Glossary
Career Coach
What does a career coach do: how they help you set a goal, sharpen your resume and interviews, and keep your job search on track.
A career coach is a professional who helps you design and execute your career strategy: clarifying your goal, improving your resume and LinkedIn, preparing you for interviews and keeping your job search on pace. They are not a therapist or a motivational speaker: they work from a concrete plan, with deliverables and deadlines, and hold you accountable for every step.
What does a career coach do in practice
- Diagnoses your starting point: reviews your resume, LinkedIn profile, narrative and current strategy to spot what is holding you back.
- Defines the target: which role, industry, market and salary expectation you will pursue.
- Prepares your materials: an ATS-friendly resume, a LinkedIn profile, an elevator pitch and interview answers.
- Sustains execution: weekly application and networking goals, progress reviews and adjustments when something isn't working.
How a coach differs from a mentor
A mentor shares their experience in your industry and opens doors; a career coach brings method. They don't need to have worked in your field: their craft is the job search and career development process itself. That's why companies include coaching in outplacement programs when they let teams go, and why many professionals hire one on their own during a career transition.
How Ingenium works on this
At Ingenium every person gets a dedicated human Career Coach. The starting point is the free 22-point diagnostic, which audits your resume, LinkedIn, interview readiness and search strategy; then, in a free kick-off session, you define the plan with the team. Throughout the Career Accelerator, AI does the heavy lifting —tracking openings and scoring how well each one matches your profile— while the coach applies judgment: reviewing every deliverable, adjusting the strategy and keeping up the pace.