Career Exploration Services

Finding your path in the work world.

Are you restless and wanting a change? Looking for meaning and purpose in your work? Young and uncertain of your next steps? Recent graduate and not sure what to do next? Not sure college is right for you? Overeducated and underemployed? Hitting a wall in transitioning to a new field? Injured and unable to return to your previous career? Planning to retire but don’t want to be bored? Our career services can help you.

Melany Creasy is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, which is a fancy way of saying that she is really skilled at helping people with mental health or physical challenges navigate the workplace. She believes that everyone has a path that fits who they are, and she is committed to helping you find it. Melany’s approach is positive, realistic, practical, and strength-based.

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.”
— Steve Jobs

Vocational Assessment

Assist in identifying the jobs that best fit you by clarifying your strengths, passions, and relevant experience. We identify and build on your talents, aptitudes, interests, and values.

Targeting the right jobs results in more interviews, more offers, and the long-term career success and satisfaction that comes from doing what you love.

Personal Branding

Resumes, cover letters, and digial communication.

Understanding how to position yourself for the job you want makes your entire search easier and more effective. We polish your personal brand so you look your best on paper and online.

This can assist you in gaining employment, strategic advancement in your current career, or transitioning to a new career or industry. We help you feel clear and confident when applying and interviewing.

Effective Networking

You will be guided on how to use and grow your network to tap into the job market.

We provide templates you can use to connect with everyone in the search process.

Positioning your online presence to leverage multiple networks.

We help you learn to network in ways that are authentic and genuine.

Interview Prep

You will be prepared to ace your interviews by formulating effective responses to the most commonly asked interview questions. And we practice those questions and answers with mock interviews.

We guide you in negotiation strategy so you get the best offer possible. Understanding your value in the marketplace helps you feel confident in asking for what you deserve.

Disclosing a disability to a current or potential employer can be scary and stressful. We help you know when and how to disclose your disability to make this a more comfortable conversation.

Counseling

Career counseling is a specialized type of therapy to address challenging in getting or keeping jobs.

We help you better understand your personality, identity, life experiences, environment, values, skills, talents, and goals that influence how you approach life and work.

Career counseling can be helpful with job performance and navigating performance expectations when the employer is not happy.

Accommodations

Employment accommodation letters are formal requests that an employer make reasonable accommodations for an employee with a disability as outlined in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). We craft these letters so you get the support you deserve.

We help you identify specific accommodations to maximize your employment and career options.