Career coaches for teens
Compare 33 career coaches. Besides their main focus, the most common focus areas are career clarity and purpose, new grads and students, career change and promotions and advancement. They most often work with teens, students and parents. Most charge $85 to $180 per hour or session.
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Vanessa Almeleh
Vanessa Almeleh is a career, leadership and executive coach in Scotland. She helps ambitious people build work and lives that match their values. Before coaching, she spent over 20 years in the art world and mentored many artists. She started her coaching practice in 2020. She has worked with professionals from 100+ companies around the world. She also trains leaders and managers in coaching skills, and she coaches teenagers on career choices.
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.
Jilli Warwicker
Jilli Warwicker is a life, career and business coach who helps early to mid career professionals, business executives and small business founders. She has coached for over two decades and works as a change agent across the UK, Europe, the Middle East and worldwide. She calls her style Life^Work, where life leads and gives direction to work. She coaches people to build future skills, or power skills, so they stand out and win the opportunities they want.
Nedheya Baby
Nedheya Baby is a career and life coach in Singapore. She helps mid-level professionals, women executives, graduates and youth. She started as a chemical engineer in manufacturing, then worked as an Assistant Professor at business schools. She holds an ICF ACC credential and is an ontological coach. She coaches engineers and managers who want to move from technical work into leadership. She has clients in India and Singapore.
Peter Marotto
Peter Marotto is a leadership, career and business coach in South Windsor, Connecticut. He works with teenagers and young adults who are planning what comes after high school and early in their careers. He also coaches mid-career professionals who want to reach their goals. He holds an M.Ed. and has training from the Management and Strategy Institute and the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education. He writes a LinkedIn article series called Lessons Learned From.
Christine Chapman-Fierz
Christine Chapman-Fierz is an independent educational consultant who helps students and parents with private school, college and graduate school admissions. She runs Chapman Education from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. She has worked in admissions since 1991 and has coached over 5,000 students. She once served as the first Director of International Students at a Boston-area independent school. She also runs Next Act Consulting, which helps parents plan their next career step after their kids leave for college.
Dave S. Wallace
Dave S. Wallace is a career and couples coach who works mostly with men and professionals. He has coached for 17 years, in private and group settings. He is a licensed marriage and family therapist with degrees in clinical and organizational psychology. Before this work, he spent 10 years composing music in Hollywood. His clients include entrepreneurs, producers, artists, doctors, lawyers, principals and veterans. Most of the men he sees are between 16 and 50 and feel stuck in work or relationships.
Jennifer and Mitch Firestone
Jennifer and Mitch Firestone are a married couple who run Staying Joyful. They coach youths, families and working adults who want more joy and better relationships. Jennifer spent 30 years as a social worker and educator. Mitch has spent over 20 years in education and has a psychology background. Together they bring 50 years of combined experience. They also sell aromatherapy and color therapy candles in their shop.
Jihane Labib
Jihane Labib is an executive and career coach who works with executives, board members, managers, entrepreneurs and artists. She also mentors other coaches. She spent 12 years as an executive in multinational companies before founding Coachinglab Academy in 2012. She holds the ICF Master Certified Coach and Team Coach credentials. She was the first professional in French-speaking Africa to hold both. She has coached leaders and teams in about ten countries.
Liisa Wagner
Liisa Wagner is a life coach who helps women and teen girls build confidence, find direction, and make their next move. She runs Mindful Boom from Whistler, BC, and coaches clients online. Her work started with moms who wanted more balance. Their mothers and daughters then joined too. She trained at the Flow Coaching Institute and holds a business degree. Her flagship offer is a 6-week lifestyle program.
Lisa Barrett
Lisa Barrett is a college admissions consultant in Athens, Georgia. She helps high school students and their parents plan for college. She founded 5 Points Prep, which also offers test prep and tutoring. Before that, she spent two decades in higher education administration and worked as a professor and admissions officer at Columbia University. She has guided hundreds of families through the admissions process and focuses on finding the right college fit for each student.
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.
Wendie Lubic
Wendie Lubic is an independent educational consultant who helps high school students and their parents with college admissions. She runs The College Lady in Washington, DC. Before consulting, she worked as a journalist and editor, and she taught graphic design at American University. She has worked with parents and students since 1996. She edits college essays, reviews art portfolios, and works to lower the stress of applying.
Denise Baylis
Denise Baylis is a college admissions consultant and the owner of Open Door Educational Consultants. She helps high school students, college transfer students and graduate school applicants with college search, applications and essays. She is a former Vice President at a Fortune 500 media company. She uses her marketing and branding background to show how a student fits a school. She also offers career advising to current students and new grads.
Imbert Fung
Imbert Fung is an independent college consultant and education coach who helps teenagers and young adults with university applications, career preparation and presentation skills. Imbert founded Future Reach Education in the Toronto area. Imbert is an MIT and UPenn alumnus and a HECA member. Imbert brings experience from hiring and leading hundreds of employees across industries. Imbert's office is in Downtown Markham, Ontario.
Marci Schwartz
Marci Schwartz is an independent educational consultant who leads Thrive College Counseling in Los Gatos, California. She helps teens and their families plan the move to college. Her team focuses on students with autism, ADHD, and other learning differences. They build college lists, guide applications, and teach executive function and college readiness skills. The same team member who does a student's test prep stays on to provide the college counseling.
Janet Loren
Janet Loren is a Certified Educational Planner who helps teens and their parents choose a college and get through admissions. She has advised families in Bergen County, New Jersey and beyond for over 30 years. Her practice, Pearl Glassman Educational Counseling, matches each student to schools by social, academic, financial and location fit. She also guides families toward programs that suit different learning styles, including special education placement.
Maria Nissi
Maria Nissi is an independent college advisor who helps high school students and their parents plan for college. She works with students on college and career exploration, strengths assessment, college list building, essays and applications. Her focus is fit, so students land at schools that match their academic, social and financial needs. She works from Queensbury, New York, and is a Professional member of IECA. Parents get a clear plan and less stress.
Allison Hazel
Allison Hazel is a certified professional life coach who works with Black men, Black women, Black children, teens and LGBTQ+ clients, including queer Black men and women. She runs Culturally Competent Coaching. She studied Business Management at a historically Black college. Friends called her "Baby Iyanla" because she listened to their stories and offered solutions. She also offers child life coaching, and she builds her work around cultural understanding.
Andrew Bryan
Andrew Bryan is an independent educational consultant in Seattle, Washington. He runs Emerge Educational Consulting and helps teens, college age students and their parents. His work covers college advising, career guidance, and school and program placement. He advises students who have faced emotional, behavioral or learning challenges. He also leads 10-day Trek Epic walking adventures and adult pilgrimages, and offers a self-guided Gap Year program.
Jay Morjaria
Jay Morjaria is a life coach for children, teenagers and young adults. She helps young people build confidence, handle stress and learn life skills that support school and everyday life. Jay has worked with Year 10 and 11 students at The Langley Academy in Slough. She has also mentored college students in Leicester and coached youth football for three seasons. She holds a Clean Coaching Diploma, an MOE Certificate in Coaching and NLP Practitioner training.
Kelly Smith
Kelly Smith is a career and life coach in South Carolina who helps students and colleagues make good career and life choices. Kelly spent 40 years in academia. Kelly built a research program, won multiple teaching awards, and taught classes across many disciplines. Kelly also worked in faculty governance and administration. Kelly holds a PhD in Philosophy and a Master's degree in Biology. Kelly offers a free first consultation.
Lynn Knapke
Lynn Knapke is a behavioral health and wellness coach who offers wellness, life and career coaching to adults and youth. She holds a Doctor of Behavioral Health and a master's degree in psychology. She has worked on reversing burnout in health care workers and has counseled in well-being retreat settings. She also teaches Latin-style movement classes one-on-one and in small groups online. She is certified to serve clients in all 50 US states.
Penny Lobred
Penny Lobred is a life coach who works with teens and young adults going through big changes, such as high school to college and college to first job. She lives on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Her coaching mixes time management and accountability with work on the beliefs that hold clients back. She offers three programs and runs an in-person group called Beachcombers Group. She also leads Young Adult Book clubs.
Rashidah Jones
Rashidah Jones is an accountability and budget coach who also offers life and career coaching. She is a Licensed Master Social Worker and a Professional Certified Coach. She works as Director of Recruitment and Admissions at Year Up and co-founded Black Girls Coaching, Inc. Before that, she spent 10 years at Radio One Atlanta, where she was Promotions Director for Praise 102.5. She offers one-on-one and group coaching, plus workshops.
Anooj Vedd
Anooj Vedd is a life and creativity coach who helps people move from uncertainty to clarity. He works with people going through transitions, doubting their career path, or holding back on ideas they have not acted on. His coaching is values-led and mixes empathy with structure. He draws on a background in tech, travel, and personal growth. His clients range from teens building confidence to professionals who want a life that fits them better.
Jean Gibson
Jean Gibson is a coach who works with children, young people and professionals, with and without ADHD. She has a long background in human resources and began coaching as a career coach. She now also coaches adults with ADHD in the workplace and runs a life skills program for children and teens. She holds an ICF Associate Certified Coach credential and a Diploma in Personal Performance Coaching.
Robyn Spoon
Robyn Spoon is an independent educational consultant in Columbus, Indiana. She runs The Academic Achievement Center, which helps students and parents with high school planning, college admissions, college major choice and career direction. She also guides students applying to medical school and grad school. Her work uses the MBTI and the Strong Interest Inventory to match students with majors and careers. She meets families in person or by video, and she works with students nationwide.
Victoria Brailitsa Bonelli
Victoria Brailitsa Bonelli is a college admissions consultant who helps teens and their parents plan for selective colleges and schools. She founded Priority College in 2014 and works from Rockville, Maryland. She spent over 20 years on education projects around the world, including university administration and World Bank work. Her students have gained admission to Ivy League schools and won merit scholarships from $2,000 to $250,000. She coaches in English and Russian.
Elise Phillips
Elise Phillips is a life and family coach in Seattle, Washington. She helps teens and young adults find their strengths and learn to use them. She holds an MEd and has coaching certifications in well-being, resilience, academic resilience, and career discovery from the Youth Coaching Institute. She also writes about the Four Tendencies and how motivation styles shape the way students and teens respond to requests.
Nella Castro
Nella Castro is a life and career coach and counselor based in Maryland. She works with teen girls and young women. She has more than 13 years of experience as a school counselor and mentor. She helps young clients find their passion and purpose, build a success mindset, and reach their goals. She holds a degree in psychology and a master's degree in counseling education.
Devon Clawson
Devon Clawson is a life, career and retirement coach in Salt Lake City, Utah. Devon helps teens and adults who feel overwhelmed by big life changes. These include school, career, retirement, parenthood and reintegration. Clients name their strengths and values, build a personal roadmap, and then act on it. Devon holds a Certified Integrative Coach credential and has written articles on reaching goals and on loneliness.
Sònia Victoria Werner
Sònia Victoria Werner is a certified transformation coach who works mainly with artists, creatives and students. Sònia founded Werner Learning & Coaching. Sònia is also a working artist and actress. Sònia grew up around the world as a first-generation American. Sònia helps clients find their purpose, set goals and build daily habits. Sònia also teaches stress reduction practices and explains how the creative industry works.
Side by side
| Coach | Focus | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Vanessa Almeleh | Career change and Career clarity and purpose | $106 to $133 per hour |
| Alison McCallum | Career change and Career clarity and purpose | $100 to $175 an hour |
| Jilli Warwicker | Career clarity and purpose and Promotions and advancement | $100 to $190 an hour |
| Nedheya Baby | Career change and Promotions and advancement | $100 to $175 an hour |
| Peter Marotto | New grads and students and Career clarity and purpose | $50 to $250 per hour |
| Christine Chapman-Fierz | Career change | $150 to $225 an hour |
| Dave S. Wallace | Career change and Career clarity and purpose | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Jennifer and Mitch Firestone | Career clarity and purpose | $100 to $150 an hour |
| Jihane Labib | Career change and Career clarity and purpose | $200 to $350 an hour |
| Liisa Wagner | Career change and Career clarity and purpose | $100 to $175 an hour |
| Lisa Barrett | New grads and students | $130 to $300 an hour |
| Sondra Slivon | Career change and New grads and students | $100 to $160 an hour |
| Wendie Lubic | College admissions consultant for students and parents in Washington, DC | $150 to $240 an hour |
| Denise Baylis | New grads and students | $70 to $130 an hour |
| Imbert Fung | Resume and LinkedIn and Interview coaching | $80 to $220 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 clarity and purpose, new grads and students, career change and promotions and advancement.
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Last updated September 2026.