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Madhukar Raj – Author, International Speaker – Bio
Madhukar Raj is a passionate International Speaker, Author and Management Professional who has impacted over 25,000 people around the world.
He spent several decades leading IT organizations in Asia, Barbados and the United States. He has served clients in the US, Canada, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions.
Madhukar is the author of the Amazon bestseller – “Hack the Job – 49 insider hacks to get hired and promoted in your dream job without getting fired or laid off” which has been acclaimed by readers as the “Bible for all Employees and Job Seekers”. This book became a best seller on Amazon since its launch at the Times Literature Festival Bengaluru 2018 where global leaders Akihiro Omura, Linda Lucas, Dr. Nandakumar Jairam and Aporesh Acharya released it to the world.
Madhukar Raj is on a mission to reach a million employees around the world with Hack the Job as he believes that employment has become a roller coaster ride and employees need new techniques to surf the waves of innovation, job automation and global policy shifts.
Madhukar Raj – Contact Information
Name: MADHUKAR RAJ
Full Name: MADHUKAR RAJENDRA
Email Address: RMADHUKAR@HOTMAIL.COM
Contact Number: +91 9972526273
Facebook Id: https://www.facebook.com/MadhukarRajPage
Twitter Id: @rmadhukar
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/madhukar-raj-profile
Websites: www.MadhukarRaj.com, www.HackTheJob.com
Hack the Job – About the book
Every day, the media breaks news of a global organization laying off a chunk of its workforce due to political, economic and job automation reasons. Ironically, there are abundant opportunities for employees who let go of their conventional beliefs and embrace new techniques to surf the high waves of innovation in the Conceptual Age.
“Hack the Job” reveals simple, powerful yet ethical hacks to help employees at all organizational levels, job seekers and students around the world:
• Strengthen the 12 pillars of a successful career
• Gain clarity on the fundamental reasons why they work or want a job
• Land the first job or the next dream job by mastering the job hunt process
• Transform their current job into a dream job by bridging gaps
• Become the master key that can unlock and leverage any type of Boss
• Gain clarity on what their organization expects from them in the VUCA world
• Obtain an insider’s view of what happens behind the scenes in management
• Determine if it’s time to consider a job or career change for the right reasons
• Ace performance appraisals to get promoted quickly and maximize their pay raise
• Salvage their career from stagnation and boost it
• Be more productive and focused at work amidst social distractions
• Minimize stress and achieve better work-personal life balance
• Recognize and deal with a mid-life or mid-career crisis
• Reduce the chances of being fired or laid off
• Bounce back quickly from a job loss situation
• Ride the job automation wave without becoming its victim
• Take the first step towards financial freedom and entrepreneurship
Employment has turned into a high-speed roller coaster ride for employees over the last couple of years. And job automation is snatching away their safety restraints midway exposing them to the real threat of a dangerous plunge. Employees have to throw away the old rule book and instead hack their way to success and security in a lopsided battle for jobs against intelligent machines in what is predicted to be an unprecedentedly competitive future.
Over 2100 years of collective experiences of employees around the world are bundled into this comprehensive yet practical hack book!
One of the simple hacks shared in this book helped the author move from a $22,000 a year job to a $65,000 a year job in one month. Just one hack was worth $43,000! While such results are not typical or guaranteed, one of these hacks may be just what an employee needs to kick start, boost, salvage or secure his/her career.
“If an employee will read only one book in an entire lifetime, it has to be this one!”
Hack the Job – Book Sell Info
Title: Hack the Job
Sub-title: 49 Insider Hacks to Get Hired and Promoted in Your Dream Job Without Getting Fired or Laid Off Paperback
Author: Madhukar Raj
Intended audience: Employees at all levels from intern to CEO, job seekers and graduating students
Edition: 1 (25 January 2018)
Book formats: Paperback, eBook
Pages length: 514 pages
Publisher: Notion Press, Inc.
Language: English
ISBN-10: 164249061X
ISBN-13: 978-1642490619
Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 3.3 x 22.9 cm
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Book links:
http://amzn.in/7mniNiO
https://notionpress.com/read/hack-the-job
https://www.amazon.com/dp/164249061X/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_awdb_t1_fcpFAbGJ9RJ3Z
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/164249061X/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_awdb_t1_utpFAbBDRTTTF
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/164249061X/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_awdb_t1_.NtFAb1T4KR6M
https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/164249061X/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_awdb_c_HJtFAbHF1EHXM
Author and Book Interview – Madhukar Raj’s Hack the Job What’s your background? I started my career as an intern at a software firm in Bangalore in the 90s. I then moved to work for a firm in Barbados and a couple of later got transferred to the headquarters in Connecticut, US. All three of these opportunities involved hacks that I have shared in the book. From intern, I moved up the organizational ladder, again through hacks which I did not realize at the time, all the way up to top. In 2007, we decided to move our family back to India so we could make a difference by sharing what we learnt through our experiences in working in multi-cultural environments. In 2016, I left my corporate job as COO of the Asia Pacific Division of a US based software firm to start Leopard Hill Global Learning – a corporate and life skills training company. I have delivered keynote talks and conducted programs for leading organizations on transformational leadership, building high performance teams, storytelling for impactful presentations, outbound experiential learning, mindfulness, behavioral interviewing and connecting with customers for hospitality and healthcare in several countries. How did you become a writer? I had a passion for reading and writing from my childhood days. We used to steal books from book stores and libraries as kids because we could not afford to even borrow them. I also had a lot of practice writing love letters and poems on greeting cards as a teenager! Writers like Chetan Bhagat, Tony Robbins, Robin Sharma, Brian Tracy, Anik Singal, Ashwin Sanghi, Vinita Dawra Nangia and Anuja Chauhan inspired me to pursue writing. I began to learn formal writing from 2010 from like Vijay Nair, Sharath Kommaraju and Nitin Soni. My first piece was a collection of short stories revolving around love and marriage. But I held off on publishing it because I wanted to be known as a non-fiction writer who uplifts readers. In 2012, I started working on a personal development book to help people do and get what they really want in life. After three years of writing and research, I ended up with enough content for 16 books for different dimensions of life such as employment, entrepreneurship, wealth creation, relationships, health & fitness, spirituality, etc. Why did you write this book? After I quit my job, I found myself reflecting with great clarity on how my own career as well as that of thousands of people I worked with either rocketed or plummeted. I suddenly became aware of, and with help from a friend, began to compile our observations of: • all the reasons why a person was hired or rejected • how an employee leveraged his Boss relationship or struggled with it • how employees met or failed at meeting organizational expectations • why someone got promoted or had it denied • how some employees walked away with huge hikes while others saw none • and why some employees were fried, fired or laid off while others survived, strived and sustained. I shared these insights in a public workshop called “Street Smart Professional” where it was received extremely well. Over the next two years, that content, with inputs from hundreds of professionals and leaders around the world, evolved into the book Hack the Job. What is this book about? Employees can only go so far with soft skills which has been over hyped in the recent years. Street smart skills is the need of the hour where landing a job, growing in it, maximizing the rewards and securing it against right sizing requires conscious thought, planning and situational action due to brutal competition. Organizations have raised the benchmark for hiring, promoting and retaining people. Also, managing perception is now vital in paving one’s way in an environment where there are a multitude of communication channels which are highly visible across the entire organizational hierarchy. This book shares hundreds of hacks that can be used by anyone from an intern all the way to a CEO – because principles never change. Only their application does. Why the title “Hack the Job? Since the book presents and emphasizes street smart skills, the term hack described it perfectly. The hacks are all ethical, though some may fall into one of those shades of grey, when evaluated against the conventional norms. The title, I must confess, is also designed to grab attention. Who is this book intended for? Hack the job is intended for: • Graduating students • Job seekers • Employees in non-managerial positions • New, mid and senior managers • Management professionals • CXOs What is different about this book? The book is rooted in reality and actual experiences of employees all over the world. The hacks are presented in a simple style augmented by illustrations, examples and stories which make for an easy read. This is not a book of revelation; it is a book of application. The focus is on introspection and practical implementation which is facilitated by a set of questions in “Haction Time” at the end of most chapters. How is this book structured? The book comprises of ten parts: • 12 pillars of a successful career • Finding the dream job • Boss relationship management • Connecting with people at work such as co-workers, management and customers • Organizational expectations from employees today • Acing appraisals, maximizing pay raises and bonuses • Securing one’s job from frying, firing and layoffs • Overcoming common workplace challenges such as productivity and perception • Managing stress, handling a mid-career crisis and achieving work-personal life balance • Strategies for surfing the job automation wave • Testing the waters of entrepreneurship How will this book help readers? All the hacks shared in the book have been validated by employees in the real world. While the results may differ as situations are not always the same, the philosophy behind it is rooted in actual observation or experiences at the workplace. The book also provides a holistic view that is both wide and deep while being light in order to help employees see the big picture behind their employment. What is your vision for this book? This is not a book – it is a movement to change the thought process of employees in adapting to the rapid changes that the field of employment has begun experiencing. Employers will continue to cut down a significant portion of their workforce due to automation and innovation. But while millions of jobs will cease to exist, there will be millions of new roles which will open up. Employees will need to prepare to ease into this role rather than hoping for the best or dreading the wave that they know is coming. My vision is for this book to reach at least a million employees around the world and enable them to grab control over their career rather than just going with the flow and ending up somewhere they do not want to be.
Author and Book Interview – Madhukar Raj’s Hack the Job What’s your background? I started my career as an intern at a software firm in Bangalore in the 90s. I then moved to work for a firm in Barbados and a couple of later got transferred to the headquarters in Connecticut, US. All three of these opportunities involved hacks that I have shared in the book. From intern, I moved up the organizational ladder, again through hacks which I did not realize at the time, all the way up to top. In 2007, we decided to move our family back to India so we could make a difference by sharing what we learnt through our experiences in working in multi-cultural environments. In 2016, I left my corporate job as COO of the Asia Pacific Division of a US based software firm to start Leopard Hill Global Learning – a corporate and life skills training company. I have delivered keynote talks and conducted programs for leading organizations on transformational leadership, building high performance teams, storytelling for impactful presentations, outbound experiential learning, mindfulness, behavioral interviewing and connecting with customers for hospitality and healthcare in several countries. How did you become a writer? I had a passion for reading and writing from my childhood days. We used to steal books from book stores and libraries as kids because we could not afford to even borrow them. I also had a lot of practice writing love letters and poems on greeting cards as a teenager! Writers like Chetan Bhagat, Tony Robbins, Robin Sharma, Brian Tracy, Anik Singal, Ashwin Sanghi, Vinita Dawra Nangia and Anuja Chauhan inspired me to pursue writing. I began to learn formal writing from 2010 from like Vijay Nair, Sharath Kommaraju and Nitin Soni. My first piece was a collection of short stories revolving around love and marriage. But I held off on publishing it because I wanted to be known as a non-fiction writer who uplifts readers. In 2012, I started working on a personal development book to help people do and get what they really want in life. After three years of writing and research, I ended up with enough content for 16 books for different dimensions of life such as employment, entrepreneurship, wealth creation, relationships, health & fitness, spirituality, etc. Why did you write this book? After I quit my job, I found myself reflecting with great clarity on how my own career as well as that of thousands of people I worked with either rocketed or plummeted. I suddenly became aware of, and with help from a friend, began to compile our observations of: • all the reasons why a person was hired or rejected • how an employee leveraged his Boss relationship or struggled with it • how employees met or failed at meeting organizational expectations • why someone got promoted or had it denied • how some employees walked away with huge hikes while others saw none • and why some employees were fried, fired or laid off while others survived, strived and sustained. I shared these insights in a public workshop called “Street Smart Professional” where it was received extremely well. Over the next two years, that content, with inputs from hundreds of professionals and leaders around the world, evolved into the book Hack the Job. What is this book about? Employees can only go so far with soft skills which has been over hyped in the recent years. Street smart skills is the need of the hour where landing a job, growing in it, maximizing the rewards and securing it against right sizing requires conscious thought, planning and situational action due to brutal competition. Organizations have raised the benchmark for hiring, promoting and retaining people. Also, managing perception is now vital in paving one’s way in an environment where there are a multitude of communication channels which are highly visible across the entire organizational hierarchy. This book shares hundreds of hacks that can be used by anyone from an intern all the way to a CEO – because principles never change. Only their application does. Why the title “Hack the Job? Since the book presents and emphasizes street smart skills, the term hack described it perfectly. The hacks are all ethical, though some may fall into one of those shades of grey, when evaluated against the conventional norms. The title, I must confess, is also designed to grab attention. Who is this book intended for? Hack the job is intended for: • Graduating students • Job seekers • Employees in non-managerial positions • New, mid and senior managers • Management professionals • CXOs What is different about this book? The book is rooted in reality and actual experiences of employees all over the world. The hacks are presented in a simple style augmented by illustrations, examples and stories which make for an easy read. This is not a book of revelation; it is a book of application. The focus is on introspection and practical implementation which is facilitated by a set of questions in “Haction Time” at the end of most chapters. How is this book structured? The book comprises of ten parts: • 12 pillars of a successful career • Finding the dream job • Boss relationship management • Connecting with people at work such as co-workers, management and customers • Organizational expectations from employees today • Acing appraisals, maximizing pay raises and bonuses • Securing one’s job from frying, firing and layoffs • Overcoming common workplace challenges such as productivity and perception • Managing stress, handling a mid-career crisis and achieving work-personal life balance • Strategies for surfing the job automation wave • Testing the waters of entrepreneurship How will this book help readers? All the hacks shared in the book have been validated by employees in the real world. While the results may differ as situations are not always the same, the philosophy behind it is rooted in actual observation or experiences at the workplace. The book also provides a holistic view that is both wide and deep while being light in order to help employees see the big picture behind their employment. What is your vision for this book? This is not a book – it is a movement to change the thought process of employees in adapting to the rapid changes that the field of employment has begun experiencing. Employers will continue to cut down a significant portion of their workforce due to automation and innovation. But while millions of jobs will cease to exist, there will be millions of new roles which will open up. Employees will need to prepare to ease into this role rather than hoping for the best or dreading the wave that they know is coming. My vision is for this book to reach at least a million employees around the world and enable them to grab control over their career rather than just going with the flow and ending up somewhere they do not want to be.
