Career coaches would traditionally meet and consult with their clients face-to-face in a room. In modern times, things have changed. With the advent of social media, the reach of career coach influencers on Instagram has been far wider and deeper than ever before.
Instagram has become a powerful platform that has used the power of the image and created several influencers. Coaches have leveraged these opportunities to build their influence network.
It widens your reach and allows you to access the entire world. Using Instagram also permits a smart influencer to monetize their influence. Instagram also provides tools and services to its users. This takes a lot of time and effort. For instance, most leading influencers have tried out various methods, dropped some and fine-tuned others. Experimentation is the name of the game.
Career Coach Instagram Influencers act as role models by sharing their practices and influencing their followers to them. A few of them also call themselves as Career Counsellor Influencers or Career Guide Influencers. So, others seeking career guidance or even the peers of these influencers learn from them by following them. The field is very dynamic. So we constantly see coaches use the platform to widen their reach. These career coaches have tremendously influenced the career coaching industry.
I have recently started my journey as a career coach. My aim is to bring in best practices across the industry and widen its reach. So that career coaching can reach the common man and woman. By following simple practices on a regular basis, one can lift a person’s career trajectory and influence the person’s life.
Top 3 Reasons to learn from Career Coach Influencers
Act as Role Models:
Firstly, Coaches act as your idols or role models. They are thought leaders in their field. You emulate some of their habits and life-style choices.
Help you identify the gap between best market practices and your skills:
Secondly, Coaches guide you on the skills required by the market and your skills. They help you define a learning path for you to acquire the required skills over a period.
Zoom ahead at work:
Thirdly, a Coach can guide you to develop networks within and outside your organization and develop skills required to build entrepreneurial qualities to accelerate the growth in your current role.
15 Best Career Coach on Instagram (in no particular order):
I have marked the top career coach influencers, who have used the platform to widen the reach and create a global presence. So that their achievements would inspire you to emulate them.
1. Sanjay Arora
Provides productivity coaching services. His services are meant for those who have a clear goal and are aware of their own skills and capabilities, yet do not know how to reach their goals. Also, Sanjay provides systems to create habits and discipline, to create a defined routine. He also conducts research on parenting and employability.
Key Achievements: Interviewed by magazines and newspapers.
Insta Handle: Maven Career Coaching
Email: maven.mun@gmail.com
Takeaway: Provides a road-map to those clear about their career goals.
2. Sho Dewan
Sho Dewan is an entrepreneur, career coach, and content creator who founded and serves as CEO of Workhap, a company focused on providing digital tools and resources to help job seekers. Through Workhap, Sho and his team have created guides, LinkedIn Learning courses, and an online job search program called Get Hired Academy that have empowered thousands to find and get hired into careers they love.
In addition to leading Workhap, Sho is a prolific creator of career-related content across social media platforms like LinkedIn, garnering over 1.5 million followers. He draws on over 10 years of experience as a former head of talent development, recruiter, and management consultant to provide advice on topics like job search strategies, salary negotiations, and entrepreneurship.
With his extensive experience and large following, Sho Dewan has established himself as an influential thought leader in the career development space.
Key Achievements: Featured on Forbes, CNBC, Bloomberg, and more.
Insta Handle: workhap
Email: Form available on site workhap.com
Takeaway: Help people GET HIRED & PAID in careers they love
3. Shankar Mallapur
After a long career in technology, Shankar has moved to become a career coach. Shankar mainly concentrates on mid and senior level technology executives. Also, he has developed his own methodology in determining career choice and advancement. Has regular posts in social media providing his perspective on various career related matters.
Key Achievements: Interviewed by Economic Times, a leading business paper for his views on finance and long term planning.
Insta Handle: shankarmallapur
Email: shankar.mallapur@shankarmallapur.com
Takeaway: On a mission to help 1 lakh people to achieve their purpose, goal of a successful career.
4. Ashley Stahl
Ashley is an author and a speaker in addition to being a career coach. She provides a questionnaire that you could use to determine an ideal career. She uses quotes and posters in her posts to provide her perspective on career coaching. Also uses social media extensively for her messaging.
Key Achievements: Author of a book You Turn
Insta Handle: ashleystahl
Email: ashley@cakepublishing.com
Takeaway: Use of social media to provide her perspective on careers and career coaching.
5. Charisse
Charisse specializes in helping her clients survive corporate life. She owns a consulting and recruitment firm. And helps her clients design their resume. Charisse provides both personal and professional development coaching. Conducts workshops on stress management and goal setting.
Key Achievements: Has been mentioned on Ladders.com on career coaching.
Insta Handle: careercoachcharisse
Email: NA
Takeaway: Helps clients transition from corporate career to running their own business.
6. Mirella
Specializes in the travel industry. Mirella provides guidance to people in the travel and fashion industries. In addition, she has past experience in the travel industry and helps airline crew in finding the right fit to their abilities. And in the fashion industry,
Key Achievements: Has been interviewed by various travel related blogs and TV stations.
Insta Handle: career.coach.mirella
Email: mirellaa@onet.eu
Takeaway: Brings to bear her experience in the travel industry.
7. Tiffany Uman
Tiffany Uman empowers ambitious professionals to accelerate their careers to the top 1% – without burning out. With rapid promotions at L’Oreal to Senior Director in under 10 years, Tiffany combines her corporate expertise with research-backed strategies to quantum leap her clients’ confidence, growth and income. Now, as an award-winning career strategist, she guides high-achievers globally on crafting Fulfilling Careers of Impact.
Key Achievements: featured in Business Insider, BBC, The Globe and Mail, Medium, and LA Weekly and she’s been recognized as one of the Top 15 LinkedIn Experts in Montreal
Insta Handle: tiffany.uman
Email: NA
Takeaway: Coaching high achievers to fast track their careers so they 2-3x their promotions, secure 5-6 figure salary raises and land dream jobs in record time.
8. Diane Mcmahon
Diane helps in bringing a work life balance. So she brings clarity and meaning to work life. And specializes in return to work and career change. She is a qualified career development practitioner.
Key Achievements: Works with local bodies in Australia to promote career choices.
Insta Handle: careerintentions
Email: info@careerintentions.com.au
Takeaway: Offers workshops in work l