Our services include:

    Vocational Expert Services
    Career Counseling
    Relocation Career Counseling
    Outplacement
    Training

CAREER COUNSELING

OUR GOALS

To provide information and support for setting and achieving career/job goals. Sessions are tailored to individual needs. Clients leave each session with a clearly defined list of action steps to facilitate career mobility and resolve work-related issues.

OUR CLIENTS

Individuals interested in career exploration, advancement, change and mobility, and job search. In addition to face-to-face counseling, we are trained and equipped to provide distance career counseling for clients outside of the Los Angeles area.

OUR SERVICES

Self-Assessment
      Identifying options/solutions to career issues through:
  • Intake interview and counseling
  • Self-assessment exercises
  • Vocational testing
Career Exploration
      Decision-making and goal-setting based on research and local labor market information
      from our files.
  • Use of our career resources library
  • Guidance in conducting additional research
  • Information on education and training programs
  • Help with setting up informational and collegial interviews
Job Search
      Self marketing tools and techniques including strategies & resources.
  • Resume preparation
  • Interview coaching
  • Kudos letters
  • Cover letters
  • Traditional and creative job search strategies
Career Management
      Facilitating career advancement and job satisfaction through:
  • Salary negotiation
  • Time management
  • Stress management
  • Assertiveness techniques
  • Communication skills
  • Trend analysis
  • Creative problem solving
Job Developement
      Job Development includes:
  • Individual sessions with a job lead developer
  • Step-by-step instructions for researching and finding prospective jobs
  • Creation of introductory scripts for potential employers
  • Assistance locating and navigating job-specific internet sites

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RELOCATION CAREER COUNSELING

OUR GOALS

To assist a relocating partner or spouse in achieving job-related goals by providing information and support to help ensure a successful relocation.

OUR CLIENTS

Partners and spouses interested in job search, career change, career advancement and mobility.
Companies seeking relocation career counseling services and career management workshops.

OUR SERVICES

Assessment
      Phone or in-person intake interview to identify needs.
Labor Market Research
      In-depth written report tailored to meet needs including:
  • Employment outlook
  • Salary data
  • Local professional associations
  • Local employers and personal contacts
  • Current job openings
  • Educational opportunities
  • General information about geographic location
  • Additional information as needed
Job Search Assistance
      Self-marketing tools and techniques including:
  • Resume preparation
  • Letterhead production
  • Interview coaching
  • Kudos letters
  • Cover letters
  • Traditional and creative job search strategies
  • Follow-up support until successful job placement
      Additional information and services:
  • Job Descriptions
  • Salary Data
  • Employment Outlook
  • Local Employer Names/Information
  • Information on Local Professional Associations
  • Resume and Letterhead Laser Printing
  • Skills and Values Assessment
  • Vocational Testing
  • Educational Opportunities
  • Informational Interviewing
We will customize our services to meet your needs.

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OUTPLACEMENT

OUR GOALS

To counsel individuals by providing information and support to help ensure successful reemployment.

OUR CLIENTS

Companies seeking outplacement career counseling services and career management workshops.

OUR SERVICES

COMPANIES:
  • Needs Assessment: Contact to identify company or department needs
  • Group Workshops: Customized outplacement workshops and materials
  • Follow-up Services: Support until successful job placement
INDIVIDUALS:
   Assessment
  • Phone or in-person intake interview to identify needs
  • Follow-up counseling sessions as needed
   Job Search Assistance
      Self-marketing tools and techniques including:
  • Resume preparation
  • Letterhead production
  • Interview coaching
  • Kudos letters
  • Cover letters
  • Traditional and creative job search strategies
Labor Market Research
      In-depth research tailored to meet needs including:
  • Employment outlook
  • Salary data
  • Local professional associations
  • Local employers and personal contacts
  • Current job openings
  • Educational opportunities
  • General information about geographic location
  • Additional information as needed
We will customize our services to meet your needs.

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TRAINING

MANAGEMENT TRAINING

GOALS  

To increase employee effectiveness and stimulate productivity through custom designed in-house training programs.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES  

Learn more about setting and reaching goals, job enrichment, and motivation. Increase knowledge and skills in specific content areas.

SOME CONTENT AREAS  
  • Career Counseling
  • Effective Time Management
  • Management Theories and Practices
  • Marketing Strategies
  • Communications Skills
  • Addressing Bias
  • Making Meetings Work
  • Preventing Sexual Harassment

TRAINING METHODS  
  • Self-Assessment, Case Studies, Small Group Interaction, Large Group Dialogue, Role Play, Mini Lectures, and Films
  • Thorough, up-to-date, objectives-based workbook materials are provided
  • Training programs are structured, practical, motivational and action-oriented
  • Participants create action contracts to ensure maximum follow-up and to reinforce and support the use of new knowledge and skills

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