thousands of college students like you across the country, at the end of the day, we want to make sure this program works for YOU.
Results above all-else. That’s our promise.