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FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO LOOK DEEPER THAN THE CV
Career coaching

The Hague or online.

Career coaching for those who want to look deeper

Does this sound familiar?

Your work has brought you somewhere. Not by accident and not without reason. And still, some days, it feels as if you are stuck in something that no longer quite fits.

You are too good to give up, too critical to push on blindly, and too honest to act as though nothing is going on.

Something is asking for attention. Maybe a direction you have been postponing for years. Maybe a sector that no longer suits you. Maybe just a calmer version of the same work, simply in a place that fits. You do not need someone who has you take a test and gives advice. You need someone who works out with you what really sits beneath your career question.

Sound familiar?

When career questions are not solved by a CV scan

There are questions a career test does not honestly answer. Not because tests are bad, but because they skip over the ground where your actual question is playing out.

You have it good, and yet not quite

On paper it fits. Stable income, a team that works, a nice title. And still something gnaws. You are afraid you simply do not appreciate it enough. At the same time you know that is not the honest answer.

You postpone because everything feels locked in

A mortgage, children, a partner with their own agenda. The room seems small to change anything substantial. You no longer really explore the options, because why string yourself along.

Earlier choices steer your current ones more than you think

You started working in something you took. You grew because the chances came. The picture of what you wanted yourself disappeared somewhere along the way into the background.

What can you expect?

How we work together

In career coaching as I do it, we do not pull a test from a shelf. We make time to look beneath your career question, at what is going on, what fits, what rubs, and what of that asks something of you.

A deeper approach

We go beyond an inventory of skills and preferences. We look at what your work asks of you right now, what you give your best to, what it costs you, and which patterns you carry from earlier phases.

The time it needs

Sessions last 1.5 hours. Career questions do not let themselves be rushed. Everything is welcome. Without judgement, with full attention.

A safe space

What you say here stays here. You can contradict yourself, doubt, or say something you have never said out loud. That is welcome.

Flexible in form

Sessions take place on location in The Hague (indoor or outdoor), online, or a combination.

Lasting change

What career coaching brings you

People who finish a career coaching package rarely leave with a concrete job advice. They leave with something much bigger.

Clarity about what you actually want

Not the obvious answers, but the honest ones. The answers you may not have dared to say out loud for a long time.

Courage to choose, even when it rubs

You learn to tell which choices come from fear and which from direction. That is the difference between staying away and moving on.

A picture of work that fits you

Not a dream job on paper, but a way of working that fits who you are. That can be within your current role or outside of it.

Calm with uncertainty

Career questions rarely have a perfect answer. You learn to live with that without it blocking you or keeping you restless.

Conversations at home that go better

Because you have clearer what you want, you can also discuss that with your partner, family or employer. Fewer detours, more directness.

In depth

How career coaching at Cohere relates to standard career guidance

The word career coaching is used for many different forms. I briefly describe what it is in my work and where it differs from what you may know.

Classic career guidance often works with instruments. Personality tests, competency scans, work values matrices. You go through a programme and based on the results get advice. That works well for those relatively close to a choice who want an objective nudge.

My career coaching works differently. The tests are not the starting point but at most an aid. The work begins with what you bring yourself. Not what your CV says, but what is currently rubbing, attracting or going quiet in your working life.

There are a few differences. First: we spend time looking beneath your question. A career question almost never comes from nowhere. Something is going on in your life that translates into something about work. And perhaps in other life areas too. If we skip that, we answer the wrong question.

Second: we do not work towards a clear decision moment. You do not leave these sessions with a list of three sectors that suit you. You leave them with a clearer self-image and a better sense for what works for you and what does not. And trust to follow that.

Third: I work with three pillars. Psychology, for what you carry from earlier phases. Systemic work, for which elements play a part and how they interact. And an integral, experience-based approach from Eastern wisdom, so that you do not only think about work but also notice what work does to you.

That makes this form suitable for people who see their career question not as a technical problem but as an expression of something deeper.

Coach Jop Boersma on location in The Hague
About me

Am I the right career coach for you?

I work with (young) professionals who feel their work no longer speaks for itself and who want to find out what really sits beneath that experience. My approach combines Western psychology, systemic work and an integral, experience-based way of looking. No fixed step-by-step plan, no quick fix. But room to see more deeply what is actually going on and to move from there with more clarity. I work on location in The Hague. Sessions live indoor or outdoor, online or in combination.

What you can expect from me

  • A conversation that looks beyond your CV
  • Time to think things through without having to do anything
  • A clear view of what really matters to you
  • Experience with professionals in transition
  • Confidential and without judgement
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Offer

One journey, one starting point: you

You begin with a free, no-obligation intake of about an hour. We discuss your situation and look together at what's needed. The sessions afterwards last 1.5 hours, so we have all the space and attention to be with you, without rush or pressure.

Step 1
Introduction
Short phone call. Free.
Step 2
Intake
About an hour, online. Free and no-obligation.
Step 3
The programme
3 sessions of 1.5 hours, over 6 to 8 weeks.
Step 4
Continue or not
In the third session we look together whether this feels complete, or whether there's more to gain.
The Programme
Intake + 3 sessions · 5.5 hours of coaching

In three sessions we explore what's going on, you recognise your patterns, beliefs and stories and gain new insights to start working with. If you want to go deeper afterwards, we continue. If you'd like to leave it here, that's good too.

No-obligation intakeIncluded
Number of sessions3 × 1.5 hours
Period6–8 weeks
FormatIn-person, online or combination
€ 165 per session

Total € 495 for the whole programme. Same rate for business, excl. VAT.

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Continuing after three sessions?

If you want to go deeper, we continue the journey with a next block of three sessions. You only decide that once you know what we do and what it brings you. Individual sessions for maintenance are always possible.

Follow-up block of 3 € 495
Single session € 165

Tailored

For specific challenges such as (impending) burnout, grief, major life transitions or reintegration. Also for teams and organisations. A programme fully tailored to your pace.

On request Get in touch

Many employers cover coaching through their training budget, so it's always worth asking. Are the costs a barrier for you? Let me know. There's sometimes room.

Ready for the step?

Are you ready for real change?

In a no-obligation introduction we explore together what is going on and whether there is a click. No commitments, just an honest conversation.

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Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions about career coaching

Career coaching is voluntary and is about what you yourself want in your work. Reintegration coaching follows absence, usually after burnout or illness, and has a legal framework. A very different context, different conversations.
Sometimes, when they add something. Not as a starting point. They are aids, not leading direction.
For professionals who feel their work asks for something a simple next step does not answer. Starters, experienced professionals, people on a career plateau or just before a big switch.
It depends on the package and on your question. The packages below show the options. We choose together what fits where you stand right now.
The Programme consists of an intake and three sessions and costs 495 euros (165 euros per session), the same rate for business excluding VAT. If you want to continue afterwards, you can take a follow-up block of three sessions or book single sessions at 165 euros per session. For more intensive challenges we make a tailored proposal.
Sessions take place on location in The Hague. We can work live, indoor or outdoor, depending on what fits. Career coaching can also be done fully online or as a combination of live and online.
That is more often a valuable outcome than you think. Many people come with a switch question and discover that what needs to shift sits in their current work, not in a new place. That is just as much a result.

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