We fix how the world sees you: your story, your voice, your presence across every platform that matters. Your story is the asset. Most people are burying it. We are a real partner who reads what makes you worth knowing and ensures the right people see it. Whether you are just starting out, rebuilding after a setback, making your boldest move yet, or turning an idea into something real. One partner. Every stage.
Whether you are just starting out, stuck in a search that is not working, ready for a bigger move, or building something of your own, every path starts with an honest conversation. We work across the full arc: your documents, your digital presence, your pitch, your strategy, and your confidence. The same partner, every step of the way.
A resume that reads like you at your best, and clears the ATS filters on the way in.
A profile recruiters actually stop on, built for visibility and impact.
Tailored to the role you actually want, never a recycled template.
Find your calling, start from scratch, unleash your potential, land the promotion, or launch your own thing.
SignatureLand interviews, prep to win them, and learn the techniques that make you stand out.
A plan for the search, and a productivity hub for thriving once you're in the role.
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While you wait, take a look around. Your next move might already be on this page.
Start with a free, no-pressure consultation. Worst case, you walk away with clarity.
From your first resume to a business website to the operating system of your professional life, everything we do is designed to make you clearer, sharper, and harder to ignore.
The foundation
Before you write a single word or send a single application, you need clarity. Where are you actually going? What story are you telling? What makes you the obvious choice? The Career Roadmap is a full strategic session where we define your positioning, identify your target, and build the plan that makes everything else coherent and compelling: your resume, your LinkedIn, your pitch. And it does not stop when you land the role. We help you build your roadmap inside a new position too: how you grow, how you document your impact, and how you set yourself up for what comes next.
Your first impression
Most resumes list what you did. Yours will show what you changed, what you built, and why it mattered. We write it from scratch, no templates, no filler, no generic bullet points dressed up with action verbs. Every line is written to position you precisely for the role you want, in the voice of someone who actually knows their value. Because a recruiter drowning in near-identical documents will stop at yours. Every resume also goes through an ATS compatibility check, so your document survives the software screen before it ever reaches human eyes. And because one document never fits every application, we show you exactly how to adapt it for each role in minutes, not hours.
SignatureYour digital presence
LinkedIn is no longer optional. It is where recruiters verify you, where opportunities find you, and where your professional story lives permanently. We rewrite your headline, summary, and experience to do three things: rank in search, communicate your value instantly, and make the right people want to reach out. Your profile should be opening doors, not closing them. Beyond the rewrite, we audit your settings, your featured section, and your visibility strategy, so the algorithm starts working for you instead of against you. You leave with a profile that ranks in recruiter search and a simple routine to keep it active without living on the platform.
SignatureThe partner in your corner
Sometimes what you need is not another document, it is someone who will sit with you, understand where you actually are, and help you think through what comes next with honesty and without judgment. Career Coaching is ongoing, structured support for the moments that matter: a pivot you are unsure about, a role you are doubting, a version of yourself you are trying to build. We work on how you think, how you communicate, and how you show up, because those are the things that actually determine where you end up.
SignatureFrom search to offer
Most job searches fail not because of qualifications, but because of approach and performance. We fix both. We build a targeted search strategy around your positioning, the right companies, the right roles, the right outreach, and we run full mock interview sessions to make sure you are ready when the room matters. How you structure your answers, how you carry yourself, how you close. You will not just be prepared. You will be the candidate they cannot stop thinking about.
SignatureYour corner of the internet
For professionals who want to stand out, a personal portfolio site is no longer a nice-to-have. It is the one place where your story, your work, your voice, and your personality live together, fully in your control. We design and build yours from scratch: clean, fast, memorable, and written to position you exactly the way you want to be seen. Whether you are a designer, a PM, an engineer, or a consultant, you deserve a home on the internet.
For businesses ready to be seen
A business without a proper web presence is invisible. We build websites for small businesses, startups, and independent operators who need more than a template, they need a site that communicates credibility, converts visitors, and reflects the real quality of what they offer. From the copy to the design to the structure, every decision is made with your customer in mind. We handle the full journey: domain, hosting, copy, design, and launch, then hand you a site you actually own and can update without calling a developer every time something changes. Fast to load, simple to manage, and built to make the right first impression every time someone searches your name.
From idea to roadmap
Whether you are an entrepreneur with a product concept, a founder preparing for development, or a team that needs clarity before building, we turn ideas into structured plans. We facilitate MVP scoping, define the product vision, write the PRD, map the user flows, and prepare everything a development team needs to execute. No vague briefs. No wasted sprints. Just a clear, defensible plan you can actually build from. You walk away with a complete product package: vision document, PRD, user flows, and a prioritized roadmap, ready to hand to any development team and defend in any stakeholder meeting. Built by someone who has shipped products, not just planned them.
The operating system for your life and work
I did not just start using Notion. I rebuilt my entire professional and personal life inside it. My job search. My career documentation. My learning systems. My project tracking. My thinking. Every part of how I operate runs through a Notion workspace I designed from scratch, and over time, it became the single most powerful productivity shift I have ever made. I now help individuals and teams do the same: build a Notion system that actually fits how they think, eliminates the chaos, and becomes the operating system they never knew they needed. If your digital life feels scattered, this is where we fix it.
SignatureA pay-as-you-can starter for those at the beginning, full packages for everyone else, and you only pay once you've seen the value in your free consultation.
No card up front, no pressure. You decide once you've seen exactly what we'd do for you.
A 20-minute conversation. We learn your story, your goals, and where you're stuck.
We show you exactly what we'd do and what it costs, shaped to your stage and your goals.
Only when you're confident it's worth it do you move forward. No surprises, ever.
Resume, LinkedIn, interviews, portfolio, roadmap, built together, until you land it and beyond.
Free consultation first, always. We earn your trust before we earn your money.
Not five disconnected tools, one partner who knows you from first draft to offer letter.
Direction, learning, certifications, the long game, we don't disappear once you're hired.
We know how to actually wield AI, so your story sounds like you, not like everyone else's.
Refer a friend and get a free month of our services, plus a thank-you reward when they sign on.
We exist to transform lives. One honest conversation, one career, one calling at a time.
Lodestar is a career partner, not a vending machine. We were born from a simple belief: that finding the right work is one of the most life-changing things a person can do, and that nobody should have to navigate it alone, armed only with generic tools and recycled advice.
So we built something more human. We combine the precision of AI, used with real skill and not on autopilot, with sincere and honest guidance from someone who has actually lived the full arc of it: the rejections, the pivots, the rebuilds, and the breakthroughs. Someone who engineered a career move from nothing, who coached themselves relentlessly through every setback, who documented every lesson with brutal honesty, and who made it their life’s work to make sure others do not have to figure it out alone.
No templates pretending to be strategy. No disappearing once the invoice is paid. No recycled frameworks dressed up as personalised advice. Just a real partner who is genuinely invested in your outcome, before the offer, and long after.
To give every person, at every stage, honest and sincere career support that helps them find and pursue their calling, not just their next paycheck. To make genuine human guidance accessible where the industry offers only cold tools or overpriced templates.
A future where nobody settles for good enough. Where everyone has a trusted partner in their corner. Where finding meaningful work is a journey of growth, not a lonely, anxious gamble.
I left Lebanon with one suitcase and a lot of uncertainty. No mapped-out plan, no five-year roadmap. Just an instinct that staying still was more dangerous than moving into the unknown. What followed was five years of building myself, piece by piece, across countries, setbacks, and a few moments I would not wish on anyone.
There were stretches of real depression. A pandemic that froze the world just as I was finding my footing. A natural disaster in the city I had fallen in love with. A war touching my homeland from thousands of miles away. A job market that kept saying no. An automated system that rejected my application before a human ever read it.
Between the setbacks, I was building obsessively. A master's degree in technology and engineering management, written in Spain, with a thesis on AI before it became everyone's talking point. Certifications stacked with intention. Months spent studying hundreds of job descriptions. Not to copy them, but to understand exactly what the market needed and how to speak that language authentically.
I became obsessed with growth. Self-coaching. Writing as both a creative and professional discipline. Productivity as a daily practice. New tools adopted until they became part of how I operate.
And through all of it, I kept showing up for the people around me. Helping friends rewrite their stories, land interviews, find direction. That pattern became impossible to ignore. It became a calling.
"I have lived the rejections and the breakthroughs, from both sides. What I offer is not a template. It is the clarity and honesty I wish someone had given me."
That is what Lodestar is. Not a service. A commitment. Your story, told properly, from the first draft to the day you accept the offer.
Real results from real people, across tech, healthcare, engineering, and finance, from fresh graduates to senior leaders.
Once my resume and LinkedIn were rebuilt properly, the offers came to me. I was headhunted several times and ended up choosing between multiple offers.
My experience finally read the way it deserved to. Recruiters started reaching out directly, and I had several strong offers on the table.
I'd never even had a LinkedIn. They built mine from scratch, coached me through the whole search, and stayed with me until I landed the role.
It wasn't just documents. The coaching helped me get clear on my direction, and the resume and LinkedIn opened the right doors in finance.
The new resume and profile completely changed how I was perceived in my field. The results were beyond anything I expected.
As a fresh grad I had no idea how to present myself. My resume and cover letter finally made me look like someone worth interviewing.
Tell me a little about where you are and what you’re looking for. This is a no-pressure, 25-minute conversation, no pitch, no templates, just clarity.
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This Privacy Policy explains how Lodestar Careers ("Lodestar Careers," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, stores, and shares personal data when you visit our website at lodestarcareers.co, create an account, book a consultation, subscribe to our free guides, or use any of our services.
We are based in Beirut, Lebanon, and primarily subject to Lebanese Law No. 81 of 2018 on Electronic Transactions and Personal Data. Because we also serve clients in the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA), we take into account the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when handling the personal data of those users.
By using our website or services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions, contact us at: guide@lodestarcareers.co
Lodestar Careers is a career coaching and services platform operated by Rayan Khattar as a sole operator. We provide resume writing and CV optimization, LinkedIn profile optimization, career coaching (1:1 sessions), interview preparation and job search strategy, career roadmap consulting (pre-hire and post-hire phases), cover letter writing, personal branding, and Notion productivity consultancy.
This Privacy Policy applies to visitors to our website, users who create an account, individuals who book consultations via Calendly, individuals who submit forms on our website (contact forms, booking forms, free guides sign-up), and clients who engage with us for paid services.
For the purposes of Lebanese Law No. 81 of 2018 and, where applicable, the GDPR, the data controller is: Lodestar Careers, Beirut, Lebanon. Email: guide@lodestarcareers.co
Account and authentication data (Supabase): email address and hashed password.
Booking data (Calendly): name, email address, preferred time slot and time zone, and responses to pre-booking questions (current career situation, service of interest, goals).
Free guides sign-up: name, email address, and information about which guides you downloaded.
Contact and booking forms: name, email address, country or region (if requested), service(s) of interest, and any free-text messages you choose to send.
Service delivery data: when you engage us for paid services, you may share your CV, employment history, education, skills, achievements, career goals, preferences, notes from sessions, and documents we prepare or edit for you.
When you visit our website, we may automatically collect limited technical data such as IP address, browser type and version, device type and operating system, and pages visited with time, date, and referring URL.
We may receive booking details from Calendly, payment confirmation data (name, email, transaction ID, amount) from Wise, PayPal, Stripe, or Whish Money, and email delivery status information from Resend.
To provide our services: creating and managing your account, scheduling and holding sessions, reviewing and editing your documents, delivering free guides, and responding to inquiries. Legal basis: performance of a contract and legitimate interests.
To communicate with you: sending booking confirmations, reminders, service updates, and support responses. Legal basis: performance of a contract, legitimate interests, and where required, consent.
To send relevant content: sending the free PDF guides you requested and occasional updates about new services or resources. You can opt out at any time by following the unsubscribe link or emailing guide@lodestarcareers.co. Legal basis: consent and legitimate interests.
To improve our services: analysing website usage in aggregate form and improving coaching methods based on anonymised information. Legal basis: legitimate interests.
To comply with legal obligations: maintaining records for accounting, tax, and legal compliance. Legal basis: compliance with legal obligations.
We use the following third-party providers: Supabase (user authentication and data storage, US-based), Calendly (booking management, US-based), Resend (transactional email, using EU-region infrastructure where applicable), Cloudflare (hosting, DNS, edge Workers, global infrastructure), and Wise, PayPal, Stripe, and Whish Money (payment processing).
We implement hashed passwords via Supabase authentication, HTTPS encryption for all data in transit, and limit access to personal data to the founder and operator only. Despite these measures, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure.
Because we are based in Lebanon and use service providers in the United States and the EU, your personal data may be transferred across borders. For EU/EEA users, we aim to ensure adequate protection applies by relying on data processing agreements, standard contractual clauses, and technical measures such as encryption. Contact us at guide@lodestarcareers.co with any questions about international transfers.
Account data: kept while your account is active. Deleted or anonymised within a reasonable period following an account deletion request.
Consultation and service data: kept for the duration of our engagement and up to 3 to 5 years afterwards for record-keeping and dispute purposes, unless you request earlier deletion and no legal obligations require continued retention.
Lead magnet and mailing list data: kept until you unsubscribe or we no longer need to send you communications.
Technical logs: kept for a limited period for security and maintenance purposes.
We do not sell your personal data and do not share it with third parties for their own independent marketing purposes.
We may share your data with service providers (Supabase, Calendly, Resend, Cloudflare, Wise, PayPal, Stripe, Whish Money) who process data on our behalf only as necessary to provide their services to us, with professional and legal advisors when legally required, and with authorities where required by law or to protect our rights.
Under Lebanese Law No. 81 of 2018, you may have the right to access, rectify, delete, or object to the processing of your personal data.
If you are in the EU/EEA, you have additional rights under the GDPR: access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, objection, withdrawal of consent, and the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at guide@lodestarcareers.co. We may verify your identity before responding and aim to respond within any deadlines required by applicable law.
Our website may use strictly necessary cookies for security and core site functions (such as Cloudflare security cookies and session cookies). These cannot usually be disabled via cookie banners but can be controlled through your browser settings. We do not currently use marketing or advanced analytics cookies that require consent. If this changes, we will provide a consent mechanism where required by applicable law.
Our services are aimed at adults and professionals. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under the age of 18. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us at guide@lodestarcareers.co and we will take steps to delete it.
Our website may contain links to third-party websites (for example, Calendly or payment processors). We are not responsible for their privacy practices. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing any personal data.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, notify you via email or a notice on our website.
Lodestar Careers, Beirut, Lebanon. Email: guide@lodestarcareers.co
Last updated: June 2026
These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the website lodestarcareers.co (the "Website") and the services provided by Lodestar Careers ("Lodestar Careers," "we," "us," or "our"). By using the Website, creating an account, booking a consultation, or engaging us for services, you agree to be bound by these Terms.
Lodestar Careers is a career coaching and services platform operated by Rayan Khattar as a sole operator, based in Beirut, Lebanon. We provide career-related services to individuals primarily across the Middle East and Europe.
By using the Website or our services, you confirm that you are at least 18 years old (or have reached the age of legal majority in your jurisdiction) and have the legal capacity to enter into a binding contract.
By accessing or using the Website or services, you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. We may update these Terms from time to time. Your continued use after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the updated Terms.
Lodestar Careers offers career coaching and related services including: reviewing and optimising CVs and LinkedIn profiles, providing guidance on personal branding and professional positioning, preparing cover letters and supporting documents, coaching on interview skills and job search strategies, advising on career roadmaps and transitions, and offering productivity consultancy using tools such as Notion.
Services are delivered remotely via video calls, voice calls, email correspondence, and document exchange platforms as agreed with you.
Lodestar Careers provides guidance, coaching, and support to help you pursue your career goals. We do not guarantee that you will secure a specific job, promotion, or salary. We do not act as an employment agency or recruiter. Your results depend on multiple factors beyond our control, including your own efforts, qualifications, market conditions, and decisions made by third parties such as employers and recruiters.
The content and services provided by Lodestar Careers are for informational and coaching purposes only. We do not provide legal, financial, tax, medical, or psychological advice. Nothing on the Website or in our sessions should be considered a substitute for advice from qualified professionals in those fields.
To access certain features, you may need to create an account via our authentication system (currently Supabase). You agree to provide accurate information and to keep your login credentials confidential. You are responsible for all activities under your account. Notify us immediately at guide@lodestarcareers.co if you suspect unauthorised access.
Free consultations: you may book a free initial consultation via Calendly. These consultations are intended to understand your situation and determine which services, if any, are suitable. We reserve the right to accept or decline any engagement at our discretion.
Cancellations and rescheduling by you: please do so at least 24 hours before the scheduled time using the link provided or by contacting guide@lodestarcareers.co. For paid sessions, cancellations with less than 24 hours' notice may be treated as a used session at our discretion, with no refund for that session.
Cancellations by us: in rare cases we may need to cancel or reschedule (for example, due to illness). We will notify you as soon as reasonably possible and offer to reschedule or, if a paid session cannot be rescheduled within a reasonable time, discuss alternative arrangements.
Fees: communicated on the Website and/or directly to you during or after a consultation. We will agree fees before starting any paid work.
Payment methods: Wise (bank transfer), Whish Money (local transfer), PayPal, and Stripe (card payments, where available). You are responsible for any fees charged by your payment provider.
Payment terms: unless otherwise agreed, payment is due in advance of service delivery, either in full or in agreed instalments. We may choose not to start or continue work until payment is received.
Refunds: no refunds are offered for sessions or work already delivered. If you have paid for multiple sessions or a package and decide not to use all remaining sessions, we may at our discretion offer a pro rata refund for unused sessions, provided you notify us at least 24 hours before the next booked session. If we are unable to deliver agreed services due to reasons solely attributable to us, we will discuss options including rescheduling or a partial refund where appropriate. Nothing in this section affects any mandatory consumer rights you may have under the law of your country of residence.
You agree to provide accurate information about your background and goals, actively participate in sessions and complete any agreed tasks, use your own judgment when deciding whether to act on advice, and comply with any reasonable instructions relating to scheduling and communication. You remain responsible for your own decisions, actions, and outcomes.
Our materials: all content on the Website, and the frameworks, methods, templates, and tools we use in delivering services ("Lodestar Materials"), are owned or licensed by Lodestar Careers and protected by applicable intellectual property laws. You must not copy, modify, distribute, sell, or lease any part of the Lodestar Materials.
Client deliverables: when we create or significantly customise documents specifically for you (for example, your CV, cover letter, or personal branding content) in connection with a paid engagement, upon full payment you receive ownership of those deliverables for your personal and professional use. We retain ownership of the underlying frameworks, structures, and templates used to create them.
Testimonials: with your consent, we may use anonymised or first-name-only testimonials for marketing purposes. You may withdraw consent for future use at any time by contacting us.
We treat information you share with us as confidential and will not disclose it to third parties except as described in our Privacy Policy, as required by law, or with your explicit consent. You agree not to share non-public information about our methods or proprietary materials without our prior consent.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages (including loss of employment, loss of income, or loss of data) arising from your use of the Website or services. Our total aggregate liability to you will be limited to the total fees you have paid to us in the six months immediately preceding the event giving rise to the claim.
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Lodestar Careers and Rayan Khattar from any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, and expenses arising from your breach of these Terms, your misuse of the Website or services, or your violation of any applicable law or third-party rights.
Your personal data will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which forms part of these Terms. For EU/EEA users, we aim to process your personal data in line with the GDPR, in addition to complying with applicable Lebanese data protection law.
These Terms are governed by the laws of Lebanon, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Subject to any mandatory rights you may have as a consumer under the laws of your country of residence, the courts of Lebanon shall have jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of these Terms or your use of the Website or services.
We will not be liable for any failure or delay in performing our obligations due to events beyond our reasonable control, including natural disasters, government actions, power outages, internet disruptions, failures of third-party systems, or similar events.
You may stop using the Website or services at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access if you breach these Terms, if we suspect fraudulent or unlawful activity, or if we decide to discontinue the Website or services. Provisions relating to intellectual property, confidentiality, limitation of liability, and governing law will survive termination.
These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and any specific agreements for particular services, constitute the entire agreement between you and Lodestar Careers regarding your use of the Website and services. If any provision is found invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force.
Lodestar Careers, Beirut, Lebanon. Email: guide@lodestarcareers.co