Meet Wasim Hajjiri | Forbes Published Executive Career Coach& 2-time #1 Best Selling Author

We had the good fortune of connecting with Wasim Hajjiri and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Wasim, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business?
I was always inspired by my father, who is a self-made entrepreneur. He built his own company from scratch and came from very humble beginnings. He provided a great life for my 8 siblings and me. My journey started in 2013, I moved to the US as a fresh engineering graduate and started my journey to find a job. My dream job then was to work for Qualcomm, one of the best telecom companies in the world. Every iPhone in the world has a Qualcomm snapdragon chip.

My job search journey was rough and filled with many rejections and failures, but within 6 months, I was able to land a job at Qualcomm. I learned a lot from my experience. In 2015 I started the MBA program at UCSD because I wanted to gain business experience in addition to engineering. I woke up one day with an idea: How can I help other engineers land jobs? I can create a product or a service. Based on my own experience, I have many strategies to share in order to help others.

I started joining entreprenureship programs in order to learn and dug into market research and realized that there is a big market need for this, and many people need help.

70% of people are unhappy with their jobs, and 80% of graduates don’t have a job lined up upon graduation.

I got to work and started building my career coaching business in addition to writing my first book, which outlines my story of moving from Jordan to the US. I was accepted into an incubator in 2017, and that’s when everything started to take off. I leveraged all of the business resources at UCSD, which tremendously helped me.

Can you give our readers an introduction to your business? Maybe you can share a bit about what you do and what sets you apart from others?
We help professionals land their dream job within eight weeks and get paid the salary they deserve through our 1-on-1 and group coaching program. We mainly focus on Senior IT and Tech professionals (Engineers, Developers, Product Managers, etc..), and a small percentage that spans between mid and junior-level professionals. We have two #1 ; theselling books, the most recent one is titled: Fulfilled: How to land a job that aligns with your purpose.

Here are some key points:

– Founded in 2016, accepted into the prestigious UCSD Incubator in 2017, and published a #1 Best Selling Book in 2018.

– Published on Forbes in 2019 and joined the Forbes Career Coaches Council.

– Published a second #1 best-selling book in 2022.

– Featured on Forbes, FOX, CBS, ABC, iHeartRadio, and more.

– An average of 50 offers landed per year with an average salary of $150K, a 75% success rate in landing offers, and 85% in nailing interviews.

– A total of hundreds of offers landed with combined salaries of over 10 Million $. Clients landed offers at Google, Amazon, HP, CVS, Facebook, Rite Aid, Fortune 500 Startups, and more…

Was it easy to do all of this?
The journey of starting and maintaining a successful business is not easy at all. There have been so many rejections, failures, doubts, fears; you name it; it’s a roller coaster ride. You also enter different phases in the business; scaling and growth requires innovation, and you need to change and adapt constantly.

Overcoming challenges comes down to three things: Learn from the best, build a strong mindset and have a solid team. I learned that you need to develop a warrior mentality to deal with the negatives and not let things take you down. The right team will help you push through any challenge as well. You don’t need to re-invent the wheel, if you need to write a book, find someone who has done it successfully and learn what they did.

Another big thing is to have a solid mission and purpose behind what you are doing. We have a big mission to serve people and positvely impact their lives and their families by having a fulfilling and happy career. Because when the hard times come, your purpose will keep you motivated to not give up.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
San Diego: 1) Coronado Island – The Del Coronado Hotel
2) Del Mar Beach
3) Mission Bay for water sports
4) Downtown Little Italy for food – Kettner Exchange, Born&Raised, and Cloak&Petal

Los Angeles
1) Venice Beach, Long Beach, and Manhattan Beach
2) Santa Barbara
3) Malibu for resteraunts
4) Hollywood hills for a drive

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
My mother and father: My parents have always been there for me since day one; I owe everything to them. I am nothing without them. My father passed away a few years ago, and I am inspired to carry on his legacy for future generations.

Herb Meistrich: He was my mentor during the MBA program at UCSD and helped me build my business from day 1.

Eric Fleishman(Eric The Trainer): An amazing individual who I met at an event and who completely changed my life since I met him. He trains Hollywood celebrities and has helped me in so many ways and opened many doors for me.

Jeff Kotterman, Jhanex Alviz, and Adnan Al Abbadi: My sports coaches who believed in me and are the main reason I succeeded in sports.

Bethany Kelly, Liz Goodgold, Jared Rosen, Julliet Clark, and Leslie Mclure: My publishing coaches who helped me with my two books.

Omir Delil and John Kobel: My business coaches who have always believed in me and helped me with all the ups and downs.

My team members: Eric Nunes(COO&Sales), Sonita Lanus(Marketing Manager), Justin Hajjiri(Technical Support), Shivangi(Executive Assistant), the Wingassistant team, Anna Barrios(Designer), John Kobel(Executive Coach), Jesse Doubek(Marketing), Gaea Kassalty(Lawyer) and Leslie Mclure(Publicist): My team, who I cannot have succeeded without, they have believed in our mission since day one and have put their heart and soul into their work with me.

Website: getyourdreamjob.net

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Other: Forbes Executive Bio: https://profiles.forbes.com/members/coaches/profile/Wasim-Hajjiri-MBA-Engineer-Career-Coach-Speaker-Author-Athlete-Wasim-The-Dream-LLC/3c35ca14-ea71-4a3c-acd0-825acbf43b0b