Career Coach - New York

Initio Capital; New York (NY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Initio Capital LLC in New York is seeking a paid Career Coach focused on career planning, search strategy, and interview preparation. You will guide clients in crafting resumes, profiling themselves, and building networks to improve outcomes in a dynamic market.

As a contractor, you will manage assigned clients, develop practical search plans, and document progress while setting realistic expectations about interviews and offers.

Qualifications

• Experience coaching professionals in the named specialty with measurable client outcomes.
• Clear communication and reliable follow-through.
• Ability to explain prior work without sharing confidential information.
• Familiarity with the startup and professional-services ecosystem in the target city.

Responsibilities

• Apply experience in career planning, search strategy, and interview preparation to the agreed work.
• Understand each client's experience, target roles, constraints, and career goals.
• Develop a practical search plan and help clients describe their relevant achievements.
• Provide resume, professional-profile, networking, and interview preparation guidance.
• Help clients use approved job-search tools while retaining responsibility for accurate applications.
• Document agreed actions and progress, adapting coaching to the individual's needs.
• Communicate realistic expectations without guaranteeing interviews, offers, or placement.

Skills

Career coaching

Client communication

Organizational skills

Outcome-oriented coaching

Startup ecosystem knowledge

Job description

Initio Capital is accepting applications for a paid Career Coach opening focused on career planning, search strategy, and interview preparation in New York.

The work

As a Career Coach, your specialty is career planning, search strategy, and interview preparation. Scope, assigned accounts or searches, workload, and engagement terms must be agreed before work starts.

Responsibilities

• Apply your experience in career planning, search strategy, and interview preparation to the agreed work.
• Understand each client's experience, target roles, constraints, and career goals.
• Develop a practical search plan and help clients describe their relevant achievements.
• Provide resume, professional-profile, networking, and interview preparation guidance.
• Help clients use approved job-search tools while retaining responsibility for accurate applications.
• Document agreed actions and progress, adapting coaching to the individual's needs.
• Communicate realistic expectations without guaranteeing interviews, offers, or placement.

Qualifications

• Experience coaching professionals in the named specialty, with a clear coaching approach and relevant client outcomes.
• Clear communication, independent organization, and reliable follow-through.
• Ability to explain relevant prior work without sharing confidential client or employer material.
• Familiarity with the startup and professional-services ecosystem in the target city.

Engagement and compensation

Fixed pay: $75,000 to $120,000 per year. Engagement: contractor.

Professional standards

Respect existing employment obligations and disclose conflicts. Do not bring proprietary customer or candidate lists. Use approved tools and handle personal data only for the agreed purpose.

Applicants are evaluated on relevant experience and skills without regard to protected characteristics.