Our Prices

Consulting and Coaching

Half hour phone consultation – FREE

To provide brief assistance, explain our services, and see if we can help further.

One hour initial assessment by phone, video, or in-person - $125

Purpose is to review your background, skills, interests, and other factors impacting on your career moving forward. By the end of this comprehensive session we will set goals for further career consulting if needed; OR you will resolve your career issues during this one session; OR you will be provided the guidance and resources to resolve your career issues on your own. Includes a FREE copy of the new Pandemic/Post-Pandemic edition of Dr. Steven Simon's self help book, "RELAUNCH! Stagnation, Change and Renewal in Mid-Career and Beyond."

One hour consulting or coaching session by phone, video, or in-person - $115

Half hour consulting or coaching session by phone, video, or in-person - $65

Career Assessments and Testing

SKILLS ASSESSMENT

Accurately identifying skills, including "hidden", and transferable skills is crucial to searching for compatible jobs or a new career. Effectively articulating them is important to presenting a great impression in resumes and job interviews. We are experts in skills identification and presentation.

SERVICES

Basic Skills Assessment - $125

Uses professionally developed checklist questionnaires to assess general "soft" skills associated with different careers and education curricula. Includes half hour meeting with career consultant to discuss results.

Hidden Skills Assessment: Self assisted - $150, including workbook

In-depth self-assessment of all general "soft" and specific "hard" skills that are unique to your background. You will complete a written inventory with special attention to precisely articulating skills for presentation on resumes. You will also flag your best skills and of those, the ones you are most interested in using, a valuable tool in a job search and interviews. You will be guided through this intensive assessment by your career consultant while using our workbook.

Transferable Skills Match - $100-$250

Price varies depending upon what is needed. Career consultant can use special software to extract occupations to which past jobs transfer; questionnaires to match standard skills to occupations or future training; match specific skills from the Hidden Skills Assessment to available job openings; and match skills to types of jobs based on yours and your career consultant's knowledge and experience. Results can be provided in writing. This is an add-on service to the Basic Skills Assessment or the Hidden Skills Assessment: Self Assisted.

CAREER INTEREST ASSESSMENT

Professionally validated Career Interest Inventories clarify the types of work you will most enjoy.

SERVICES

Brief Self Assessment - FREE*

Uses a short interest inventory you can take online. It measures your personality type related to career interests.

Comprehensive Interest Assessment - $150

These highly researched inventories measure 3 factors: personality type related to your interests; preferences for specific categories of work; and most importantly how your pattern of interests compares to the patterns of those who are satisfied or unsatisfied over time in over 100 different occupations. Includes a detailed interpretive report and a half hour follow-up career consulting session.

Comprehensive Interest Assessment Stand Alone Service - $210

Can be used when the free consultation indicates this is the only service needed. Discuss with career consultant for details.

Job Finding Assistance

Best-Fit Job Environment Assistance: FREE*

Resume Preparation: FREE* to $195

Job Finding Coaching: FREE* to $65 per half hour session as needed

* Must have book to accompany brief guidance from career consultant. Book is FREE with Initial Assessment and stand alone Comprehensive Interest Assessment. Otherwise purchase separately through Our Book Website.