Top-rated career coaches in Castro
Here are the leading career coaches working with professionals in Castro. Each has been assessed for expertise, clear communication, and a strong track record of client success.
Wolf Magdelinic
Career Transition Specialist
I’m a certified career and leadership coach with 8+ years of experience helping ambitious professionals navigate pivots, burnout recovery, and identity alignment. My approach blends structured goal-setting with mindful rituals that fit seamlessly into daily life. I’ve worked with clients across tech, creative industries, and consulting to rediscover clarity, design resilient career paths, and step into leadership with confidence. My coaching style is equal parts pragmatic and supportive — I’ll challenge you to stretch while making sure you feel grounded and aligned. If you’re ready to move from uncertainty to momentum, I’d love to support your next chapter.
Michelle Hillier
Self-discovery Coach
As a TEDx speaker, educator, and published author, I've spent over two decades helping people unlock their hidden potential through movement, creativity, and radical self-discovery. From captivating large crowds to intimate coaching sessions, I've helped millions reclaim their power and move beyond their limits. I'm all about creating safe, transformative spaces for people to reconnect with their inner flame.
Jordan Mae Antoinette
Mindfulness Coach
I'm a movement teacher, breath work coach, mindful meditation guide, retreat host, radio show host, and DJ. I also run an online movement studio. With years of experience in the wellness space, I help individuals achieve holistic well-being through the interconnectedness of movement, breath, and mindful awareness.
George Bent
Career Development Coach
George is a London-based career coach focused on tangible career outcomes and providing managerial-style support to his clients.
Working in Castro
Employment Landscape
Within the Castro neighborhood, job seekers should expect an uneven mix of small-scale opportunity and downtown spillover effects. The revival of storefront openings—from Fisch & Flore’s seafood concept replacing Cafe Flore to new spots like Pink Swallow and Rikki’s—means more work for restaurateurs, bar staff, artisans and community event organizers. The pending reopening of the Castro Theatre may generate temporary jobs in events, venue services or marketing. At the same time, Castro residents also navigate the broader San Francisco labor market where tech job listings remain suppressed, office vacancies linger over 34%, and white-collar hiring is slowing despite AI-related leasing in the city core. Demand is modest and concentrated, and competition remains steep even for these small-scale openings.
Dominant Industries
Typical Roles
Hiring Patterns
Hospitality and small retail are showing the most movement locally, buoyed by a growing number of new openings and community events. Meanwhile tech and professional hiring remain flat or declining across the city, and larger office-based sectors are not generating local job spillover into the Castro.
"In the Castro, finding work often means looking toward kitchens, bars, small shops or events—not Silicon Valley offices—even as the rest of the city sorts through its slowdown."
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What Work Self provides
- One to one coaching for clarity and momentum
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Why people choose it
- Builds confidence and better decision making
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How it works
- 1Meet with your coach to set goals and direction
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- 3Build habits that lead to long term improvement
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Rituals for Growth
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Coaches available in Castro
We select top coaches who understand the local market dynamics and global career trends.
Wolf Magdelinic
Career Transition Specialist
I’m a certified career and leadership coach with 8+ years of experience helping ambitious professionals navigate pivots, burnout recovery, and identity alignment. My approach blends structured goal-setting with mindful rituals that fit seamlessly into daily life. I’ve worked with clients across tech, creative industries, and consulting to rediscover clarity, design resilient career paths, and step into leadership with confidence. My coaching style is equal parts pragmatic and supportive — I’ll challenge you to stretch while making sure you feel grounded and aligned. If you’re ready to move from uncertainty to momentum, I’d love to support your next chapter.
Michelle Hillier
Self-discovery Coach
As a TEDx speaker, educator, and published author, I've spent over two decades helping people unlock their hidden potential through movement, creativity, and radical self-discovery. From captivating large crowds to intimate coaching sessions, I've helped millions reclaim their power and move beyond their limits. I'm all about creating safe, transformative spaces for people to reconnect with their inner flame.
Jordan Mae Antoinette
Mindfulness Coach
I'm a movement teacher, breath work coach, mindful meditation guide, retreat host, radio show host, and DJ. I also run an online movement studio. With years of experience in the wellness space, I help individuals achieve holistic well-being through the interconnectedness of movement, breath, and mindful awareness.
George Bent
Career Development Coach
George is a London-based career coach focused on tangible career outcomes and providing managerial-style support to his clients.
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