Career coaches for people over 40
Compare 20 career coaches. Besides their main focus, the most common focus areas are career change, mid-career and over 50, career clarity and purpose and job search. They most often work with people over 40, professionals and women. Most charge $85 to $180 per hour or session.
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Jessica Sweet
Jessica Sweet is a career coach and licensed therapist in Massachusetts. She helps executives and professionals over 40 who feel stressed, burned out, or stuck at work. She combines career coaching with a clinical background, so she works on mindset blocks and practical job goals together. She trained as a therapist at Harvard Medical School and belongs to the Forbes Coaches Council. She calls herself The Career Therapist.
Tara James
Tara James is a career and life coach who helps accomplished professionals plan their next chapter. She founded MacGuffin House, a coaching and strategic communications practice. Before coaching, she worked as a private investigator and then spent over twenty years in child and youth policy. She holds a master's degree in human development and psychology from Harvard. Her work starts with what a client wants from life, then builds the career and communications plan to match.
Nakisha Dixon
Nakisha Dixon is a career coach in Arlington, Virginia. She helps accomplished professionals in midlife who have outgrown their careers and want a smart pivot without starting over. She has spent 19 years in people, leadership, operations and business. Her past roles include executive and C-suite positions in technology, cybersecurity, professional services and government contracting. She is an ICF Associate Certified Coach with HR credentials.
Claudia Rossi
Claudia Rossi is a career, entrepreneurship and life coach in Roswell, Georgia. She helps mid to late career professionals who want a change. Some want a new job. Some want a new career. Others want to leave the corporate world and build their own business. She has reinvented her own career many times, and she uses that experience to help clients position their value and tell their story.
Marc Miller
Marc Miller runs Career Pivot, a career design firm in Austin, Texas for people in the second half of life who want a career change. He helps clients move toward a new career in small, practical steps instead of one big leap. He wrote Repurpose Your Career and hosts a podcast by the same name. His one-on-one package centers on the Birkman/AboutU assessment and three feedback sessions.
CareerCycles
CareerCycles is a career counselling and coaching practice in Toronto and Vancouver. Its team of career counsellors and executive coaches has helped 5,000+ clients with career change, job search, retirement planning and outplacement. Clients meet online across Canada or in person. The practice uses a narrative career assessment built on a client's own stories. It also has published outcome studies and book chapters on its work.
Claudia Rossi
Claudia Rossi is a career coach in Roswell, Georgia. She helps mid to late career professionals who want a change, such as landing a new job, switching careers, or leaving corporate work to build a business. She has worked with more than 500 clients. She has changed her own career many times, and she uses what she learned about telling her story and selling her value to guide her clients. She is a Certified Professional Coach through iPEC.
Andy Burton
Andy Burton is a career coach in Newark, New Jersey. He helps experienced professionals in their 40s and 50s reinvent their careers. He has worked with mid-life professionals for a decade. Before coaching, he spent 20 years in one industry and used his IT background to retrain in a new field. He also negotiated remote work, relocated to a new country and built his own business while still employed.
Sondra Slivon
Sondra Slivon is a life and career coach who helps women through big life changes. She runs Sueño Consulting LLC in New Mexico. She works with women over 40 facing career change, retirement, divorce, or the loss of a spouse. She also coaches high school and college age women on education, career and life plans. Before coaching, she led community programs at United Way of Central New Mexico and worked in teaching and sales.
Connie Challingsworth
Connie Challingsworth is a certified life coach in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She helps people at midlife decide what they want to do with the rest of their life. Her clients include people nearing retirement and people already retired. She founded Positive Life Decisions and works one on one, in groups and in workshops. She has more than 30 years of business experience, many of them in the pharmaceutical industry.
Funmi Oni
Funmi Oni is a London life and career coach who also coaches people with ADHD. She works with professionals, young adults and neurodiverse people. She spent 30 years as a management consultant and worked with organisations such as IBM and NatWest. She founded Ataraxia Coaching and holds an ICF Associate Certified Coach credential and a Diploma in ADHD. She also works with organisations on neurodiversity at work and in education.
Sharon L West
Sharon L West is a business and executive coach in New Jersey. She works with leaders, executives, founders, and women 40+ who face reinvention, burnout, or communication breakdown. She has over 5,000 hours of coaching and consulting experience. Her practice, MightyDreamer Mindset, blends communication arts, applied positive psychology, and business strategy. She is also the author of Words Live: Erase the Codes, a framework for replacing inherited communication patterns with intentional language.
Vanesa Castillo
Vanesa Castillo is a leadership and career coach for professional women in corporate roles and entrepreneurship. She works mostly with women 40+ who feel stuck, burned out, or undervalued. She spent 25 years leading high-performing teams in corporate before she started coaching. She uses her own five-step CLEAR Method and offers a 90-day executive coaching program with 12 private sessions for senior women leaders.
Kirsten Trussell
Kirsten Trussell is a life and wellness coach who works with women in midlife. She helps clients find their purpose and live the life they want. She has a special interest in perimenopause and menopause. Kirsten holds an International Coaching Federation certification and a wellness coach certification. She has lived and worked in and around Brighton and Hove for over thirty years. She coaches online by video call, or outdoors in Brighton for local clients.
Dr. Elizabeth Sherrell-Davis
Dr. Elizabeth Sherrell-Davis, known as Dr. E., is a life and accountability coach who helps women over 40, entrepreneurs, and leaders. She founded Signature of Excellence Coaching & Consulting Firm. She holds a Ph.D. in Organization & Management. Her work draws on higher education, leadership training, and business consulting. She helps clients regain balance, find clarity, and set boundaries with confidence. She also runs workshops and speaks publicly.
Julie Gaye Murphy
Julie Gaye Murphy is a life, relationship, divorce, blended family and career coach in Brisbane, Australia. She runs MOJO Your Life Today and helps women build confidence, handle big life changes and find a clearer path. She has a strong focus on women over 50, step-moms and women going through separation, divorce or redundancy. She also coaches retirees and small business owners on staff management and teamwork.
David Abend
David Abend is a career and life coach in Massachusetts who works with people in transition. He helps clients who feel stuck in a career, are close to retirement, or are looking for purpose. He brings over 40 years of marketing experience and is an expert in personal branding. He also founded The Bucket, an online magazine for people over 50 that focuses on reducing deathbed regrets.
Nancy Collamer
Nancy Collamer is a retirement coach and author of Second-Act Careers. She helps professionals who are at or near retirement plan a retirement that has meaning. She coaches one-on-one by video through her Retirement Discovery Package. She also writes a blog, sends a monthly newsletter and runs webinars. She offers a free workbook with 25 questions to help people decide what to do in retirement. She also speaks to companies, groups and associations.
David Abend
David Abend is a retirement, career and life coach in Carlisle, Massachusetts. He works with people over 50 who feel stuck. He helps them with career pivots, the move into retirement, and finding purpose. David is also the editor of The Bucket, an online magazine. He writes there about death-bed regrets and how to avoid them. That theme shapes his focus on helping clients make choices they will not regret.
Melody Duckins
Melody Duckins is a leadership and life coach. She works with leadership professionals, Black and brown women over 50, college students, and artists. She helps clients find their core values and build steps toward success. She holds three coaching certifications, including one in student success. Before coaching, she worked as an international educator, artist, writer, and community activist. Her work covers life, education, and career goals.
Side by side
| Coach | Focus | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Jessica Sweet | Career change and Job search | $125 to $175 an hour |
| Tara James | Career change and Career clarity and purpose | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Nakisha Dixon | Career change and Career clarity and purpose | $125 to $175 an hour |
| Claudia Rossi | Career change and Job search | $125 to $175 an hour |
| Marc Miller | Career change and Job search | $125 to $200 an hour |
| CareerCycles | Career change and Job search | $100 to $180 an hour |
| Claudia Rossi | Career change and Job search | $125 to $175 an hour |
| Andy Burton | Career change and Career clarity and purpose | $125 to $200 an hour |
| Sondra Slivon | Career change and New grads and students | $100 to $160 an hour |
| Connie Challingsworth | Career change and Career clarity and purpose | $115 to $190 an hour |
| Funmi Oni | Career change and Mid-career and over 50 | $115 to $160 an hour |
| Sharon L West | Career change and Career clarity and purpose | $200 to $300 an hour |
| Vanesa Castillo | Career change and Career clarity and purpose | $160 to $275 an hour |
| Kirsten Trussell | Life and wellness coach for women in midlife in Brighton | $100 to $135 an hour |
| Dr. Elizabeth Sherrell-Davis | Promotions and advancement | $90 to $175 an hour |
Common questions
How much does a career coach cost?
Most career coaches charge $85 to $180 per hour or session.
What else do these career coaches help with?
Common focus areas include career change, mid-career and over 50, career clarity and purpose and job search.
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Last updated September 2026.