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.

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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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Francis Espenilla

Lead Generation & Business Development Lead

Francis supports lead generation and business development, helping CareerHigher build relevant opportunities and relationships.

Laiba Asgar

Laiba Asgar

Principal Job Search Operations Analyst

Saqib

Saqib

Principal Job Search Document Writer

Sejal Chordia

Sejal Chordia

Senior Job Search Operations Analyst

Ashbeel Naeem

Ashbeel Naeem

Senior Job Search Operations Analyst

Saman

Saman

Senior Job Search Operations Analyst

Abdullah

Abdullah

Senior Job Search Operations Analyst

April

April

Senior Job Search Operations Analyst

Fatima

Fatima

Senior Job Search Operations Analyst

Contact Us

If you’d like to learn more about CareerHigher, get in touch with the right team, or discuss how we work, you can reach us using the details below. Someone from our team will get back to you soon.

Address

CareerHigher, International House, 64 Nile Street, London, N1 7SR, United Kingdom

Operating Hours

Weekdays, 09:00 – 17:00 GMT/BST

General Queries

Info@careerhigher.co

Commercial

Sales@careerhigher.co

Clients

Support@careerhigher.co

Marketing

Marketing@careerhigher.co

Partnerships

Partnerships@careerhigher.co

Media

PR@careerhigher.co

Careers

HR@careerhigher.co

If you’re unsure where your question fits, send it to info@careerhigher.co and we’ll route it to the right place.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is CareerHigher built on real hiring experience?
Yes. CareerHigher is built on years of hands-on work across HR, recruiting, career coaching, and job search delivery. Our approach is shaped by real hiring experience and thousands of supported searches.
How does CareerHigher help people run a better search?
CareerHigher combines human expertise, structured methodology, and technology-enabled delivery to create a clearer, more effective search experience. The goal is to help clients move with more clarity, consistency, and momentum.
Do real people support the work, or is it technology-led?
Real people are central to how CareerHigher works. Our Coaching Partners, Document Writers, and Analysts lead delivery, while technology supports structure, visibility, and efficiency in the background.
Who does CareerHigher typically work with?
CareerHigher mainly supports experienced professionals navigating serious job searches, especially where stronger positioning, better execution, and more structure can materially improve outcomes.
Is CareerHigher only focused on the U.S. market?
Our main premium offer is built primarily for U.S. searches, but CareerHigher has supported job seekers across 40+ countries and can also support broader search contexts through different structures.
Who is behind CareerHigher?
CareerHigher is led by founder Andy Pol Agouridis and supported by a distributed team across coaching, document writing, operations, data, design, technology, and business functions.