About the Company
Job search has become far more complicated than it should be.
Talented professionals spend hours scrolling job boards, tailoring résumés, filling out forms, and juggling disconnected tools, often with far less progress than the effort should produce.
CareerHigher exists to change that.
We help experienced professionals run a smarter, stronger job search through human expertise, structured methodology, and technology-enabled delivery.
The result is more clarity, less wasted effort, and stronger outcomes.

Our Mission
We enable talents to identify, apply for, and land their Top Job
Our Vision
To help people build the careers they deserve
Our Values
We work as a team. We’re reliable, trustworthy, quality-focused, consistent, empathetic, curious, passionate, and positive, and we genuinely enjoy the work we do
Our Story
CareerHigher was founded in 2020 by Andy Pol Agouridis to help talented professionals build better careers. Since then, we’ve supported 2,000+ job searches across industries and seniority levels. Along the way, we saw the same pattern again and again: strong candidates were often held back not by lack of potential, but by a fragmented, time-consuming search process.
So we built a better way, combining strategy, execution, accountability, and smarter systems behind the scenes to create a clearer, faster, and more effective search experience.
Today, CareerHigher helps experienced professionals navigate serious job searches with more clarity, less wasted effort, and stronger outcomes.
Before founding CareerHigher, Andy worked in HR and talent roles at Oracle, Pearson, and BP, where he saw firsthand what actually gets candidates through the door, insights that continue to shape how we work today.
“Job search shouldn’t eat your evenings, your weekends, or your confidence. CareerHigher is built to help people run a better search and land better outcomes.”
— Andy Pol Agouridis, Founder

Our Team
CareerHigher is built by a specialist team that knows how hiring works and what it takes to run a serious job search well.
Our Coaching Partners, Document Writers, and Analysts lead the delivery of our services, helping clients navigate every critical part of the search with greater clarity, stronger positioning, and more consistent execution.
They are supported by our technical team across development, data, and design, our business team,
and senior leaders with deep subject-matter expertise who help ensure CareerHigher delivers at a high standard.
We’re distributed across multiple countries, but united by one mission: helping talented professionals run a better search and land better outcomes.
Meet the Team

Andy Pol Agouridis
Founder & CEO
Andy founded CareerHigher to help talented professionals build better careers. Before starting the company, he worked in HR and talent roles at Oracle, Pearson, and BP. He holds an MSc in HRM from the University of Edinburgh, is a Chartered Member of the CIPD, and has been featured by Forbes, Business Insider, and LinkedIn. He brings a strong track record of helping professionals navigate complex searches and career moves.

Alaa Alhamdan
Co-Founder & COO
Alaa is a growth and operations leader with 20+ years of experience across strategy, research, data intelligence, SEO, marketing, project management, and solutions development.
He helps turn strategic ideas into practical, technology-enabled systems that improve how CareerHigher operates and scales. He holds an MSc in Economics from Birzeit University.

Mário Prada
Founding CTO
Mário leads CareerHigher’s technical build. He holds an MSc in Management of Services and Technology, has completed various tech certifications, including from Harvard University, and has proven experience in building successful platforms.
He focuses on creating useful, intuitive systems that solve real problems and support better delivery for both clients and the team.

Vera Vigh
Job Search Coaching Partner Lead
Vera is a senior career coach with a background in work and organizational psychology and HR, and experience across international companies and markets. She has worked closely with candidates navigating complex searches and career transitions, combining personalized support with a strong understanding of how to create clarity, confidence, and momentum. At CareerHigher, she leads the Coaching Partner team and helps experienced professionals navigate serious searches with a more tailored approach and stronger results.

Jhanine P
Job Search Operations Analyst Lead
Jhanine brings deep expertise across job search execution, applications, and outreach, combined with a strong operational background. She helps ensure delivery runs at a high standard — with quality, speed, structure, and clear communication — so clients move through the search with greater consistency and momentum.

Melanie Lasala
Job Search Document Writing Lead
Melanie is a professional résumé writer and career consultant with a strong track record of helping clients present themselves effectively. She combines document strategy, industry knowledge, and client-focused delivery to create high-quality materials that support better job search outcomes. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Management.

Strahy Calic
Job Search Coaching Partner
Strahy brings deep experience across recruitment, career coaching, sales, and consulting. He understands both how hiring decisions are made and how candidates can position themselves more effectively in competitive searches. At CareerHigher, he helps clients navigate important career moves with clearer direction, stronger positioning, and practical support throughout the process.

Lea Centeno
Data & Analytics Lead
Lea combines deep job search expertise with a stronger data and analytics angle. She has helped hundreds of professionals improve their résumés, LinkedIn presence, and overall positioning, drawing on best practices across ATS, SEO, and job search analytics. She also brings a software engineering degree and industry experience from major global financial institutions, including Citi, giving her a valuable mix of career strategy, technical understanding, and analytical thinking.

Deesha Nagpal
Sales & Marketing Lead
Deesha brings a strategic, international background across startups, education consulting, and technology. She leads sales and marketing with a focus on clear positioning, practical growth initiatives, and high-quality communication.
She holds a Master’s in Management from Imperial College London.

Sehar Fatima
Customer Success Lead
Sehar has a background in strategy, operations, digital marketing, and analytics. She focuses on improving performance, streamlining operations, and helping ensure clients have a smoother, more consistent experience.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.

Trijun Manoj
Design Lead
Trijun is a designer with global freelance experience across social media, infographics, and landing pages.
He helps shape CareerHigher’s visual identity and user experience with a clean, thoughtful design approach grounded in strong Figma execution.

Francis Espenilla
Lead Generation & Business Development Lead
Francis supports lead generation and business development, helping CareerHigher build relevant opportunities and relationships.

Laiba Asgar
Principal Job Search Operations Analyst

Saqib
Principal Job Search Document Writer

Sejal Chordia
Senior Job Search Operations Analyst

Ashbeel Naeem
Senior Job Search Operations Analyst

Saman
Senior Job Search Operations Analyst

Abdullah
Senior Job Search Operations Analyst

April
Senior Job Search Operations Analyst

Fatima
Senior Job Search Operations Analyst
Contact Us
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