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HIREIQ ADVOCATE · BY APPLICATION

Your 360° application.

Seven short steps that tell us what a CV cannot: the seat you hold, the one you want, the evidence behind you and how quietly we must move.

  • Confidential by default
  • About 12 minutes
  • Your data kept only with consent
  • Free to apply
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Built for Directors, VPs and CXOs who want one senior person owning their search.

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Bhaskar AnandLed by Bhaskar AnandBhaskar Anand leads the first HireIQ Advocate engagements himself.
Your employer is never contactedConfidential by default.
HOW IT WORKS · IN FOUR PICTURES

From your application to your Advocate.

  1. 1About 12 minutesYou apply, freeSeven short steps. It commits you to nothing.
  2. 2If there is a fitWe may contact youNo reply is promised for a free application. With your consent we keep your profile for suitable mandates.
  3. 3Optional · credited if you signThe Career ConversationBook it right after you apply: a one-to-one call, with a CV and LinkedIn audit, notes and a workbook included.
  4. 46 or 12 monthsYour Advocate goes to marketOne senior person owns your search, quietly, on the terms in your letter.

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Seven steps · about 12 minutes

Step 1 of 7

Your engagement

Choose a term, and anything else you want to explore with us.

Bhaskar Anand, founder of HireIQWhy we askNot sure which term? Choose “Advise me”. Nothing is decided until the written letter.

Which term are you considering?
Would you also like to talk about any of these? OptionalChoose as many as you like; your Advocate covers them in the fit conversation.
Step 2 of 7

About you

How we reach you. Seen only by the HireIQ team.

Bhaskar Anand, founder of HireIQWhy we askWe use these details only to answer this application. They are seen only by the HireIQ team.

We write to this address only about your application.
Best way to reach you Optional
Step 3 of 7

Where you are today

The seat you hold now, and its scope.

Bhaskar Anand, founder of HireIQWhy we askYour organisation is kept confidential and is never contacted. Ranges are enough; no payslips.

Kept confidential and never contacted.
Where you are today
Step 4 of 7

Your next role

The level, functions and markets you want next.

Bhaskar Anand, founder of HireIQWhy we askBe specific about the seat you want next. It is exactly what your Advocate takes to market.

The level you are targeting
For example: CTO at a product company or a GCC; Head of Engineering for a platform business.
Cities or countries, e.g. Bengaluru, Mumbai, Dubai.
Open to relocating? Optional
When do you want to be in the new seat?
Step 5 of 7

Your evidence

What you have achieved, and why now.

Bhaskar Anand, founder of HireIQWhy we askNumbers persuade: revenue, margin, scale, people, time. This is the evidence your Advocate leads with.

With numbers where you can: revenue, margin, scale, people, time. This is the evidence your Advocate leads with.
Two or three honest sentences help us decide faster.
A gap, a short stint, a sector change. We prepare for it rather than hide it.
Do you already have a CareerOS 360 package?
Step 6 of 7

Discretion

How quietly we move, and who we never contact.

Bhaskar Anand, founder of HireIQWhy we askYour current employer is always excluded. With “Fully confidential”, a company learns your name only after you approve it.

How should companies first meet you?
Your current employer is always excluded.
Step 7 of 7

Review and send

Check your answers once, then send.

Bhaskar Anand, founder of HireIQWhy we askPlease read each confirmation before you tick it. Applying is free and commits you to nothing on either side. For a free application we do not promise a review, a reply or a timeline.

Applying is free and commits you to nothing. After you send, you can choose an optional paid Career Conversation (₹4,999 + GST). It is never a fee to be considered, and it is never required for your application to be considered.