# Competences — life coach

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/fc85156e-4f0b-46c4-ba66-a3b17318d932).

## Essential

- **assist clients with personal development** (skill/competence)
- **coach clients** (skill/competence)
- **communicate with customers** (skill/competence)
- **counsel clients** (skill/competence)
- **create solutions to problems** (skill/competence)
- **evaluate clients' progress** (skill/competence)
- **give advice on personal matters** (skill/competence)
- **help clients make decisions during counselling sessions** (skill/competence)
- **listen actively** (skill/competence)
- **maintain customer service** (skill/competence)
- **maintain relationship with customers** (skill/competence)
- **use consulting techniques** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- administer appointments (skill/competence)
- assess character (skill/competence)
- develop professional network (skill/competence)
- facilitate job market access (skill/competence)
- give constructive feedback (skill/competence)
- identify training needs (skill/competence)
- keep personal administration (skill/competence)
- maintain professional administration (skill/competence)
- manage a small-to-medium business (skill/competence)
- manage personal professional development (skill/competence)
- perform lectures (skill/competence)
- provide career counselling (skill/competence)
- rhetoric (knowledge)
- teach communication to clients (skill/competence)
- use different communication channels (skill/competence)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 18 ads, as of 2026-07-15)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

### Hard skills

- case management — **33 %**
- goal setting — **22 %**
- mentoring — **17 %**
- needs assessment — **17 %**

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