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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.<\/p>\n
Career coaching 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 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 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 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.<\/p>\n Career coaching 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 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 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