Use your career coaching expertise to conduct realistic conversations that help train next-generation AI systems. This US-based contract role pays $50-$100 per hour and requires at least 20 hours weekly.
About OpenTrain
OpenTrain is the #1 platform for finding and building careers in AI training and data labeling. OpenTrain AI hires and contracts contributors for projects that help shape how modern artificial intelligence learns, communicates, and responds.
Creating an OpenTrain account is free, and contributors can build a profile that reflects their experience while applying for relevant AI training opportunities.
- Remote contract work with OpenTrain AI
- Part-time opportunity requiring 20 or more hours per week
- US-based role for English-speaking contributors
About AI Training Work
AI training is the human side of building artificial intelligence. People create, review, and evaluate examples that help AI systems produce more useful, accurate, and natural responses.
In this project, your professional judgment and conversational skills will help generate realistic career coaching interactions. Your contributions can support AI systems that better understand goals, questions, workplace situations, and career decisions.
- Work directly with conversational data used to improve AI systems
- Apply practical human expertise to realistic coaching scenarios
- Contribute remotely with a flexible part-time schedule
The Role
OpenTrain AI is seeking a Career Coaching AI Training Contributor to conduct paired, one-on-one conversations with other professionals. You will simulate realistic coaching situations involving career planning, job searches, interviews, professional development, workplace challenges, and career transitions.
The work combines professional career coaching judgment with natural conversational data generation. Conversations should be useful, adaptable, professional, and representative of real coaching interactions.
- Pay range: $50-$100 per hour
- Workload: 20 or more hours per week
- Engagement type: part-time contractor
- Location: United States
- Working language: English
What You'll Do
You will participate in paired conversations and provide practical guidance based on professional coaching experience. You will adapt your approach to different career goals, backgrounds, and individual needs while following project guidelines.
Strong active listening, effective questioning, clear communication, and interpersonal judgment are important for keeping each conversation natural and helpful.
- Conduct realistic one-on-one career coaching conversations
- Simulate scenarios involving career planning, job searches, interviews, and transitions
- Discuss professional development and workplace challenges
- Adapt communication style to varied professional backgrounds and career goals
- Use active listening, effective questioning, and clear verbal communication
- Follow project guidelines for natural, professional coaching conversations
Requirements
Professional experience in career coaching, career counseling, professional coaching, mentoring, or professional development is preferred. Several years of hands-on experience in one or more of these areas is also preferred.
The role is listed at an entry level, but candidates should be able to draw on practical experience supporting career-related conversations and decisions.
- Professional experience as a career coach, career counselor, career advisor, professional coach, or similar practitioner
- Ability to conduct natural and helpful one-on-one coaching conversations
- Experience supporting career planning, job searches, interviews, workplace challenges, or career transitions
- Strong active listening, questioning, verbal communication, and interpersonal judgment
- Comfort working remotely and participating in paired conversation sessions
- Availability to work at least 20 hours per week
- English fluency and residence in the United States
Who Should Apply
This opportunity may suit career coaches, counselors, advisors, mentors, and professional development practitioners who enjoy helping people clarify goals and navigate career decisions. Experience assisting professionals with workplace choices, interview preparation, or career changes is especially useful.
You should be comfortable adjusting your communication style to different people and maintaining practical, supportive conversations across a range of professional situations.
- Career coaches and career counselors
- Professional coaches and career advisors
- Mentors with experience supporting professional development
- Practitioners who enjoy structured, one-on-one conversations
- Professionals comfortable contributing to AI training remotely
How It Works
Apply through OpenTrain AI to be considered for this contract opportunity. If selected, you will participate in paired conversation sessions, follow the project guidance, and contribute career coaching examples for AI training.
OpenTrain helps people build lasting careers in AI training and data labeling, a fast-growing field that offers remote, flexible ways to apply specialized knowledge while shaping cutting-edge technology.
- Create a free OpenTrain account
- Showcase your career coaching and professional development experience
- Apply for the opportunity through OpenTrain
- Complete assigned paired conversation sessions
- Build experience in conversational AI training