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Gaurav Valani

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Founder and Executive Career Coach at CareerSprout
📍 United States

Gaurav Valani is the founder of CareerSprout, where he coaches senior tech professionals on landing high-value job offers. His extensive background includes co-founding a staffing agency, TrueBridge Resources, and growing it to $72M before its acquisition, and serving as VP of Talent at Overstock. com. People who have worked with him describe him as a positive, effective, and incredible leader.

Outside of his professional life, Gaurav is a husband and a proud father to his two children, Sai and Jiya. He often speaks about the importance of resilience, personal growth, and finding your "why" to stay motivated through lifes challenges, emphasizing that hes most proud of his role as a father and husband.

Unique fact: Gaurav was one of the youngest executives at a publicly-traded company during his time as VP for Overstock. com and its subsidiary tZERO.

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Experience
7 Years
Current Role
Founder and Executive Career Coach
Job Level
Leadership
Location
United States
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Executive Career Coaching
He founded CareerSprout, which has helped over 875 tech professionals land jobs in the $200k-$500k+ range by focusing on a proven, systematic approach to the job search.
Talent Acquisition
He has a long history in the space, from co-founding a $72M staffing agency to leading global talent acquisition as a VP for Overstock. com and tZERO.
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Career

Work history

9-2016
Founder and Executive Career Coach
CareerSprout
6-2018 - 1-2020
Vice President - People and Talent Strategy (tZERO is a majority owned subsidiary of Overstock.com)
t0.com, Inc. [tZERO]
2-2017 - 1-2020
Head of Talent at Overstock and Medici Ventures (NASDAQ: OSTK)
Overstock.com
1-2016 - 8-2016
Talent Acquisition Executive
North Highland
1-2012 - 1-2016
Talent Acquisition Executive (Co-founder of TrueBridge Resources - LA)
TrueBridge Resources, A North Highland Company (acquired by North Highland)
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Education
2001 - 2005
Business
California State University, Fullerton
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