About

I'm Alina Iordache.

Leadership & Career Coach and Executive Search Consultant.

I've built my work around a simple conviction: most people already have what it takes — they just need the right space and guidance to see it clearly.

Real Talk Careers is that space, where authenticity meets strategy, and where every coaching conversation or recruitment mandate is treated as a unique opportunity to create impact.

The work I do sits at the intersection of people and performance — and that's not an accident. Twenty years in HR leadership at Schindler and Philips, and in international recruitment, gave me a perspective that works across the table.

  • For the professional looking for a career change.
  • For the new leader finding their footing.
  • For the experienced leader navigating something harder than expected.
  • For the organization that needs to get the next hire right.
Alina Iordache, Leadership & Career Coach · Executive Search Consultant
Career

Professional experience

  1. Real Talk Careers

    Founder & Principal Consultant

    since 2024

  2. Schindler Group

    Regional HR Director

    2018 — 2024

  3. Philips

    Regional Talent Acquisition Consultant

    2013 — 2018

  4. Simplika Recruitment

    Business Manager & Recruitment Consultant

    2006 — 2013

Education

Certifications & coaching education

Solutionsurfers®

ICF Certified Solution-Focused Brief Coaching (2021)

Career Shift

ICF Certified Career Coaching (2024)

PQ Positive Intelligence

Coaching Education Scholarship (2025)

ICF

Affiliated member, active in the ICF Romania community (since 2024)

Method

My approach

My coaching is grounded in Solution-Focused Brief Coaching. In practice, we spend less time analyzing the problem and more time figuring out what's possible, what's already working, where you want to go, and how to get there.

It's a forward-looking approach, and most people find it energizing rather than heavy. I pair that with practical tools and real experience from years inside organizations.

We're not building sand castles. We're working with what's real, what's yours, and what will actually move things forward.