Hi, I'm Eli
Coaching from inside the hiring machine
I'm a Principal Tech Recruiter and I run Careersy Coaching. I coach tech professionals across Australia and New Zealand from the side of the table that decides. I still recruit every week, so what I show you is what is happening to applications now.
The 15-Minute Career Decision Review. Free, on Google Meet.
Eli Gunduz · LinkedIn Top Voice · Founder, Careersy Coaching / Tech recruiter turned career coach · Australia & New Zealand
From inside the hiring machine
I've sat on both sides of the table
For 13 years I've been on the hiring side of ANZ tech. I've sat through more than 5,000 interview hours and read past 26,000 CVs, and the pattern never changed: the people who got cut rarely got cut on ability. They got cut because nobody in the room could read what they were actually capable of.
Those years span every major hiring environment in ANZ tech. Agency recruitment, hiring for banks and household names. Technology consulting. A hypergrowth fintech. And today big tech, partnering with engineering leaders on some of the region's most complex technical hiring. Each one taught me something different about how hiring decisions get made, and why good people get missed.
That is the whole reason Careersy exists. I'm still in those rooms today, so what I show you is not theory from someone who left recruiting a decade ago. In a coaching session I'll show you the live recruiter search and the ATS (applicant tracking system) scorecard your application actually triggers, the screens candidates never get to see.
What clients say about the work, in their words
Work history
Where Eli has worked and who he hired for across 13 years. Work history, not endorsement.
In-house recruitment teams
The agency I worked in
Client companies I recruited for at TOM
My mission
Why Careersy Coaching exists
I started Careersy because I kept watching smart, capable people get stuck. Not because they lacked skill, but because they lacked strategy. None of them were doing anything wrong. They just couldn't see the machine from the inside.
Engineers
Sending out hundreds of applications and hearing nothing back.
Career switchers
Real potential, ghosted because the CV didn't fit the mould.
Mid-career developers
Unsure how to position themselves for growth, or negotiate what they are worth.
Since launching Careersy Coaching in 2021 the goal has stayed the same: help tech professionals in Australia and New Zealand run a search with clarity, confidence and control. Recruiter-side insight, and coaching built around your situation. Nothing recycled.
My coaching approach
No cookie-cutter advice. Whether you're chasing your first tech role, pivoting mid-career or aiming for leadership, the plan is built for you, from what recruiters actually see.
How to be clear, confident and discoverable, online and off, so a recruiter can read what you do in the first thirty seconds.
Answers that are sharp, structured and aligned with what hiring managers are actually listening for.
Fewer applications, more context: reaching the right people directly, with a message that gets read.
What if
You don't need to apply more, network harder, or figure it out alone?
Here's a practical framework for understanding how hiring decisions are actually made, so you stop relying on volume applications. Free, about thirty minutes to read.
Ready to take the next step?
Work with a coach who still reads applications for a living, and knows exactly what yours is up against. Let's work out what to change first. The 15-Minute Career Decision Review, free, on Google Meet.