Independent Consultants
Empower Clients, Put Parents At Ease
Most parents are anxious their children will choose the wrong college, college major, or career path – a path that fails to make them happy and financially self-sufficient.
When you offer your clients Career Key, you turn everyone’s anxiety into confidence they are on the right path to college success.
Career Well-Being App
Empower Your Client
High school, early college
Decide what to study and explore careers
Put them at ease they’re on the right track
Make sure the college investment pays off
How to make enough money doing what they enjoy
2-year subscriptions and Transitions version available at checkout
Career Assessment
Identify college major, career direction
High school, early college
Decide what to study
Self-knowledge to write better college essays
Connect college to careers
Shortest route to thriving college majors and careers
2-year subscriptions and Transitions version available during checkout
How Career Key is different
Focus on direct Holland personality match to college majors and postsecondary programs
Spend more time diving deeper into a client’s unique qualities and less time on intake
More holistic, valid Holland’s Theory approach - clients matched to Thriving, Promising, Challenging work and education environments instead of 3-letter codes
Intuitive exploration of matching occupations and diverse education programs (not just 4 year college majors)
Exclusive Independent Consultant Benefits
Exclusive, prepaid non-recurring subscriptions of 1 or 2 years in duration
Multiple, in-account purchases as needed
Invite clients to start via email
1 or 2 years to reassign unused assessments
View client results, download Profile Report (Sample Student Report)(Sample Transitions Report)
Client can share their results with other trusted mentors
When subscriptions expire, client is offered opportunity to take over subscription.
No technology installation.
You can also take advantage of our Affiliate Program, designed specifically for career advising experts and independent consultants.
If you serve more than 100 clients in a year, consider upgrading to our larger group platform. Ask us for details.
How to purchase and administer Career Key to clients
Through our partnership with STEAM in AI, Career Key users get a 10% discount on STEAM in AI programs! Learn more here.
Career Key Reviews
Anna Black, Strategic Career Planning
“Of all the assessments I have tested, it is the only one which I’ve found to link the results to courses and occupations of interest effectively. It is a key step in the process for people who are searching for the best career path forward.”
First Year College Student
“It has been very informative, I have learned a lot about a lot of different careers and majors I either haven't heard of or thought to look into but has opened a lot of new ideas and paths to me. Couldn't recommend it more.”
Career Key Product Selection Guide
| PathAdvisor | Career Key Discovery | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $49.99/year | $20.95/year |
| Best For | Individuals seeking ongoing self-reflection and holistic career well-being guidance. | Individuals who want a fast, science-backed career assessment with deep exploration of careers and education programs. |
| Validated Assessments Included |
Career Decision Profile®: Assesses career decision readiness with Comfort Reflections. Career Key Discovery® |
Career Key Discovery®: A modern career interest inventory based on Holland’s Theory of Career Choice. |
| Assessment Time | Multiple short, engaging activities (5–20 minutes each). | Quick 10-minute career assessment plus unlimited exploration and decision making. |
| Personalization | AI-driven, personalized career and academic recommendations in addition to Career Key Discovery. | Holland-based personality and interest matches to 400+ occupations and 1,400+ college majors, graduate programs, and credentials. |
| Decision-Making Support | Tailored advice with actionable steps; 4-step ACIP decision-making module; all content from CK Discovery. | Clear career & major exploration system, specialized content for managing transitions and decision making. |
| Product Type | Browser-based career well-being app with 1EdTech LTI 1.3 certification. | Browser-based career assessment app. |
| Sign Up | Sign Up |
PathAdvisor
$49.99/year
Best For: Individuals seeking ongoing self-reflection and holistic career well-being guidance.
Validated Assessments: Career Decision Profile® (with Comfort Reflections) and Career Key Discovery®.
Assessment Time: Multiple short, engaging activities (5–20 minutes each).
Personalization: AI-driven career and academic recommendations, plus Discovery insights.
Decision-Making Support: Tailored advice, 4-step ACIP decision-making module, and full CK Discovery content.
Product Type: Browser-based career well-being app with 1EdTech LTI 1.3 certification.
Sign UpCareer Key Discovery
$20.95/year
Best For: Individuals who want a fast, science-backed career assessment with deep exploration of careers and education programs.
Validated Assessments: Career Key Discovery® based on Holland’s Theory of Career Choice.
Assessment Time: Quick 10-minute assessment plus unlimited exploration and decision making.
Personalization: Holland-style personality and interest matches to 400+ occupations and 1,400+ education programs.
Decision-Making Support: Clear exploration system with specialized content for managing transitions and making informed decisions.
Product Type: Browser-based career assessment app.
Sign UpIndependent Consultant FAQs
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Yes! Career Key’s short, structured assessments and activities are completed in 5 to 10 minutes.
Engaging, mobile friendly design and actionable results motivates teens to explore and take charge of their future.
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PathAdvisor and Career Key Discovery are backed by peer-reviewed, published research in counseling psychology and positive psychology.
Career Key is the leading authority on the well-respected trait and factor theory, Dr. John Holland’s Theory of Career Choice.
For nearly 30 years, over 3 million students a year have relied on Career Key to explore and make informed decisions.
Founded by counselor educator Dr. Lawrence K. Jones, Career Key is a family-owned, nationally certified woman-owned business.
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No, but we link to free, trustworthy comprehensive resources that do. Your client’s high school probably has a preferred platform (i.e. Naviance, SCOIR, etc)
Instead, Career Key fills the big gaps in those tools - the choice of college major and holistic career well-being.
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No, these are exclusive prepaid, non-recurring subscriptions for either one or two years in duration.
Before these prepaid subscriptions expire, your client is offered the option to continue access and renew with a consumer, recurring annual subscription.
You retain access to client reports and activity created during your prepaid subscription.
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Yes! Just choose the number of subscriptions you want during checkout. After purchase, you will be able to invite others via email through your new Career Key account. You will be notified when they accept your invitation and activate their account.
You can order more prepaid subscriptions for any product at any time.
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Yes, we have a 10-day money-back guarantee on your first purchase. We are confident your clients will find Career Key helpful and actionable.
