The Career Launchpad: UCLA

What to expect from The Career Launchpad

1) Our system to discover your career interest and network into the most competitive career paths (works for any career)

• The difference between just “finding a job” and “launching your career”
• Using our hypothesis-driven system to identify your dream career and play to your strengths
• How to build your target company list to focus your search
• Getting the attention of busy professionals and word for word scripts to ask them for help
  
• Networking effectively (not awkwardly) and why most students get it wrong

2) Building a world-class application that breaks through the noise and lands interviews with notoriously competitive organizations (1% interview rate)

• Writing a rock-solid resume that can endure brutal interviews
• Crafting exceptional cover letters and making sure they actually get read by recruiters
• 10x your interviews by applying the smart way and leveraging your network

• Making the most of COVID-19 and what to do if your offer got rescinded
• [Coming soon] Becoming a body language expert and developing executive presence
• [Coming soon] Choosing between multiple job offers and negotiating your salary
• [Coming soon] Standing out as truly distinctive and getting on the promotion fast-track

What exactly is included in this course?

• Lifetime access to 8+ hours of modularized and easy-to-consume video and presentation content
• Updated best-in-class templates to help you stand out with your resume, cover letter, and cold emails
• Rich examples and actual interview responses used to land top-tier offers

Who are we?

About Sahil

"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."

About Rohan

"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:

1. Some of my peers graduated with $100,000+ jobs, while others struggled with their career and graduated unemployed
2. Many students specialized early in college to get ahead, without going through a process of self-discovery. This led to dissatisfaction with their first few jobs
3. 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!"

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 (2by22.blog).
• Being in your shoes: both Sahil and Rohan were students just like you only a few years ago. They know how preparing for an internship or full-time job can be incredibly demanding and stressful on top of everything else you have going on as college students, which is why they’ve collected their most powerful, proven strategies into this online course.

They 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.