Career coaches for retirees
Compare 18 career coaches. Besides their main focus, the most common focus areas are career change, career clarity and purpose, mid-career and over 50 and new grads and students. They most often work with retirees, professionals and students. Most charge $85 to $180 per hour or session.
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Anne Rae
Anne Rae is a career and life coach who helps mid-life career changers, retirees, women returners and IT specialists. She also works as a redundancy coach. Before coaching, she spent more than 15 years in Human Resources at large multinational organisations, and she later taught primary school. She holds a PCC credential and is a certified Co-Active coach with 7 years of coaching experience. She blends systemic and body-centred methods into her work. She lives in south-west London.
Michelle Bracy Medina
Michelle Bracy Medina is a career, life and leadership coach in Washington, DC. She helps recent graduates, mid-career professionals and retirees who feel stuck find direction. She has over 20 years of federal, private and non-profit experience. She works as a Lead Leadership Development Consultant for a large health care organization. She has also held training and professional development roles at the FDA, the VA Office of Inspector General and the GAO.
Peter Dudley
Peter Dudley is a career, life, and executive coach who helps people with career change, retirement, caregiving, burnout, and big life shifts. He built and led teams for 30 years at startups, nonprofits, and Fortune 50 companies. He has coached leaders through three CEO changes and onboarded two CEOs. He has helped more than 300 people from 18 to 85. He also coaches parents of gender-expansive teens and young adults, and he coaches writers on finishing books.
William Ingogly
William Ingogly is a career and retirement coach in South Carolina. He helps people who are changing careers and people planning a meaningful retirement. He spent more than 35 years in software process design, management and quality assurance. He later worked as a licensed clinical counselor. He is a Board Certified Coach and runs the private practice Your Remarkable Life. He planned his own career and retirement moves, and he draws on that in his coaching.
Marisa Singer
Marisa Singer is a career and life coach who helps people through career changes, burnout and big life transitions. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who spent a decade as a child and family therapist for marginalized communities. Burnout pushed her to change careers, and she became a certified coach. She now focuses on social impact professionals, helpers and healers who want work that lasts. She also coaches on work/life balance and parenting stress.
Michelle Bracy Medina
Michelle Bracy Medina is a career, life and leadership coach in Washington, DC. She helps recent grads, mid-career professionals and retirees who feel stuck find direction and purpose. She has more than 20 years of federal, private and nonprofit experience. She now works as a Lead Leadership Development Consultant for a large health care organization. Before that, she held training and professional development leadership roles at the Food and Drug Administration and the VA Office of Inspector General.
Debra Gelinas
Debra Gelinas is a leadership, career, and accountability coach who helps people going through professional transitions, including retirees. She owns Breadwinner Coaching & Consulting. Before coaching, she spent 20 years in higher education leadership, where she managed teams, built partnerships, and created skill-building programs. She holds a doctorate in education and a master's degree in counseling. She is also trained in mediation and human resources management.
Trie Angeleva
Trie Angeleva is a career and retirement coach in Jersey City, New Jersey. Trie helps college students, new grads and professionals find and prepare for careers they like. Trie also helps people in or near retirement plan a purposeful next chapter. Before coaching, Trie served as a Deputy Mayor, ran a business, worked as a CIO and taught career preparation at a Big 10 university. Trie has helped hundreds through The Love Monday Method.
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.
Judi Lansky
Judi Lansky is a career and executive coach who leads Lansky Career Consultants in Chicago. She helps people look for a new job, change careers, explore a second career, or review their career path. Her clients include executives, recent graduates, retirees, and people who are unemployed or self-employed. She offers a one-day, five-hour Career Boot Camp where she works one-on-one with a client. She also coaches by phone and online.
Ginger Terrell
Ginger Terrell is a career and business coach in Asheville, North Carolina. She works with high school and college students to save thousands in tuition costs. She also helps mid-career transitioners and people nearing retirement find work they care about. She holds a BS, an MA and an MBA. She states clearly that she is not a headhunter, so she does not place people in jobs.
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.
David Bottomley
David Bottomley is a leadership, team and personal coach. He helps new, middle, senior and executive leaders learn to lead, not just manage. He also coaches teams and supports individuals facing anxiety, low confidence and procrastination. David spent 30 years as a manager, leader and board member in UK and international businesses. He holds the ICF Professional Certified Coach credential and trained with Barefoot Coaching. He also coaches people through redundancy, retirement and starting a business.
Linden Wolbert
Linden Wolbert is a virtual business and career coach who helps dreamers, retirees, side hustlers and solopreneurs turn their ideas into real work. Linden quit a 9-5 job in 2005 and built a career as a professional mermaid. That path grew into a product line, a YouTube channel with over 50 million views, two utility patents and a podcast. Linden also chairs a global ocean conservation non-profit.
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.
Thene Sheehy
Thene Sheehy is an accountability and career coach who helps people change careers, grow into leadership roles, and plan a fulfilling retirement. She is an ICF Associate Certified Coach. She is an American who lives on the Silver Coast of Portugal and coaches clients around the world over Zoom. She also works with people who are moving abroad and want to start fresh in a new country. Her first call is a free one-hour strategy session.
Robert Foley
Robert Foley, known as Bob, is a retirement lifestyle coach in Plymouth, Massachusetts. He helps individuals, partners and couples plan a retirement or reset one that is not working. Bob is a social worker by degree, a former HR executive and a past President and CEO. He founded Retirement Lifestyle Coaching. His work covers the mental, physical, social and emotional sides of retirement, and he leaves the money side to a financial advisor.
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.
Side by side
| Coach | Focus | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Anne Rae | Career change and Mid-career and over 50 | $140 to $225 an hour |
| Michelle Bracy Medina | Career change and Career clarity and purpose | $100 to $200 per hour |
| Peter Dudley | Career change and Career clarity and purpose | $100 to $175 an hour |
| William Ingogly | Career change and Career clarity and purpose | $125 to $175 an hour |
| Marisa Singer | Career change and Career clarity and purpose | $100 to $175 an hour |
| Michelle Bracy Medina | Career change and Career clarity and purpose | $125 to $175 an hour |
| Debra Gelinas | Career change and Promotions and advancement | $100 to $175 an hour |
| Trie Angeleva | Career change and Career clarity and purpose | $180 to $200 per hour |
| CareerCycles | Career change and Job search | $100 to $180 an hour |
| Judi Lansky | Career change and Job search | $125 to $200 an hour |
| Ginger Terrell | Career change and Career clarity and purpose | $110 to $200 an hour |
| Connie Challingsworth | Career change and Career clarity and purpose | $115 to $190 an hour |
| David Bottomley | Career change | $150 to $250 an hour |
| Linden Wolbert | Career change | $80 to $175 an hour |
| Julie Gaye Murphy | Career change and Career clarity and purpose | $95 to $160 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, career clarity and purpose, mid-career and over 50 and new grads and students.
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Last updated September 2026.