Are you building a career or reacting to one?
We know what it's like to give it everything and still feel stuck. RISEUP@work helps you make better decisions in the moments that shape your career.
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Limited time only
First year of the Builder tier, free
Our full career toolkit, no card required
Free 1:1 coaching session
With CEO & founder Dr. Deepak Bhootra
Join 500+ professionals who stopped reacting.
Welcome Video by Dr. Deepak Bhootra
The moments that quietly decide a career
My manager tells me I'm doing great, but I'm still not getting promoted.
I'm working harder than anyone. Why doesn't anyone notice?
I want to leave, but I don't know what I'd even be good at next.
I keep making it to the final round, but I still can't land the offer.
Built by someone who watched great careers stall from the inside
Across three decades of leadership in four countries, Dr. Deepak saw the same thing again and again: talented, hardworking people passed over, not for lack of ability, but because nobody showed them how careers actually move.
Coaching that closes that gap can come with a hefty price tag, and it's typically reserved for executives. He built RISEUP@work so everyone gets it.
- Three decades in executive roles at Sun Microsystems/Oracle, HP and Capgemini, across four countries
- ICF-certified coach for 14 years, with 1,500+ coaching relationships
- Doctoral research on career growth and job satisfaction
- Author of the four-book RISEUP series
Limited time only: every new member gets a free 1:1 coaching clarity session with Dr. Deepak.
A 360° view of you. One guide who knows it.
Bring the moment you are stuck in
When you want a person, bring one in.
You can add a dedicated coach at any point, and everything you have built here becomes their starting point, so they are working on your situation from the first conversation.
You decide what they see. You authorize which parts of your profile a coach can open, and you can change it whenever you want.
They start with your context. Your diagnostics, your themes and your goals are already in front of them, so the first session is not spent explaining yourself.
Book time when it matters. Sessions when something is actually at stake, rather than a retainer running whether you use it or not.
Your first session is free, and it's with our CEO and founder, Dr. Deepak Bhootra. Three decades in executive roles at Sun Microsystems/Oracle, HP and Capgemini, across four countries. ICF-certified coach for 14 years, with 1,500+ coaching relationships.
After that, coaching is an add-on, charged separately.
Four books behind the platform
RISE was not written for a launch. It was published first, as four books on interviewing, professional presence, resumes and career ownership. The platform is that method, made interactive.
The Interview Revolution
Your Guide to Winning Conversations in the AI Era
The LinkedIn Revolution
Transform Professional Presence into Career Opportunities
The Resume Revolution
Landing Jobs and Building Careers in the AI Era
Your Career Reclaimed
Lead. Grow. Succeed. Without Losing Yourself.
All four are included free at the Explorer tier.
Real traction. Not borrowed hype.
“Why not just ask ChatGPT?”
Fair question. Here is the difference.
Generic AI
- ✕ Starts from zero every conversation
- ✕ No memory of you or your career
- ✕ Plausible answers, no coaching method
RISEUP
- ✓ One profile that remembers your whole career
- ✓ A method built and verified by a real coach
- ✓ Every tool feeds the same brain
What changes once you have a system
Before joining RISEUP@work, I mostly viewed career growth as building skills, gaining experience, preparing for opportunities and finding the right job. RISEUP@work made me realise that career development goes far beyond these milestones. It is also about understanding yourself, learning from your experiences, making better decisions and continuously growing throughout your career.”
The structure and content really helped me to dig deep and figure out what my true challenges are and where I stand in my current career, patterns, and behaviors.”
It is a well crafted course and proved how simple our professional growth plans can be if they are well thought of and are approached with a step by step process.”
Under [Dr. Deepak Bhootra's] leadership, RISEUP@work fills a real gap. Students and early-career professionals rarely get realistic practice for the conversations that shape their careers, like interviews. Working with the platform showed me how much structured practice and honest feedback can build someone's confidence. As it scales, I hope it reaches many more students who don't have access to this kind of mentorship. That is why I believe it is such an important initiative. I also wholeheartedly recommend RISEUP@work to students and early-career professionals who want to prepare with confidence and grow with the right guidance.”
Practical advice I can apply in my career. I highly recommend it to anyone looking to grow professionally.”
Better decisions compound. So does the payoff.
Income
Better roles and stronger negotiations add up. Over a career, the gap is not small.
Well-being
Less burnout. A clearer sense that you are moving, not just busy.
Confidence
You learn to navigate the room, not just do the job.
This is the difference between handling a job hunt and navigating a whole career.
Choose Your Growth Path
One way in: join RISEUP and get Builder free for a full year. No decisions required today.
Explorer
- ✓ All four RISEUP books
- ✓ Blog and newsletter
- ✓ Monthly Career Lab playbook
- ✓ Videos and podcasts
- ✓ Free career diagnostics snapshot
Builder
Everything in Explorer, plus:
- ✓ RISE, your personal career guide
- ✓ Detailed Career Diagnostic to see where you really stand
- ✓ Goals and accountability tracker
- ✓ Journal entries that surface recurring themes and trends
- ✓ Resume Builder + AI Interview Simulator
- ✓ Community to meet peers and mentors building better careers
All connected, so every tool knows your story.
Limited time only
Human in the loop coaching can be added to either tier, charged separately. Your coach starts from your profile rather than a blank page, and you choose what they can see. Your first session is free, with our CEO and founder, Dr. Deepak Bhootra.
From RISEUP@work Insights
- How to Get Promoted at Work: The Internal Advancement Strategy Nobody Talks AboutGet promoted fast with this internal strategy playbook. Learn the 5 key traits.
- The Promotion That Boils You Slowly: The Signs You Need a Career Change Great at your old job, struggling in the new one? Here's why.
- What is Career Development: The Invisible Tax (And Why the Traditional Playbook No Longer Works)Stop chasing job titles and start building what you own.
- How to Spot the Early Signs of Burnout Before They Derail Your CareerThe label matters. Burnout and growth call for completely opposite responses.
- How to Future Proof Your Career: Bring Your Own Career Is the Step Nobody Is Tracking YetBring Your Own Career: the future-proof strategy already in the wild.
- How to Get Noticed at Work Before It's Too Late for Your CareerThe instinct to avoid managing up has killed more careers than bad work.
Leadership with founder-product fit
We aren't a group of people guessing; we are practitioners taking a proven methodology and turning it into a scalable software product.
Core Leadership
Dr. Deepak Bhootra
CEO & Founder
- Three decades in executive roles at Sun Microsystems/Oracle, HP and Capgemini, across four countries
- ICF-certified coach for 14 years, with 1,500+ coaching relationships
- Doctoral research on career growth and job satisfaction
- Author of the four-book RISEUP series
Dennis Zebregs
CTO & Co-Founder
- Leads the tech that earned RISEUP a place in the Apex Lab AI Accelerator, powered by AWS
- Builds AI products end to end, most recently a platform that trains AI with human expertise
- Full-stack engineer and cloud architect across AWS, Azure and GCP
Pranay Bhootra
Marketing Lead & Co-Founder
- Drove growth for multi-million dollar portfolios at P&G, built on understanding what consumers actually value
- Marketed AI-powered SaaS products, turning complex tech into clear messaging
- Currently pursuing an MBA at NYU Stern
Frequently Asked Questions
RISEUP@work is a career operating system for professionals. It stays with you year after year, knows your story, and gives you guidance built around it, so you can navigate ambition, avoid burnout, and grow your career sustainably.
We help you take the next step in your career with tools, structure, and real guidance, not just inspiration. We offer practical, action-focused guides, AI career tools (resume builder, interview simulator, diagnostics and goal setting), the RISE coach, and a peer community designed for shared learning and accountability.
Most career help gives you one piece: an AI chatbot, a course, or a coach. RISEUP brings them together. AI tools that share one profile: Career Diagnostic, Goals and Accountability, Journal, Resume Builder and Interview Simulator all feed RISE, so its guidance is built on your whole story, not a blank chat box. Human coaching that does not start from scratch. You choose what your coach can see from your RISEUP activity, so the first conversation is about your situation, not your backstory. Your first session is free, with our CEO and founder, Dr. Deepak Bhootra. A community of people navigating similar career moments, where you can compare notes, build relationships and find mentors.
Because the rules of work changed. AI is screening. Performance cycles are faster. Roles are less stable. Expectations are higher. Professionals are left to navigate more complexity on their own. Most career help stops at getting hired. Very little helps you manage a 30-year career in a volatile system. RISEUP does both: it helps you land the role, and keeps guiding you once you are in it. That gap between modern work and outdated career development is widening, and it is costing people momentum, earnings, and confidence.
RISEUP@work was founded by Dr. Deepak Bhootra, who spent three decades in executive roles at Sun Microsystems/Oracle, HP and Capgemini, and 14 years as an ICF-certified coach. The method was shaped alongside the professionals, coaches and practitioners we interviewed: people who have lived through messy work lives, confusing career moments, and the tension between staying and stretching.
Not at all. RISEUP is built around growth phases, not job titles. Our tools are applicable across various industries, including tech, marketing, finance, education, design, and more.
That's great, but we want you to grow with intention. RISEUP helps you take the next step on your own terms, without waiting for your company or manager to decide it for you.
For a limited time, you get a full year of Builder free, no card required, plus a free 1:1 coaching clarity session with our CEO and founder, Dr. Deepak Bhootra. We will remind you before your free year ends, and you decide then whether to continue.
Yes. No pressure. No contracts. Cancel anytime and keep access through the end of your billing cycle.
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