{"id":900617,"date":"2026-04-21T14:13:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/this-career-coach-charges-50000-to-help-college-kids-land-jobs-and-business-is-exploding\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:13:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:13:31","slug":"this-career-coach-charges-50000-to-help-college-kids-land-jobs-and-business-is-exploding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/this-career-coach-charges-50000-to-help-college-kids-land-jobs-and-business-is-exploding\/","title":{"rendered":"This Career Coach Charges $50,000 to Help College Kids Land Jobs \u2014 And Business Is Exploding"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Christopher Rim, founder of Command Education, offers industry-specific career coaching<\/a> starting at $50,000 \u2014 some clients begin working with him the summer after high school graduation.<\/p>\n

Career coaching<\/a> for college students has exploded into a lucrative niche. Prices range from a few hundred dollars an hour to $50,000 for intensive programs, according to Bloomberg<\/a>. Beth Hendler-Grunt has ridden the wave. She started Next Great Step, a New Jersey career coaching company, a decade ago. In the beginning, she had to sell parents on her value. Now she employs a growing team<\/a> fielding referrals and working with students as early as freshman year. Her placement rate? Over 80%.<\/p>\n

The appeal is simple: entry-level job competition has intensified so much that parents see coaching as insurance on their $65,000-per-year college<\/a> investment. As one Connecticut pediatrician who hired a coach for her daughter put it: \u201cShe really needed to put her best foot forward in this market.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Christopher Rim, founder of Command Education, offers industry-specific career coaching<\/a> starting at $50,000 \u2014 some clients begin working with him the summer after high school graduation.<\/p>\n

Career coaching<\/a> for college students has exploded into a lucrative niche. Prices range from a few hundred dollars an hour to $50,000 for intensive programs, according to Bloomberg<\/a>. Beth Hendler-Grunt has ridden the wave. She started Next Great Step, a New Jersey career coaching company, a decade ago. In the beginning, she had to sell parents on her value. Now she employs a growing team<\/a> fielding referrals and working with students as early as freshman year. Her placement rate? Over 80%.<\/p>\n

The appeal is simple: entry-level job competition has intensified so much that parents see coaching as insurance on their $65,000-per-year college<\/a> investment. As one Connecticut pediatrician who hired a coach for her daughter put it: \u201cShe really needed to put her best foot forward in this market.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n\tJonathan Small is a bestselling author, journalist, producer, and podcast host. For 25 years, he… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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By Jonathan Small | edited by Dan Bova | Apr 20, 2026 Christopher Rim, founder of Command Education, offers industry-specific career coaching starting at $50,000 \u2014 some clients begin working with him the summer after high school graduation. Career coaching for college students has exploded into a lucrative niche. Prices range from a few hundred<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":900618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[723,3563],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-900617","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-career","8":"category-coach"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=900617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/900618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=900617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=900617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}