Become A Career Coach
Become a GetFive Certified Career Coach and enjoy exclusive benefits that will supercharge your practice.
You need a very serious résumé and an intensive training course to join the elite of career coaching, but when you do, the benefits, both for those you coach and for yourself, are unmatched.
GetFive’s career coach training & certification program is the only one that equips coaches with the method and the digital tools they need to support the modern transition. Our time-tested, research-based method, known as the 5-Step Method, is recognized as the industry’s best.
Our Certified Coaches come from diverse professional backgrounds, and many have held senior management positions in Fortune 500 companies. As we expand our coaching footprint, we are also expanding the certification program to include candidates on a global basis.
Course Overview
A professional, comprehensive, intensive 8-week strategic course
GetFive provides Certified Career Coaches with a powerful balance of independence, training, collaboration, and community, plus access to active client referral streams. Certified Career Coaches apply a unified approach to each coaching engagement, ensuring each client receives the same standard of quality, commitment, and personal attention. Regardless of your past coaching experience, you will find the 5-Step Method to be a game changer.
OUR CERTIFICATION PROGRAM (24 CCE Credit Hours)
The GetFive certification program is a highly professional, deeply comprehensive and intensive eight-week strategic course, designed to teach the industry’s top career coaching methodology, how to apply it effectively, and ultimately drive the best outcome for clients. You will acquire tools, best practices, leading-edge techniques, and you will learn proven strategies to help clients implement a successful career transition.
The program is approved by the International Coach Federation (ICF) for 24 CCE Credit Hours (15.75 CC/ 8.41 RD).
ABOUT GETFIVE AND OUR COACHES
GetFive is a leading provider of scalable solutions in Modern Outplacement (Moving On) and Career Management (Moving Up). We have helped hundreds of thousands of people in transition develop and implement a successful career search, utilizing our propriety research-based 5-Step Method, innovative digital tools and unrivaled, personalized coaching programs. Our Modern Outplacement solution has won several awards recently for innovation, including the American Business Awards 2019 Best New Product in Consumer Services.
GetFive uniquely provides Certified Coaches the right balance of independence, training, collaboration and community, plus access to client referral streams. All of our Certified Coaches apply a unified approach to each coaching engagement, ensuring each client receives the same standard of excellence and personal attention. Regardless of past coaching experience, our Certified Coaches find the 5-Step Method to be a game changer.

Learn the 5-Step Method
Give your practice a more structured approach with the industry’s best job search method
1-on-1 Mentoring with a Master Coach
Ease your transition from theory to practice with the guidance of a GetFive Master Coach
On-going Training
Stay on the cutting edge of evolving job search trends
Referral Streams
Participate in client referral streams
*subject to further requirements
CONSTANT COLLABORATION
Be part of a close-knit network that emphasizes collaboration
PROGRAM COST: $1,350
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Certification Program Prerequisites
As noted, you must bring a lot to the table to join GetFive’s certified career coaches, but it will be more than worth it. The certification program has a rigorous acceptance process. Prospective candidates should have a successful and demonstrated background in career coaching, recruitment, extensive professional experience, and/or a combination thereof.
Executive
Career Coaches
- Minimum 3 years professional experience
- Significant prior work experience
- LinkedIn All-Star Profile
- Personal experience with career transition
Professionals
& Executives
- Minimum 15 years work experience with significant managerial responsibility
- Graduate degree (MBA or other industry relevant degree)
- History of mentoring roles within an organization
- LinkedIn All-Star Profile
- Personal experience with career transition
Executive
Recruiters
- Minimum 3 years professional experience
- Significant prior work experience
- LinkedIn All-Star Profile
- Personal experience with career transition
Curriculum Requirements
Our certification curriculum is divided into three required components:
Individual Reading & Webinar Viewing
The program syllabus requires program participants to master all GetFive training materials, including the class decks and a series of on-demand training webinars.
On-Demand Classes Plus Live Web-Based Instruction By GetFive Master Coaches
Eight weekly classes lasting 60 minutes – each covering a different part of the 5-Step Method and featuring a variety of GetFive coaches as instructors – are available on-demand. After reviewing the class, participants will meet virtually each week with their program facilitator to ask questions and discuss pro bono coaching experiences.
Practical Application (Pro Bono Coaching)
To develop expertise in applying the Method, the certification program also requires candidates to coach a pro bono client throughout the program (a minimum of 8 sessions).
Weekly Time Commitment
Realistically, candidates will need to commit a total of 5-6 hours per week to the program, including class time, independent study, coaching session preparation, pro bono coaching sessions, and the preparation of interim submissions.
Certification Testing
The program requires you to:
Submit a Case Study
Submit a written case study on the practical application of our methodology with the pro bono client.
15 Minute Presentation
Conduct a 15-minute oral presentation (web-based) on the case-study. You will be able to schedule, submit and conduct your certification testing requirements over a two-week period following the completion of the curriculum. Upon successful completion of the program, you will be recognized by GetFive as a Certified Career Coach. Annual recertification is dependent on the completion of ongoing training requirements.