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Created By Career Coaches. Led by Career Coaches.

WE UNDERSTAND YOUR BUSINESS

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Annette  Garsteck

Director, IACC Coaching Collective

SPCC, SPRW

Annette Garsteck Career Consulting

President and CEO

Cara Heilmann, IACC career coaching certification program

Cara Heilmann

President

MBA SPCC MPCC

Ready Reset Go Inc., CEO &
Master Coach

Christy-Watz, IACC career coach certification

Christy Watz

Emeritus Board Member

Michelle Traino, senior professional resume writer certification program

Michelle Traino

Director of Member Experience

Lisa Tober, IACC career coaching certification program

Lisa Tober

Director of Certification Experience

MA SPCC MPCC RBC CBC

Christy Watz Coaching
President and CEO

SPCC SPRW

Career Pursuits, Career Coach &
Master Résumé Writer

BA SPCC

Ready Reset Go Inc., Client Success &
Career Coach

Click here to learn our origin story.

OUR VISION

To help people discover jobs they love

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OUR MISSION

To create standards, educate our members, and advocate for the profession of career coaching worldwide

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OUR GOALS

  • Create, implement, and follow standards based on the professional career coaching code of ethics

  • Educate emerging career coaches through training and certification in practicing the art and science of career coaching

  • Educate practicing career coaches through programs to stay relevant in the business world

  • Advocate as a champion the practice of career coaching

  • Create a community of career coaches to support one another with member communication, targeted marketing, and coaching opportunities so that we create an open exchange of experiences and viewpoints

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Becoming a Professional Coach

Christy Watz and Care Heilmann

Cara Heilmann and Christy Watz

The path to becoming a career coach varies. Some know that this is what they wanted to do but most are coming to this profession to find a higher sense of service in their personal and professional journeys. These are the experiences that brought Cara Heilmann and Christy Watz together to form the International Association of Career Coaches (IACC)®.

Upon hitting the pinnacle of her career, Cara Heilmann wrote down what she loved about her years in HR. This list was simple, but it changed her life.

I love helping people find jobs that leverage their gifts.

I enjoy helping people to know their worth in their work.

I love helping people show up authentically as who they really are.

And figure out how to not care so much about what others think about them.

From these simple tenants, her career coaching practice was born. In four months, she created an elevated career coaching leadership and business-forward curriculum and has helped over 2,000 people find meaning in their work and more importantly rediscover the brilliance that they bring to the world with her first student being Christy Watz.

Christy was a frustrated leader wanting to pivot her career to do something more fulfilling and yet be there for her children.

 

Her expertise and long history of leading nonprofits and community groups planted a seed that grew with Cara.

Cara had a vision of people as bright lights, like herself and Christy, that span the globe helping people get jobs. One light turned into 20 that turned into 200 then 2000 bright lights. Thus, the International Association of Career Coaches (IACC)® was launched in 2018 with Ready Reset Go® as our education-based online certification program partner and Christy Watz as our first Executive Director.

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Today we have coaches in Canada, Zimbabwe, Tokyo, Toronto, Spain, and the US. We span across languages and cultures. Amidst our obvious differences, we are united. We are career coaches, shining brightly, giving hope, and teaching job seekers to find jobs. Through the IACC, we have a common coaching language and grow in knowledge about the steps and nuances of landing a job with meaning. We support one another as we make a difference in the lives of others in our companies, our communities, our countries, and even our world.

If this calls to you, take the small step and join us. And then saturate yourself with exciting learnings and help people get amazing jobs. Make a difference in the lives of others. Help them put food on the table; those who yearn for the dignity of work. Join the movement, so that you can be a part of something exciting and big.

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