What is a career coach?
A career coach supports you through professional turning points: career reviews, promotions, job changes, pivots, job searches, and salary negotiations. They help you step back and assess your path, identify your skills and motivators, and then build a concrete strategy: defining your target, refining your CV and LinkedIn profile, preparing for interviews, and negotiating offers. Unlike a formal skills assessment (which follows a regulated framework and produces a written report), career coaching is tailored and action-oriented. It suits both recent graduates and experienced professionals looking for growth or renewed purpose.
Why work with a career coach?
- Plan a career change with clarity
- Land your next job successfully
- Master interviews and salary negotiation
- Conduct a thorough career review
Approaches and methods
Career coaches combine exploration tools (values, interests, transferable skills), work on professional narrative (storytelling, personal pitch), and hands-on preparation (interview practice, negotiation). Some specialise in career pivots and map out a step-by-step transition roadmap.
How much does a career coach cost?
Career coaching typically runs between €70 and €180 per hour. Job-search or career-change packages (multiple sessions) are common. In some cases funding may be available through employer schemes or training accounts. Free discovery session on EraCoach.
How does EraCoach ensure quality?
Every coach on EraCoach is vetted by hand by our team: identity, certifications, background and code of ethics. Reviews are left only by clients who completed a session.
Frequently asked questions
- A skills assessment is a formal, often funded process that produces a written report. Career coaching is more flexible and action-focused: it supports you through the decision and its implementation, not just the diagnosis.
- They won't find it for you, but they give you the tools: a clear target, a compelling CV and LinkedIn, interview preparation, negotiation skills. The goal is to make you autonomous and effective in your search.
- Absolutely — it's one of its main uses: exploring paths that align with your values, securing the transition (training, finances), and building a realistic action plan.
- Often 4 to 8 sessions are enough to clarify your target, polish your applications, and prepare for interviews. A full career pivot generally requires more support.
- Yes. Video sessions work perfectly and give you access to coaches who specialise in your industry, wherever they are based.