Career Coach

Career coaching tends to be more self-directed and relationship-intensive than advising—you're working with clients over multiple sessions, often on specific transitions like entering a new field, returning after a gap, or moving into leadership. Sessions mix listening, questioning, and practical exercises: values clarification, skills inventories, job search strategy, interview preparation.

The ambiguity of the coaching relationship can be harder than it looks. You're not a therapist, but emotion and identity questions often surface. Knowing when to dig in and when to redirect to a licensed counselor is a judgment call you'll need to make regularly. And unlike advising, you're often held to outcomes—clients expect movement, not just conversation.

People who do well tend to be naturally curious about what drives people and comfortable holding space for uncertainty without rushing to fix it. Strong coaches ask better questions than they give advice. If you find yourself energized by transformation stories—the person who finally lands the role they'd been circling for years—and can tolerate the slow, nonlinear nature of that work, coaching tends to be genuinely fulfilling.