{"id":7999,"date":"2018-09-24T09:05:49","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T09:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/?p=7999"},"modified":"2025-04-09T21:14:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T21:14:12","slug":"im-going-to-college-do-i-need-a-career-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/im-going-to-college-do-i-need-a-career-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m going to college.  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