Tangerine Search Career Coach Partners
Finding the right career coach can make the difference between a stalled job search and landing a role that truly aligns with your skills, goals, and values. At Tangerine Search, we work closely with professionals across industries who are navigating career transitions, preparing for interviews, negotiating offers, or simply seeking clarity on their next move. That’s why we’re proud to partner with a trusted group of experienced career coaches who complement our recruiting expertise and support job seekers at every stage of their journey.
These career coaching partners bring deep experience across technology, UX, leadership development, burnout recovery, interview preparation, and confidence building. Together, we help candidates not only find opportunities, but approach their job search with strategy, intention, and confidence. Whether you’re exploring a new role, refining your resume and LinkedIn profile, or preparing for high-stakes interviews, these coaches offer specialized guidance that aligns with how hiring really works today.
Below, meet the career coaches partnered with Tangerine Search, in alphabetical (not preference) order. We trust these professionals to help job seekers grow, position themselves effectively, and move forward with clarity in today’s competitive hiring landscape.
Eniola Abioye
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eniolaabioye/
🌐 Website: https://uxoutloud.com
📅 Free Coaching Chat: https://calendly.com/eniolaabioye/uxcoachchat
✉️ Contact: eniola@uxoutloud.com
About:
Eniola is a UX Research leader and career coach with 11 years of experience at companies including Meta and SVB. Through UX Outloud, she helps senior UX professionals land high-impact roles with clarity and confidence.
Specialties:
- Senior UX and research roles
- Strategic job search positioning
- Confidence-building for leadership transitions
Dr. Kyle Elliott
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylecromerelliott/
🌐 Coaching: https://caffeinatedkyle.com/coaching/
📅 Consultation: https://caffeinatedkyle.com/consultation
About:
Dr. Kyle is a tech-focused career coach known for high-impact, ROI-driven coaching programs. He works with a limited number of clients to deliver deeply personalized results.
Specialties:
- Tech industry career transitions
- Executive and senior-level job searches
- High-ROI coaching engagements (700%+ average reported ROI)
Robby Grodin, NextPath
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robbygrodin/
🌐 Website: https://gonextpath.com/
📅 Free Info Session: https://calendar.app.google/DCRbXAqrSW97MkF29
About:
Robby is the founder of NextPath, a career coaching practice built for people working in and around software engineering. Before coaching, he spent years building products and teams from scratch as an engineering leader, and he brings that operator's perspective into every session. Robby works with founders, founding engineers, tech leads, and senior+ engineers who want to grow their impact while staying true to how they actually want to work. He's also the voice behind NextPath Mag, a newsletter on the technical hiring market, interview prep, and what job searching in tech really looks like right now.
Specialties:
- Career coaching for founders, founding engineers, and tech leads
- Senior and staff+ engineers navigating growth or transition
- Interview preparation, including systems design
- Confidence and clarity for engineers stepping into leadership
Kelly Kugler, Allora Collective
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellykugler/
🌐 Website: https://www.alloracollective.com/
📅 Free Coaching Chat: https://calendly.com/allora-collective-free-consultation
About:
Kelly Kugler is the founder of Allora Collective and brings 20+ years of experience inside recruiting and talent leadership — across the US and EMEA — before channeling that insider knowledge into coaching the individuals navigating the process. Since 2020, Kelly and her team have supported 800+ professionals across job search strategy, interview preparation, offer negotiation, career transitions, and leadership development.
What sets Allora apart is the team model: clients work closely with Kelly and have access to coaches whose backgrounds span internal recruiting, career coaching, and global mobility — so the guidance always reflects how hiring actually works from the inside.
Specialties:
- Tech industry career transitions
- Job search strategy and execution
- Interview preparation and confidence
- Offer negotiation
- Career transitions and leadership development
- Global mobility and international career moves
Want to understand how a career coach, an internal recruiter, and an agency recruiter each support job seekers differently — straight from all three? Watch Career Coach, Internal Recruiter & Agency Recruiter: The 3 People Every Job Seeker Needs — featuring Kelly Kugler, Chez Jennings, and April Starlight.
Alex Lahmeyer
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alahmeyer/
🌐 Website: https://www.boundlessarc.com/
📰 Newsletter: https://boundlessarc.kit.com/signup
💡 Resources: https://www.boundlessarc.com/resources
About:
Alex is a career and people-strategy expert with deep experience in inclusive workplace design and coaching. Their work blends career navigation with systems-level insight.
Highlights:
- Coached 35+ clients with a 5/5 Topmate rating
- Featured expert in Fast Company, Lattice, Culture Amp, Recruiting Daily, and more
- Former DEI leader at Thumbtack, earning them the For All Leadership Award from Great Place To Work
- Empowered 25+ organizations to level up their inclusivity
Stephen Lu
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenhelpsyou/
🌐 Website: https://stephenhelpsyoucoaching.com/
📅 Free 15-Minute Call: https://calendly.com/stephenhelpsyou/freechat
About:
Stephen specializes in career coaching for shy introverts, helping clients communicate their value confidently without forcing inauthentic tactics.
Specialties:
- Career coaching for introverts
- Interview confidence
- Clear self-advocacy without burnout
Dr. Jaime Raygoza
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaime-gabriel-raygoza/
🌐 Website: https://www.rainbowcareercoaching.com/
About:
Named one of the Top Career Coaches in Los Angeles by Influence Digest Media, Dr. Jaime blends career strategy with wellness, confidence, and sustainable growth.
Specialties:
- Confidence building and burnout recovery
- Stress management and self-care planning
- Resumes, cover letters, and LinkedIn optimization
- Certified laughter yoga leader
Kimberly Tate
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tateofmind/
🌐 Website: https://www.tateofmindconsulting.com/
About:
A former tech hiring manager, Kimberly brings an insider’s perspective to the job search. Her work focuses on helping job seekers stand out, shorten hiring timelines, and negotiate with confidence.
Specialties:
- Leadership-level roles (Manager+)
- Salary negotiation and earning potential
- Streamlining complex job searches
- Increasing representation in leadership
Looking for a Unique Path to Career Success?
Not every career journey follows a straight line, and not every professional finds clarity through traditional coaching alone. For some, the most powerful insights come from stepping back, understanding patterns, timing, and personal energy, and using that perspective to make more intentional career decisions.
That’s why we also recognize practitioners who support career growth through alternative, reflective frameworks. When paired thoughtfully with practical strategy, these approaches can offer clarity around decision-making, confidence, and direction, especially during moments of transition.
Anders Renee
🌐 Website: https://theastroledger.com/
📅 Consultation: https://theastroledger.com/booking
About:
Anders Renee works with clients at the intersection of career, purpose, and astrology, helping individuals understand their strengths, challenges, and timing to make aligned decisions around career moves, transitions, and growth.
Best for:
- Professionals at a crossroads or considering a major change
- Individuals seeking clarity around timing and direction
- Those who value self-reflection alongside strategic action
- Job seekers looking to align career decisions with personal values and energy
Career success doesn’t look the same for everyone. Whether your next step is guided by data, dialogue, or deeper self-understanding, the most important thing is choosing a path that feels intentional, informed, and true to where you’re headed.
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If you’re ready to take your job search to the next level but want an option that’s structured, affordable, and designed to fit your pace, consider our 4-Week Job Search Roadmap.
This self-guided course walks you through the key phases of a modern job search from refreshing your resume and optimizing your LinkedIn profile to crafting targeted applications and building interview confidence. Each week delivers practical lessons and bite-sized exercises directly to your inbox, helping you build momentum without feeling overwhelmed.
Whether you’re actively interviewing or preparing for your next move, this roadmap gives you the clarity and tools to approach your search with intention, all on your schedule.
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If paired with one-on-one coaching, these lessons become even more powerful, but many job seekers find this course invaluable on its own. It’s a smart way to invest in your growth while staying focused, organized, and confident throughout your search. 🧡
