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 Career Coach to guide clients in planning, search strategy, and interview preparation. You will tailor coaching to each client’s background, target roles, and timeline, helping them articulate achievements and develop practical job-search plans.

The role involves resume and profile guidance, networking tactics, and interview prep, with duties documented and progress tracked. Engagement is contractor-based in a dynamic market.

Qualifications

• Experience coaching professionals in career coaching, with outcomes.
• Strong communication, organization, and reliability.
• Ability to discuss prior work without sharing confidential material.
• Familiarity with startup and professional-services scene in New York.

Responsibilities

• Apply career planning, search strategy, and interview prep to client work.
• Understand client experience, target roles, constraints, and goals.
• Develop practical search plans and help describe achievements.
• Provide guidance on resumes, profiles, networking, and interviews.
• Guide use of approved job-search tools while protecting client data.
• Document actions and progress, adapting coaching to needs.
• Set realistic expectations; do not guarantee interviews or placements.

Skills

Coaching experience

Clear communication

Independent organization

Follow-through

Startup ecosystem familiarity

Job description

About the opportunity

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.