mid-career? ✅
6 figures+? ✅
dream job + career growth? ❎
wE CAN HELP.
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WHY DO I NEED CAREER COACHING?
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IF YOU’RE FEELING STUCK IN YOUR CAREER, HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED...
Clarity on the best-fitting career pathway for you
How to access the massive "hidden" job market where all the best jobs are
To establish your life mission and reclaim your core values
To find your "zone of genius" at work and how to demonstrate your massive value
Your MOJO back, so you can win your dream job
Help clearing all the head trash preventing you from being your best self at work and in life
A road map, plan of action and continuous support to find -- or create -- your dream job
Hi, I’m Yuri Kruman.
MY BACKSTORY:
The fact that you’re here means you’re likely where I was not long ago, in 2013: stuck, miserable, burnt out, and feeling hopeless about any sort of decent career after a string of temp jobs and awful bosses...
And if you’re in the same place I was then, you have little idea for how to get where you need in your career.
Today, I’m a Forbes Coaches Council member, contributor to Forbes and Entrepreneur, consulting, advising and coaching hundreds of corporate and startup executives on career transition and employee experience.
It all started when a bank job went sour in 2013. After stints in academic neuroscience, law and finance, I felt stuck, confused and burnt out. All the awful career advice I’d received from parents, friends, colleagues had backfired in a big way. There was no choice but to take my career trajectory into my own hands, exploring in-depth what I really wanted to be when I grew up.
Long-overdue soul searching and deep career exploration helped erase the damage of bad advice, poor decision-making, negative scripts and past failures. I was dead set on finding my own way at last, the usual suspects’ opinions be damned.
Having neither connections nor experience, armed with nothing more than the power of persuasion, in-depth research and lots of trial-and-error and practice, I hustled, LinkedIN and talked my way into top-notch opportunities in health tech startups, leading to executive roles and a 100%+ pay jump in less than two years.
Over the last 7+ years, I’ve helped a growing portfolio of early-stage startups to prove their concepts, create and pitch a compelling business plan, raise funds, find clients, build a great product, set up legal, finance and operations, hire and retain a top-notch team, plus create a high-ROI marketing funnel to help their business thrive, grow and scale.
After a while, friends and strangers on social media started asking for my “secret” (how to get the right message to the right audience), the vast majority of them, Millennials like myself.
I soon realized that I was far from alone in my struggle for proven, actionable advice for growing a great career and starting and running a business as a first-time founder. In fact, more than 70% of professionals are not engaged at work and more than 90% of all businesses fail within a year of starting.
Learning this, I decided to gather my diverse expertise in five industries, insight from roles as janitor all the way up to CEO and back to create a space for Millennial professionals and entrepreneurs to reconnect with their essence as humans and do their life’s best work. This is how Master The Talk was born in 2013.
Quick bio:
I’m a top-rated executive leadership coach on the Muse, GoCoach and other platforms, CEO of Master The Talk Consulting, as well as interim CHRO / Chief People Officer and HR Transformation Consultant for fast-growth companies. A Fellow of the Institute of Coaching at McLean/Harvard Business School and Forbes Coaches Council member, I likewise contribute to Forbes, Entrepreneur, Business.com, Influencive and a number of other top platforms. A speaker at EY, Google, General Assembly, UPenn, Columbia and NYU, among others. I also authored "What Millennials Really Want From Work and Life" (Business Expert Press, March 2019).
WHAT I DO: I teach mid-career execs (1300+, to date) making 6 figures how to access the hidden job market to get their dream job without having a "typical" background.
**I also help them make 20% more in their new job, on average.**
I work with execs to transform into effective leaders, navigate corporate politics, increase productivity and build amazing teams.
TRACK RECORD:
Coached 1300+ Fortune 500 and Startup client execs around the U.S. and globally at (among others): Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Bank of America, Pfizer, Deloitte, EY, PWC, IBM, UBS, Citi, The Muse, NATO, World Bank, Stanford School of Medicine, SHARP, Adobe.
**5/5 average rating from numerous happy clients from across all major industries
RESULTS FOR CLIENTS: My clients have landed interviews and/or jobs at: Deloitte, Adobe, Siemens, Estee Lauder, EY, UBS, BCG, Sesame Street, ZX Ventures (Anheuser Busch) and many other top employers)
INDUSTRY + SUBJECT MATTER EXPERIENCE: Expertise in Finance, Consumer Goods, Cosmetics, Healthcare, Consulting, Pharma, Marketing and other industries on talent management strategy, improving internal communication and PR, team management and productivity, leadership and communication skills, successful transition to managing and leading, facilitating internal mobility
WHAT clients ARE SAYING
““Yuri has a great process to make you consider and realize what you truly want from business. His framework helps you to analyze your preconceived notions, identify what is valuable, and create a long term plan thru short term actions to make your goals attainable.””
““Our chat helped me better position myself in my professional network, and led to multiple offers.” - Shriram B., SVP of Biz Dev, Tech - 11/30/20”
“I recently got promoted to Customer Success Manager. I believe our work together really helped me boost my confidence and taught me how to present myself to my team.” - Alina A.
“Hi Yuri! I just wanted to let you know that I started my first job this week... [as an] Associate Product Manager in the Research & Development department of C+A Global... I wanted to thank you for the guidance and help you gave me in the first stages of my career.
With appreciation and gratitude, - Shlomo P. - 11/11/19”
“After an unexpected extended career break, I accidentally, luckily found Yuri. My confidence was at a low point, while I generally knew what to do, I was going about it in the wrong way — I was using GenX tactics in a millennial world. Yuri showed me how to leverage and reframe all the great work I had done to network with others and find what I really wanted to do. Together we rebranded me. We updated my profile on LinkedIn; I wrote articles for major online publications, went to industry events and grew my LinkedIn connections (almost 10X), talking to too many great people to count … In the end, it led to what at this moment is my ideal job.”
Yizchak E. Career Coaching Testimonial - 7.22.19
Aalap, 30, Finance/Fintech
Yuri was very quickly able to help me navigate a difficult conversation with a prospective employer, and bring to light questions that I didn't even know I had. His many years of experience advising people in the finance and start-up worlds is immediately evident and it would serve anyone well to get his thoughts on really anything to do with their career. - 6/26/19
Aaron, 34, Real Estate
Today I happened to find the voice recorder I used for our very first conversation. I was at rock bottom at that point and between reaching out to you and a therapist that was all I could do to try and keep from drowning. It was interesting to listen to that conversation remembering very clearly how I felt back then and realizing how far I have come.
…I have conquered two decades of on and off anxiousness which has changed me on so many levels. I am doing things that I wouldn’t use to do like going out to lunch by myself in Chicago and flying on an airplane which has been a huge win…
What a year of change this is been… Thanks for sticking with me… Your help has been very valuable to me and I expect more clarity to come as I keep moving forward.
JOSH, 28, TECH
My interview coaching session with Yuri was very helpful and informative. He gave me some great pointers and was very encouraging about my industry transition. His method is good for understanding what you really care about and want to do. I would recommend using him if you need help with framing your approach to interviewing or need feedback on your technique.
STACY, 36, PUBLIC FINANCE EXEC
"Yuri was great. Very responsive and thorough. He wanted to know about my interests outside of work and helped me think about tying everything together to make a career, not just a job. He also helped me understand how aspects of my current job translate to other industries and careers."
ZACK, 25, INVESTMENT BANKER
Just wanted to say thank you for meeting with me today - I greatly enjoyed our conversation. I feel like I learned more about myself in an hour than I ever thought possible - it's impressive how you always seem to ask the right questions. Thanks again!
MATTHEW D., 33, Industry: Tech
"Yuri's coaching was helpful beyond measure and finally allowed me to walk into an interview with confidence. Prior to our discussion, I was always nervous and never felt adequately prepared, and Yuri gave me some great strategies and candid feedback that took away a lot of my interview anxiety.
Not only that, I had an interview coming up on short notice, and Yuri was very flexible with his schedule so that I could be prepared. With his help, I received a great job offer and can finally put the job-search behind me."
DAN Z., 32, Industry: Digital Media Startup
"Working with Yuri was an absolute pleasure and incredibly enlightening. As someone who has worked in the freelance world for quite some time, I rarely had the opportunity to discuss and negotiate my salary with a prospective employer.
Yuri was able to walk me through the salary negotiation process, coaching me through what the phone call would sound like, rehearsing different situations, and even helped me think of creative ways to negotiate my salary and ask for other perks as well which I never had even thought of!
As a result, I managed to improve the original offer from my dream company by $7,500 in a 10-minute chat. I took the revised offer and am thrilled in my new job! I’d highly recommend his services to anyone finalizing a job offer or working to negotiate a review.
Mohamed H., 34, PHARMA EXEC
"Yuri helped me a lot preparing for my next interviews. He is very helpful and confident. Also, I love my new CV. It looks more professional. It's a real pleasure working with Yuri."
Michael n., 36, Industry: investment management EXEC
"Yuri is an excellent coach and has created a methodology that spurs clients to maximize their potential. Yuri helped me revamp my resume, rehearsed many interview questions with me and delivered pointed feedback, then addressed many of my ingrained habits such as poor posture and lack-luster body language. Yuri brought to our sessions professionalism, creativity, resourcefulness and a profound commitment to help me get the results I wanted. Under Yuri’s guidance, I felt amazingly well prepared for the job opportunity of my life. I owe a great debt of gratitude to Yuri for helping me develop the skills I needed to obtain the job I’ve always dreamed of having."
