Career Coach is an online tool that uses current labor market data to help students and job seekers explore career options, build resumes, and find relevant training programs. To access Career Coach, create an account using your VPCC credentials.
Whether you are exploring support from the Career and Talent Development department to start your career, change career paths, or advance in your current field, we are here to help you reach your goals.
That is why we encourage you to explore Career Coach, an easy-to-use online tool designed to help students access real-time, research-based information about careers, degree programs, and training opportunities.
How does it work?
Get Started
Take a career assessment to discover careers that match your interests, or search directly for any program or career.
View Your Matches
Explore career pathways that align with your strengths, interests, and goals.
Explore Careers
Compare careers within a pathway, including salary information, required education, job outlook, and more.
Find the Right Program
Explore programs that can help prepare you for your chosen career. You can also quickly access the institution’s program page to learn more or apply.
Take the Next Step
Create a profile and build your resume with ease. Career Coach can suggest tasks and skills based on your work experience. When you are ready to apply, you can upload your resume directly to employers through Career Coach.
Features
Career Coach is powered by comprehensive labor market data and career insights that help students make informed decisions.
Labor Market Data
Career Coach pulls from more than 18 billion labor market data points, including job postings and career profiles.
Skills Library
Career Coach includes a live labor market database and a library of more than 32,000 employer-requested skills.
Trusted by Institutions
Career Coach is used by 318 institutions and organizations across the United States and Canada.
Lightcast Pages
Lightcast pages provide real-time career insights, including current job openings, required skills, and up-to-date labor market trends. These pages are designed to help you explore career options, understand what employers are looking for, and feel confident about your next steps.
You can find and search Lightcast pages across all of our programs. Start exploring today.
Career Coach connects academic programs to career opportunities using Lightcast’s comprehensive labor market data. In addition, Career Coach uses Lightcast’s proprietary skills library of more than 32,000 career-relevant skills pulled directly from employer job postings.