Online Class: Career Coaching

no certificate
with CEU Certificate*
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15Lessons
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30Exams &
Assignments -
1,854Students
have taken this course -
14Hours
average time -
1.4CEUs
Course Description
This online course will teach students all about career coaching, including the definition of career coaching, the ethics, how to find clients, how to assess client needs, matching a client to their true calling, improving the work life of a client, helping clients find new careers, using road maps, uncovering client motivation, client branding strategies, interview advice, negotiating for a better benefits package, teaching a client to be successful in the long term, and how to ensure career coaching career success.
These career coaching lessons include checklists, examples, and clearly outlined steps to ensuring a career coach is ready for any client and any situation.
Is that any way to work?
To be an effective career coach, you need to limit your skill set to a series of tasks that can guide your client as easily as possible without overlapping the tasks others might be able to offer.
Your skill set does not include things like:
- Detailed assessments of skills: You want to focus on asking questions when necessary, but simply focusing on questions does not help the client in the present time.
- Long-term career guidance: You are in a position to help a career coaching client in the present, not as someone with whom you might work in the future, too. While this might be possible, you should not have a long-term perspective.
- Working with businesses and their employees: You should seek out clients who want to work with you and are highly motivated to make changes in their lives, not those who are being persuaded to see you for help. There are some companies today that are leaning toward hiring career coaches, however, so this skill might be a part of your business.
- asking good questions;
- refining his or her job search;
- listening to the needs of the client;
- being encouraging;
- recognizing talents and skills in a client;
- being organized;
- looking at the larger picture.
A career coach needs to be a great communicator , someone who is also willing to tell the truth to clients in order to see that their goals are met and success obtained. You need to be ready to sit with the client and discuss not only the things they can do but things they may need to avoid in order to succeed. You need to be willing to be honest, understanding, and direct.
You might sit with a client and develop a plan for a job transition or a plan to find the new job that will work more easily for the goals they have or the lifestyle they wish to secure. You might listen to see if they want more family time or if they are interested in financial security. Most of your clients will want you to help them align their core values with the employers and positions they have in mind.
The process is an interactive one that will require a lot of energy from the coach, as well as from the client. Together, you will work toward a transformation of clients into the employees they want to be for the career they wish to have.
A career coach is much like a traditional coach: someone who takes the time to give the client the tools needed to succeed but then stands on the sidelines to watch how the person uses those tools; and, yes, cheering your client on is essential.
- Completely Online
- Self-Paced
- Printable Lessons
- Full HD Video
- 6 Months to Complete
- 24/7 Availability
- Start Anytime
- PC & Mac Compatible
- Android & iOS Friendly
- Accredited CEUs

Course Lessons
Lesson 1: What Does Being a Career Coach Mean to You?
Lesson 1 Video
Take Poll: Career Coaching
Take Survey: Reasons for Taking this Course
Complete Assignment: An Introduction
Complete: Lesson 1 Assignment - My Skills as a Career Coach
Complete Exam: Lesson 1: What Does Being a Career Coach Mean to You?
Lesson 2: The Ethics of Career Coaching
Lesson 2 Video
Review Article: Career Coaching Ethics
Complete: Lesson 2 Assignment
Complete Exam: Lesson 2: The Ethics of Career Coaching
Lesson 3: Do You Have the Right Training for Career Coaching?
Lesson 3 Video
Take Poll: Career Coach
Complete: Lesson 3 Assignment
Complete Exam: Lesson 3: Do You Have the Right Training for Career Coaching?
Lesson 4: Finding Career Coaching Clients
Lesson 4 Video
Complete: Lesson 4 Assignment
Complete Exam: Lesson 4: Finding Career Coaching Clients
Lesson 5: Assessing a Client's Needs
Lesson 5 Video
Complete: Lesson 5 Assignment
Complete Exam: Lesson 5: Assessing a Clients Needs
Lesson 6: Helping Clients Find Their Calling
Lesson 6 Video
Complete: Lesson 6 Assignment
Complete Exam: Lesson 6: Helping a Client Find Their Calling
Lesson 7: For the Client Who Just Wants to Be Happier at Work
Lesson 7 Video
Complete: Lesson 7 Assignment
Complete Exam: Lesson 7: For the Client Who Just Wants to Be Happier at Work
Lesson 8: Strategy Plans for Finding a New Job
Lesson 8 Video
Complete: Lesson 8 Assignment
Complete Exam: Lesson 8: Strategy Plans for Finding a New Job
Lesson 9: Road Maps and Coaching Go Hand in Hand
Lesson 9 Video
Review Article: Your road map
Complete Exam: Lesson 9: Road Maps and Coaching Go Hand in Hand
Lesson 10: Helping Clients Find What Motivates Them
Lesson 10 Video
Review Article: What Motivates People?
Complete: Lesson 10 Assignment
Complete Exam: Lesson 10: Helping Clients Find What Motivates Them
Lesson 11: Branding Your Clients
Lesson 11 Video
Complete: Lesson 11 Assignment: Your Personal Brand
Complete Exam: Lesson 11: Branding Your Clients
Lesson 12: Teach a Client to Ace the Interview
Lesson 12 Video
Review Article: Potential Interview Questions
Take Poll: Interviews
Complete: Lesson 12 Assignment
Complete Exam: Lesson 12: Teach a Client to Ace the Interview
Lesson 13: Making More Money
Lesson 13 Video
Complete Exam: Lesson 13: Making More Money
Lesson 14: Teaching a Client That They Can Make Money and Be Happy
Lesson 14 Video
Complete: Lesson 14 Assignment: Helping a Client Find a Job
Complete Exam: Lesson 14: Teaching a Client That They Can Make Money and Be Happy
Lesson 15: The Future of Career Coaching
Lesson 15 Video
Take Poll: What is your opinion of this course?
Take Survey: Program Evaluation Follow-up Survey (End of Course)
Complete: Lesson 15 Assignment: Your Career Coaching Future
Complete Exam: Lesson 15: The Future of Career Coaching
Complete: The Final Exam
Learning Outcomes
- Define what a career coach is.
- Define the ethics behind career coaching.
- Describe the necessary training needed to become a great career coach.
- Determine methods for finding the right clients.
- Assess your client's needs.
- Help your clients find their calling.
- Define ways to help clients make the best of your current professional situation.
- Develop strategy plans to help clients find new job opportunities.
- Create road maps.
- Help your clients find what motivates them.
- Brand your clients.
- Train your clients for better job interviewing skills.
- Show your clients ways to make more money, and
- Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.
Additional Course Information

- Document Your Lifelong Learning Achievements
- Earn an Official Certificate Documenting Course Hours and CEUs
- Verify Your Certificate with a Unique Serial Number Online
- View and Share Your Certificate Online or Download/Print as PDF
- Display Your Certificate on Your Resume and Promote Your Achievements Using Social Media

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Student Testimonials
- "I learned so much from this course. I am looking for a job myself and also began working with an employment consultant while I took this course. I don't know if i will become a Career Coach, but I have a real solid idea of the role, the training required and it's value to clients. " -- Joanne A.
- "The instructor was a good monitor of the process and provided very good feedback (to enable learning)." -- Michael B.
- "The course explained things in more detail and made concepts much clearer to me, than they would have otherwise been." -- Sue J.
- "I would recommend this course and instructor. I learned a lot that was very helpful." -- Mary G.
- "I found Career Coaching 101 was fairly concise and user friendly compared to the free, economics course I took on Florida Virtual school." -- Anne T.
- "The Career Coach 101 course was extremely well organized and presented in a logical format. It challenged me in a manner that I was not accustomed to compared with other online courses that I have completed. I am able to apply what I have learned to make my current programs more relevant. I will recommend the course to my colleagues and clients! I look forward to enrolling in and completing additional Universal Class course offerings." -- JACK B.