Start a Career Coach Business
Imagine having a high paying career coaching people to achieve success in their careers. As a career coach you can have your own dream career by helping other people discover and get hired for theirs.
About a Career as a Career Coach
When you become a career coach, you will get paid to provide career coaching services to people who are seeking employment in fields such as the arts, business, education, health care, hospitality, law enforcement, technology, or other industries.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Current Population Survey, the average person will hold between 7 and 10 jobs over the course of their lifetime. That means plenty of opportunities for those who become a career counselor or career coach.
When you become a career coach, you will have an interesting, flexible, and rewarding career helping people set and achieve goals for finding a new job or getting started in a new career.
You can help clients explore career choices, or coach them through the process of applying for jobs and preparing for interviews.
As a career coach you could also get paid to provide additional services such as writing resumes, leading career training programs, or providing outplacement services for corporations.
When you become a career coach, you might choose to work with job-seekers and career changers of all ages and backgrounds, or you could specialize in providing career coaching services to particular types of people, including:
Career changers
Culturally diverse populations
Disadvantaged populations
Entrepreneurs
Entry-level workers
Mature workers
Military (veterans or their family members)
Senior-level executives
Unemployed workers
Women (e.g. moms returning to the workforce, women executives, or women in nontraditional careers)
If you start your own career coaching business you will have the freedom of choosing the types of clients and career coaching you want to do. As the owner of a career coaching business, you can also enjoy the financial rewards of being your own boss.
For example, if you work with career changers at the executive level you could earn $50 or more per hour.Some career coaches also get paid thousands of dollars a day to lead training programs.
As long as you have the desire, you can become a career coach. No special education is necessary to get started in career coaching and succeed. (Unlike becoming a licensed career counselor, which has strict requirements including post-secondary education.) While it may take years to become a career counselor, you can start career coaching and become a career coach immediately.
Guide to Become a Career Coach
If you would like to be paid to coach job-seekers and career changers, the FabJob Guide to Become a Career Coach is for you! In this e-book you will discover how you can get started and succeed in a rewarding career as a career coach.
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Guide author Jennifer Fishberg holds a Master's degree in counseling psychology from Rutgers University, where she was a graduate intern for the Career Services office, counseling students and alumni on a variety of career development issues including job search strategies, interviewing, and resume writing.
In this guide she shares with you insider tips and expert advice from 17 successful career coaches, career counselors, and other experts to help you become a career coach.
The guide covers topics of vital importance to anyone who wants to become a career coach including:
How to Do Career Coaching
Getting ready to do career coaching
The skills you will need as a career coach, and how to develop them
How to quickly get practical experience to build up your career coaching credentials
How to find a career coaching mentor
Step-by-step overview of the career coaching process
What to do during the initial consultation with a career coaching client (includes a sample client form to identify career goals and priorities)
Establishing the coach/client relationship
The career exploration process, including:
Using career assessments (plus where to get free assessments you can use with your coaching clients)
Helping clients make career decisions
Helping clients conduct a targeted job search
Information to help clients find unadvertised jobs or create a job
Preparing your clients for interviews
Helping clients evaluate a job offer
Career coaching techniques, including:
Asking questions (includes a list of sample questions to ask career coaching clients)
Listening and responding
Role-playing to practice interview skills (includes sample interview questions and answers)
How to help your clients create a career action plan
Homework assignments you can give your career coaching clients
How to provide outplacement services for corporations
Providing resume writing and cover letter writing services
Ways to deliver your career coaching services (in-person, telephone, online, group coaching)
Starting Your Own Career Coaching Business
How to start a part-time or full-time career coaching business for little or no money
Information about business matters affecting career coaches including insurance, licenses, legal structures, etc.
Items to include in your business plan
Choosing a name for your career coaching business
How to set up an office for your career coaching business
Sources of start-up financing if you want to spend more on your consulting business (e.g. leasing an office instead of working from home)
Pricing your career coaching services (including typical coaching fees for individual and corporate clients):
How to set your hourly rate
Rates for individual clients
Charging for coaching packages
Fees for resume writing
Group coaching fees
Fees for outplacement services
Fees for training programs
Ways to ensure you get paid
How to invoice corporate clients (includes a sample invoice)
What to include in a client contract or agreement
How to select strategic partners
Finding potential clients for your career coaching business
How to market your career coaching services effectively through
Advertising
Networking
Speaking and seminars
Free promotional opportunities
Getting clients to refer new clients to your career coaching business
What you need to know about preparing proposals for corporate career coaching work
PLUS, you will discover:
How to be certified as a professional career coach
Advice for handling difficult career coaching situations
Valuable resources
Information about career counseling programs (in case you want to become a career counselor in the future)
Samples of what you need to launch your career coaching business, including:
List of sample questions to ask clients during a career coaching session
Sample career coaching client intake form
Sample career coaching priorities checklist
Sample decision-making worksheet
Sample career coaching action plan
Sample interview questions for role-playing
Sample homework assignments to give your career coaching clients
Sample cover letter
Sample fees for career coaching services
Samples of marketing materials
Sample script for contacting corporate clients
Sample invoice
Sample contracts for individual and corporate coaching clients
Links to templates for creating business stationery and marketing materials
And much more!
How to Get the Career Coach Guide
You can have all this and more for an incredible price. People pay hundreds of dollars for career coaching training programs. The FabJob Guide to Become a Career Coach contains some of the best business advice you could get from other sources, plus much more.
The information in this guide can save you many hours of research, help you avoid costly mistakes, and give you information you need to become a career coach. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, competition is expected to remain keen in the consulting industry through the year 2016. So your investment in this guide can help give you a competitive edge to become a career coach.
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You can earn back much more than the price of the guide with your next career coaching job. And this guide can help you get hired as a career coach or start your own career coaching business much more quickly and cost-effectively.
If you believe you deserve to have the career of your dreams, this guide is for you. It gives you what you need to know to become a career coach.
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