Carolyn Couch

Carolyn Couch is a Certified Master Coach, Academy Certified Resume Writer, and Certified Etiquette Consultant. Over the past 20 years, she has helped thousands of professionals start, reinvent, and advance their careers with confidence.

As owner of The Next Step Career Coaching LLC, a career consulting firm specializing in professional branding and career management, Couch serves clients across the U.S. Her experience includes career services leadership roles at Wake Forest University and Forsyth Technical Community College, and career coaching at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Gonzaga University. Couch’s advice columns have appeared in the USA Today Online Career Center, Greensboro News and Record, and HerCampus.com.

When not consulting, she is planning her next travel adventure or valiantly training her shih tzu puppies, Munchie and Mindy.