Certified career coaches
1,691 career coaches list a coaching credential or degree, 49% of all career coaches. Certified career coaches charge $90 to $200 an hour.
Key numbers
- 1,691 career coaches list a credential (49% of career coaches).
- 185 hold the ICF's PCC or MCC credential.
- Certified career coaches: $90 to $200 an hour.
- Career coaches with no credential: $75 to $175 an hour.
Credentials career coaches hold
| Credential level | Coaches (n) |
|---|---|
| Other coaching certification | 963 |
| Graduate degree | 543 |
| ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) | 177 |
| ICF Master Certified Coach (MCC) | 8 |
Most common credentials
| Credential | Coaches (n) |
|---|---|
| MBA | 109 |
| ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC) | 32 |
| PhD | 31 |
| Certified Professional Coach | 24 |
| ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) | 23 |
| MBA, Harvard Business School | 22 |
| ACC | 22 |
| Certified Life Coach | 22 |
| CTI Co-Active Training Institute | 19 |
| Certified Career Coach | 17 |
What certified career coaches charge
| Group | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|
| Credential listed | $90 to $200 |
| No credential listed | $75 to $175 |
Certified career coaches to compare
Aamna K.
Aamna K. coaches product managers, managers of PMs, and product operations managers on interviews and career moves. She is a Lead Product Manager at Meta and has worked in product at ServiceNow, Intuit, DoorDash, and Nike. She has interviewed and mentored more than 50 PM candidates across levels L3 to L7. She has also hired on hiring committees and screened hundreds of resumes. She holds an MBA from UC Berkeley Haas.
Abisola (Abi) Ojikutu
Abi Ojikutu is a product management coach who helps students and professionals move into and grow in product roles. She has 13+ years of experience at Amazon, Remitly and PwC. She started in finance and accounting, then pivoted into product management. She led cross-functional teams of 30+ people across engineering, data science, design, marketing, legal and compliance. She coaches on PM resumes, behavioral interviews and building business skills.
Adam B
Adam B is a career and admissions coach who helps MBA and Master's applicants, and people breaking into consulting, banking and private equity. She spent seven years at Citi in EMEA, then earned an MBA at London Business School as a Merit Scholar. She now works in post-merger integration at Accenture. She coaches candidates worldwide and speaks Arabic. She has deep experience with international applicants, including many women from the Gulf and emerging markets.
Adam Cipoletti
Adam Cipoletti is a career and executive coach in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He helps talented professionals who feel stuck or unseen in their job search. He is a Fortune 500 marketing director with over 20 years of experience in creative leadership. He holds an MBA and is a Certified Instruction Designer. He focuses on creative professionals and builds his coaching on three parts: Mindset, storytelling and strategy.
Adam Cipoletti
Adam Cipoletti is a career and leadership coach in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He helps professionals who feel stuck or overlooked in their job search. He is a Fortune 500 marketing director with over 20 years in creative leadership. He holds an MBA and is a Certified Instruction Designer. His work covers resumes, portfolios, interview prep and confidence, with a focus on creative professionals.
Ahmed Sameer
Ahmed Sameer is a career, leadership and life coach in Erbil, Iraq. He helps professionals, leaders and graduates who feel stuck or unsure about their next step. Before coaching, he spent more than 15 years leading humanitarian and development programs across the Middle East. He managed large teams and multimillion-dollar portfolios. He is a certified Professional Life Coach and a certified member of the Project Management Institute. His focus is moving clients from confusion to clarity, confidence and purpose.
Aimee G.
Aimee G. is a career and executive coach who helps professionals and leaders with interviews, career transitions, and performing with confidence. She spent 14 years at Amazon as a global HR leader and Bar Raiser. She has conducted 700+ interviews across roles from early career to senior leadership. She held HR roles in Ireland and Luxembourg and most recently led as Senior Manager of Global HR Transformation. She coaches clients globally.
Aina Raj
Aina Raj is a career, executive and life coach in Dubai. She helps executives and working professionals find clarity on what to do next in their careers. She left a corporate career in Dubai to run her own coaching practice. She has trained professionals and leaders from 60+ organizations. Her work uses a 3 step method and psychometric assessments. She also coaches on interviews, executive presence and personal branding.
Al Robinette
Al Robinette is a career and leadership coach who helps professionals, managers and executives plan their next career step. He also consults for businesses. He is the founder of Career Path Consulting & Development and has more than 20 years of experience. He moved from an hourly front-line job to an executive role in corporate business. He is an Industrial and Organizational Psychology practitioner and uses behavioral assessments in his coaching.
Alan Wu
Alan Wu is a career and leadership coach who helps early and mid-career professionals with career transitions, growth, and interview preparation. He spent seven years at McKinsey, working across Consumer and Private Equity on due diligences and growth strategy. He uses that consulting background to guide clients through the consulting interview process. He is ICF-certified and coaches people to face high-stress moments with clarity and confidence.
Alejandro Alvarez
Alejandro Alvarez is an investment banking coach who helps students and young professionals prepare for finance interviews. He spent 10 years in investment banking and private equity, including a role as an associate at Goldman Sachs. At Goldman he ran over 150 interviews for analyst and associate roles. He has coached over 200 students, and many now work at firms like Goldman, Evercore, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley.
Aleksandar Zeljic
Aleksandar Zeljic is a career and life coach who works with driven professionals. He helps them with burnout, career transitions and impostor syndrome. He holds a PhD in Computer Science, did postdoctoral research at Stanford, and worked as a software engineer in Silicon Valley. His coaching is built on the Psychology of Personal Constructs. He runs his practice, Constructive Spaces, online, and sessions start with the client's own experience.
Alex Ilin
Alex Ilin is a career coach who helps professionals make career decisions and find jobs they like. Alex has 15 years in tech, from small San Francisco startups to management roles at Meta and LinkedIn. Alex works as a Data Science manager at LinkedIn while coaching. Alex holds a Career Advisor certification from IACA and has worked with dozens of professionals on their career goals.
Alex Keedy
Alex Keedy is a cybersecurity career coach who helps people get hired and move up in the cyber field. She is a cyber threat intelligence expert with over 8 years of experience leading global cybersecurity sales and operational teams. She has worked at ZeroFox, Intel 471, Deloitte, and Booz Allen Hamilton. She managed $32 million ARR for large clients and has briefed C-suite executives. She has worked with more than 10 cybersecurity clients.
Alex Makarovski
Alex Makarovski is a career coach in Dubai who helps mid-career professionals find their next direction. Clients are often successful on paper but unsure what to do next. Alex has worked in both coaching and recruitment in the UAE market. Work and insights from Alex have been featured in Gulf News and LinkedIn News. Alex holds an ICF certification and a master's degree in sociology.
Alex Shushunov
Alex Shushunov coaches people who want to get into top MBA programs and management consulting firms. He is a former U.S. Army officer who worked at Accenture and McKinsey & Company. At McKinsey he was a trained interviewer and recruiting lead. He has coached since 2018 and has helped hundreds of candidates, both veterans and non-veterans, prepare for MBA programs and firms like McKinsey, Bain, and BCG.
Alexander Nowak
Alexander Nowak is a career coach who helps students and early to mid-career professionals define their career path and land new roles. He has 10 years of coaching and career advising for Bachelors, MBA, Masters and PhD students. He also spent 10 years leading teams and shaping strategy in marketing and sales. He has worked with more than 100 career coaching clients and uses the GROW coaching model.
Alice D.
Alice D. is a career and business coach who helps professionals with interviews, career changes and leadership growth. She is a former Talent Acquisition Manager at Amazon and a certified Bar Raiser. She has 13 years in talent acquisition and headhunting. She has run more than 5,000 interviews and screened more than 40,000 resumes. Her clients range from data scientists to executives. She works from Italy and also leads talent acquisition at Prima.
Alison Larson
Alison Larson is a career and leadership coach in Eatontown, New Jersey. She helps quiet, introverted professionals gain visibility, lead with confidence, and land promotions or new jobs. She is a former VP who led teams across 50+ countries and presented to the C-suite. She holds an MBA and has 12+ years of coaching experience. She is a Certified Professional Coach trained through iPEC.
Alison McCallum
Alison McCallum is a career and executive coach. She helps people in education, mid-career professionals, new graduates and students find clarity about their next steps. She trained in executive coaching at Royal Roads University in 2017 and holds an ICF Associate Certified Coach credential. She also works in Indigenous student services in higher education. She has coached clients on four continents by audio or video.
Alison Mitchell
Alison Mitchell is a strengths-based career and leadership coach in the Netherlands. She works with educators, school leaders, middle managers and teams. She spent over 30 years in international education and leadership. She was Headteacher of the British School of Amsterdam, where she led the senior school through a multi-million Euro building project and the Covid pandemic. She then changed careers and became a certified coach using the Gallup CliftonStrengths approach.
Ama La Vida
Ama La Vida is a career coaching membership that matches each client with one coach from a team of 60+ ICF-certified coaches. It helps people who feel stuck decide what comes next in their careers and then make the move. Members get one-on-one sessions, 8+ group coaching sessions each month, and eCourses. The company also offers executive coaching, outplacement, and leadership workshops for corporate partners.
Amanda Crooks
Amanda Crooks is a career and leadership coach who also does life coaching. She helps professionals with career shifts, leadership growth, and finding clarity about their next steps. She has more than 20 years in career coaching, counseling and program management. She built and ran programs that served hundreds of people, often in hard circumstances. She holds Board Certified Coach, Certified Master of Career Services, and Global Career Development Facilitator credentials.
Amber Murayi
Amber Murayi is a career and executive coach who helps ambitious professionals grow their careers, build leadership presence, and handle big transitions. She has spent 20+ years in corporate America. She led MBA recruiting for Kellogg at BCG and later served as Vice President of Strategy at The Hershey Company, where she led a team of 17. She now runs Artisan Strategy Partners and is a Transformational Coach with Mobius Executive Leadership.
Amir A.
Amir A. coaches people who want to break into or move up in investment banking, consulting, and private equity. He is a former Morgan Stanley financial advisor with a Booth MBA. He has run hundreds of interviews at Deloitte and PwC, and he has set resume screening criteria for consulting firms and Chicago Booth. He also coaches on promotions and office politics. He has worked with clients in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the United Arab Emirates.
Amy Chou
Amy Chou is a career and leadership coach. She helps clients find their strengths and explain their value clearly. Before coaching, she was a senior marketing leader at big tech companies, including TikTok, Google, Cisco and Intel. She moved up from individual contributor to first line manager to senior leader. Today she runs Dream Plan Do Live Coaching & Consulting. She uses her marketing skills to help clients tell their story for promotions, leadership branding and new roles.
Ananya Sadarangani
Ananya Sadarangani is a management consulting recruiting coach who helps undergraduate students land consulting offers. She is a Consultant at Boston Consulting Group and was promoted from Associate to Consultant there. She has coached dozens of students on resumes, personal narratives, case interviews and behavioral interviews. Her students have received offers from McKinsey, BCG, Bain and other top firms. She is also an incoming INSEAD MBA candidate.
Anastasia Tripolskaya
Anastasia Tripolskaya is a life, career and business coach in New York City. She helps high-achievers change careers, find work that fits them, and build purpose-driven businesses. Before coaching full time, she worked in marketing technology and strategy consulting at Deloitte Digital. She also created a career change program called Find Your Life's Work.
Andrea Buwalda
Andrea Buwalda is a career coach who helps professionals with job searching, career changes and interview preparation. She spent more than seven years in technical recruitment before moving into coaching. She then worked as an internal coach at a large organisation and at a start-up for 5 years. She later became Head Coach at an EdTech organisation. She works with clients in South Africa and around the world.
Andrea Serbonich
Andrea Serbonich is a career and leadership coach who helps people plan and grow their careers. She holds an ACC from the International Coaching Federation and a master's in Executive Coaching and Organizational Consulting from NYU. She spent over a decade in organizational consulting and built 50+ global hybrid and remote development programs. In 2024 she was an EZRA Coaching Fellow and reworked its Leadership Development framework. She has worked with 60+ career coaching clients.
Common questions
How many career coaches are certified?
49% of career coaches list a coaching credential or degree.
Do certified career coaches charge more?
Certified career coaches charge $90 to $200 an hour, compared with $75 to $175 for career coaches with no credential.
What is the top career coach credential?
The International Coaching Federation's MCC is the highest coaching credential, followed by the PCC and ACC.
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Last updated September 2026.