Career Transition Coach (Marketplace Contractor)

Respiris

10h • $38 - $50 • Remote

About The Position

Respiris is reimagining outplacement for the AI era. We support people who have lost their jobs by combining human coaching, AI, and community to help them regain confidence, clarify what comes next, activate their networks, and move forward with purpose. Our mission is simple: No one should experience a career transition alone. As a Career Transition Coach, you will work one-on-one with candidates who have lost their jobs. You will meet with each candidate weekly and become their best friend in transition: someone who listens deeply, remembers what matters, challenges when needed, and helps them move forward. Your job is not to run candidates through a template. It is to understand them deeply enough that their strategy, resume, Career Prayer™, networking approach, and next steps feel uniquely theirs.

Requirements

• An undergraduate degree.
• Meaningful professional experience across more than one company, environment, industry, or stage of business.
• A strong understanding of how careers are built, changed, and reinvented.
• Experience navigating organizations, leaders, teams, hiring processes, or career decisions.
• Exceptional listening, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• High emotional intelligence and self-awareness.
• The ability to build trust quickly and ask thoughtful, sometimes difficult questions.
• Strong judgment and the ability to operate without a rigid playbook.
• Comfort adapting your approach based on the individual in front of you.
• The ability to recognize patterns, identify obstacles, and help candidates find creative paths forward.
• Strong follow-through and reliability.
• Comfort working independently while staying highly collaborative with the Respiris team.
• Availability during business hours for candidate sessions.
• Comfortable learning and using different platforms, experimenting with AI tools, improving your prompting, researching quickly, and figuring out how technology can make you a better coach.
• Willingness to learn different AI platforms, improve your prompting skills, experiment with new tools, and understand when one system is better suited for a particular problem than another.
• You do not need to arrive as an AI expert. You do need to want to become one.
• You should be comfortable reflecting on and sharing the experiences that shaped you, because authentic connection often begins with self-awareness.
• You will collaborate with other coaches, the founder, operations, and the broader Respiris team. We share ideas, ask for help, challenge each other, and learn together.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with tools or frameworks such as: MBTI, Enneagram, CliftonStrengths, DISC, Working Genius, Hogan, Emotional Intelligence, Other behavioral, coaching, or career-development frameworks.
• If new technology intimidates you or you prefer to wait for someone else to show you exactly what to do, this role will probably feel uncomfortable.

Responsibilities

• Meet with candidates weekly throughout their engagement.
• Understand their career story, strengths, motivations, values, and goals.
• Help each candidate develop their Career Prayer™: who they are, what they do best, what they want next, and how others can help.
• Partner with candidates to build and strengthen resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and professional narratives.
• Activate their network through Career Prayer and targeted outreach.
• Help identify target roles, companies, industries, and opportunities.
• Prepare candidates for interviews and important career conversations.
• Use AI and research tools to improve preparation, insight, and personalization.
• Collaborate with other coaches, operations, and the founder to continuously improve the candidate experience.
• Build your own book of business in partnership with Respiris.
• Develop relationships with HR leaders, companies, and referral partners.
• Create a Respiris community in your geography.
• Host local events, roundtables, and gatherings.
• Help grow candidate and client relationships in your market.
• Earn additional revenue through business development and marketplace growth beyond coaching hours.
• Mentor other coaches and help shape the candidate experience.
• Partner directly with the Respiris founder on market development, community, and growth.

Benefits

• This is a 1099 independent contractor role paying $38–$50/coaching session/hour
• Opportunity to grow into a broader builder role with Respiris.
• Path toward becoming a Founding Partner or founding employee as Respiris grows.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level