Career Coaching Course

Lesson 1 • Ethics and Professional Standards

Covers the ethical obligations and professional conduct expected of career coaches. Grounds students in accountability before client work begins.

Lesson 2 • The Coaching Relationship

Examines how trust, rapport, and alliance are built between coach and client. Provides the relational foundation for effective coaching engagements.

Lesson 3 • Defining Career Coaching

Clarifies what career coaching is, its boundaries, and its unique value. Sets the conceptual baseline for all subsequent coaching practice.

Lesson 4 • Setting Up a Coaching Practice

Covers practical logistics of launching a coaching engagement or business. Connects professional standards to real-world setup decisions.

Lesson 1 • Feedback and Observation Skills

Covers how to deliver honest, constructive observations without judgment. Enables coaches to mirror client behaviour and language effectively.

Lesson 2 • Powerful Questioning Techniques

Teaches the art of asking questions that expand client thinking and unlock insight. Distinguishes coaching questions from interrogation or advice-giving.

Lesson 3 • Reframing and Perspective Shifting

Introduces techniques to help clients see their situation from new angles. Breaks limiting narratives and opens new possibilities for action.

Lesson 4 • Active Listening Mastery

Develops deep listening skills that go beyond hearing words to understanding meaning. Forms the foundation of every effective coaching interaction.

Lesson 1 • Personality and Work Style

Introduces validated personality and work-style frameworks relevant to career fit. Helps clients understand how their traits shape career satisfaction.

Lesson 2 • Skills and Competency Assessment

Guides coaches in mapping transferable and technical skills objectively. Produces a skills inventory used throughout the coaching engagement.

Lesson 3 • Values, Interests, and Motivators

Explores tools for uncovering what drives a client's career satisfaction and choices. Links intrinsic motivators to realistic career targets.

Lesson 4 • Contextual and Environmental Factors

Examines external factors—family, finances, geography—that constrain or enable career choices. Ensures coaching plans are grounded in the client's real-world context.

Lesson 1 • Building the Career Action Plan

Structures a step-by-step action plan with milestones and accountability checkpoints. Converts vision into a trackable roadmap.

Lesson 2 • Crafting Effective Career Goals

Applies goal-setting frameworks to career objectives for clarity and commitment. Distinguishes outcome goals from process goals in a career context.

Lesson 3 • Managing Uncertainty in Career Plans

Addresses how to plan effectively when the future is ambiguous or volatile. Builds client resilience and adaptive planning skills.

Lesson 4 • Career Vision and Purpose

Guides clients in articulating a compelling long-term career vision. Connects daily actions to a meaningful professional purpose.

Lesson 1 • Online Presence and Digital Branding

Guides clients in optimising their professional online profiles and digital footprint. Aligns digital presence with the target role and employer expectations.

Lesson 2 • Targeting and Market Mapping

Teaches clients to define a focused target list of employers and roles. Prevents unfocused applications and maximises search efficiency.

Lesson 3 • Networking for Job Search

Builds a systematic networking approach for uncovering opportunities. Shifts clients from passive applications to proactive relationship-driven search.

Lesson 4 • Resume and Application Strategy

Covers resume positioning, tailoring, and applicant tracking system optimisation. Connects document strategy to the client's overall career narrative.

Lesson 1 • Interview Formats and Structures

Surveys the major interview types clients encounter in modern hiring. Prepares clients to adapt their approach to each format.

Lesson 2 • Presence, Body Language, and Delivery

Develops the nonverbal and vocal dimensions of interview performance. Ensures the client's delivery matches the quality of their content.

Lesson 3 • Crafting Compelling Interview Stories

Teaches the STAR and related storytelling frameworks for behavioural answers. Transforms client experience into memorable, evidence-based narratives.

Lesson 4 • Post-Interview Strategy

Covers follow-up communication, debrief analysis, and offer evaluation. Extends coaching value beyond the interview room to the decision stage.

Lesson 1 • Understanding Total Compensation

Breaks down all components of a compensation package beyond base salary. Enables clients to evaluate offers holistically and accurately.

Lesson 2 • Researching Market Compensation

Teaches clients to gather credible salary data for their target role and market. Grounds negotiation in evidence rather than guesswork.

Lesson 3 • Handling Pressure and Pushback

Prepares clients for employer resistance, deadlines, and high-pressure tactics. Maintains negotiation composure and strategic clarity under stress.

Lesson 4 • Offer Decision and Transition Planning

Guides clients through the final decision and smooth transition into a new role. Closes the coaching engagement with a clear onboarding plan.

Lesson 1 • Types of Career Transitions

Maps the spectrum of career change from role shifts to full industry pivots. Establishes a taxonomy coaches use to tailor their approach.

Lesson 2 • Identity and Mindset in Transition

Addresses the psychological challenges of changing professional identity. Equips coaches to support clients through uncertainty and self-doubt.

Lesson 3 • Coaching Senior and Executive Clients

Adapts coaching methods for high-level professionals with complex needs. Covers executive presence, board-level search, and leadership brand.

Lesson 4 • Transferable Skills Repositioning

Teaches coaches to help clients reframe and market skills across new contexts. Bridges the gap between past experience and future target roles.