Career Coaching Clients - Regret, Ghosting & High-Pressure Sales

Paid for a career coach and regretted it? I'm a journalist working on a piece about the industry and want to hear your story. I'm a labor journalist working on a reported piece about the career coaching industry. Specifically the coaches who charge $500-$1,500+, promise to get you hired within a certain timeframe, and use high-pressure sales tactics and shame-based marketing to close the deal. I'm looking to talk to people who: Paid for coaching and felt it wasn't worth the money Experienced coaches who disappeared after payment or ghosted when things got hard Got generic advice (fix your LinkedIn, use ChatGPT, shorten your answers) that didn't justify the price Felt pressured into paying when you couldn't really afford it Noticed the coach seemed more interested in getting testimonials than actually helping Happy to keep you completely anonymous. I just want to understand what the experience was actually like versus how it's marketed. DM me or comment below if you're open to a quick conversation.