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 senior leaders run a smarter, stronger job search through Executive Job Search Management, combining 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 senior leaders 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 Job Search Coaching Partners, Job Search Document Writers, and Job Search Operations 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.
Anna Tasevska
Principal Job Search Coaching Partner
Apostolos (Apo) Kitsos
Strategic Advisor
He holds an MSc in HRM from the University of Edinburgh. At CareerHigher, he brings insider perspective on how major employers think about talent, rewards, and hiring decisions.
Denise Beskos
Strategic Advisor
She also brings active investor experience across sectors including sports, aerospace, and clean energy. At CareerHigher, she adds operational discipline and investor perspective.
Jhanine P
Principal Job Search Operations Analyst
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
Principal Job Search Document Writer
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.
Lea Centeno
Principal Job Search Operations Analyst
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.
Sejal Chordia
Senior Job Search Operations Analyst
Sejal combines a background in psychology with experience in job search delivery, e-commerce and client service.
At CareerHigher, she supports professionals across the U.S. and Europe through opportunity research, tailored applications, recruiter outreach, and progress reporting. She brings an organized, attentive approach to keeping searches relevant and moving forward.
Saqib
Senior Job Search Document Writer
Saqib is a career-services professional with experience supporting international clients, including C-suite executives, across technology, finance, law and other sectors.
He turns clients’ experience and goals into clear, tailored career documents and professional branding content. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology and brings a strong focus on research, document quality and responsive client service.
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.
Laiba Asgar
Principal Job Search Operations Analyst
Saman
Senior Job Search Operations Analyst
Fatima
Senior Job Search Operations Analyst
Ashbeel Naeem
Senior Job Search Operations Analyst
April
Senior Job Search Operations Analyst
Francis Espenilla
Lead Generation & Business Development Lead
Trijun Manoj
Design Lead
Sehar Fatima
Customer Success Lead
Contact Us
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