Barbara Gonzalez is not your everyday type of career coach. She goes beyond resume advice or job…read moreinterview tips but offers a custom approach to landing your next position. Barbara adds value to what you are already doing and coaches you on tactics that you may not be utilizing. The best thing about her is that she wants you to develop your own resources and network and her rates are competitive. The main thing about Barbara as a professional is that she encourages you to be self-sufficient and she also keeps you in mind if she runs into a network or person who may be a good contact for you, and connects you to them without charging extra. Her focus is on relationship building and being an out-of-the-box entrepreneurial thinker when it comes to managing your career. She is there to add extra value in terms of strategies or advice as she stays connected herself to hiring professionals in various industries. You actually are paying for a real service rather than the run of the mill career coaches who charge you for advice that is available on the Internet for free. Barbara won't try to make you pay for services that you don't need or could do yourself with the right guidance. Excellent value!

Even the free consultation is worth the money; I have been looking for 4 years and had a big 2nd…read moreinterview tomorrow. Barbara took the time to talk to me just before a big conference call...very nice, informative and dedicated. Thank you Barbara!

I needed someone to help me with my presentation skill and I'm so happy that I took courses with…read moreGina! He classes are so interactive and informative! I highly recommend Gina!

We hired Susan from Riley Baker to help both of our kids prepare for and apply to college. She…read morebegan working with the kids when they were early in their high school career. She helped both kids identify a career path and ultimately what they wanted our of their college experience. The biggest benefit of working with the kids this early was that they understood what was required in order to get into their top choice schools. She constantly gave them ideas for unique and relevant extracurricular activities, volunteer opportunities and other resume builders. Susan also showed the kids how to start researching and evaluating schools, which can be overwhelming for high school students. She encouraged the kids to visit schools and discussed their feedback afterward. Finally, Susan helped the kids write all of their essays (countless rounds of edits), as well as actually apply to colleges. She showed them how to fill out the applications properly, double checked their work, help them describe their activities properly, etc. . Ultimately, both of our children got into their first choice school. Susan emphasizes more than just rankings and images - she encourages the kids to really want to go to their top choices for the right reasons. She is patient but firm with the teenagers and always keeps the parents involved. While it is large financial and time committment to work with a counselor from Riley Baker, it is worth the investment. I would highly recommend Susan and Riley Baker to anyone.

We worked with Kim at Riley Baker to help both of our kids with the college admissions process, and…read morewe couldn't be happier with the service we received. Our kids couldn't be more different, and she tailored her services to them both beautifully. Our son was first, and he had really no idea where he wanted to go or what he wanted to do. Kim helped him work out a process of elimination where he eventually narrowed down a list of qualities that were important to him in a school. From there, she helped identify schools to meet those criteria, and worked with him through the process. Kim was especially helpful with his essay. Our daughter this past year was quite the opposite experience. She knew what she wanted to study and had a good idea where she wanted to go. Kim was instrumental in helping her narrow the search down to a manageable number of contenders, and was again very helpful in the construction and editing of the essay. We were especially impressed at how Kim adapted to work with my daughter who is persuing the performing arts, something she hadn't encountered much before. Overall we couldn't be happier. We've recommended Riley Baker (and Kim specifically) to several friends who've been happy as well.

I've been working with Sara Denaro to help guide my son through the college application process,…read moreand I honestly don't know how I would have managed without her support. From building a smart college list to helping him brainstorm and polish his essays, she has been organized, encouraging, and incredibly knowledgeable every step of the way. My son feels more confident and less overwhelmed, and it's been a huge relief for me as a parent to know that he's in such capable hands. Sara has a great way of balancing honest feedback with positivity, and brings out my son's authentic voice in his writing--something I really appreciate. If you're looking for someone who is experienced, responsive, and genuinely invested in your child's success, I highly recommend Sara Denaro. This has been one of the best decisions I've made during the high school years!

Sara has been an incredible support for my four kids during the college application process. She…read morehas a unique ability to meet each kid where they are and provide personalized help in the areas they need most. All of my kids have talked about how easy it was to work with her and how much confidence they gained in navigating the process. As a parent, Sara's guidance has been an absolute godsend. Knowing she was there to help my kids every step of the way made the entire experience so much smoother and less stressful for all. I cannot recommend Sara enough to anyone looking for expert, compassionate help with college applications!

I wanted to see Sheila because I was unhappy in my practice area but I was unsure of what steps to…read moretake next. With just a few sessions, we were able to find a career path which was more suited with my personality traits, values, and life goals. I would recommend Sheila to anyone seeking direction in his or her career.

Sheila Nielsen came to me highly recommended by two co-workers. One sought her out while still in…read morelaw school and considering dropping out of the program. Sheila helped her sort through what she liked and didn't like, gave her suggestions on paths that would best suither, and this girl is now a superstar at work. If only I had been lucky enough to have that guidance during school! The other was a lawyer who left the practice to get a masters in education. These two examples, plus their rave reviews of her skills, led me to believe that the cost of seeking career counseling from Sheila would be one of the best investments I would ever make- she clearly wasn't prejudiced one way or the other on keeping her clients in practice of law! Having practiced law for quite some time, she's obviously very familiar with the ups and downs Her work centers around attorneys and helping them find the best career path, either within the law or outside of it. She offers more than career counseling- including what I would probably describe as training for the often socially incompetent people who fall into this profession (I know just as many painfully awkward lawyers as I do smooth talkers). But since my experience with her has been with counseling alone, I'll limit my review to that She is incredibly thorough in getting you to open up about what you do and don't like, both about your job and in other areas of your life (talking about your hobbies and interests as well). You work through exercises that essentially give you a chance to describe your ideal work and life. She identifies trends in what you say that you probably don't pick up on, or perhaps actively try to ignore (guilty as charged). She has given me suggestions that I would never have thought up for myself, and insights about myself that I would have tried to not pay attention to if I was not forced to view them up close. (many of which mean I'm a terrible fit for my current position- well not shocking but at least nice to know I'm not imagining it!). The bonus that I would think makes her counseling different from general career counselors is her legal experience- she knows what is out there and has practiced in a few different areas of the law. Now my law school didn't really encourage nontraditional paths- pretty much the only career support you got was the push towards big firms) so her knowledge in this respect is invaluable to me. I wouldn't have the first clue of how to find something different. Perhaps most importantly to me, she provides an objective outside opinion- even if you know deep down that you're on the wrong path and all you need is to hear it confirmed out loud, this can make a big difference. For me, it has been extremely hard to deal with the expectations of the people around me, making it almost impossible to productively bounce ideas off of anyone. It seems like when you're in the position of facing decisions, everyone's got an opinion, and everyone's opinion is different (not to mention based on their own notions of what would be good, not really yours!) I'm still in the middle of my work with her and will have to come back and update this accordingly as I finish up, but for any others in my position, I truly think its worth the time and financial investment

Our goal for our children is simple: give them the tools, resources, and opportunities to apply…read morewhat they learn in school. The most successful students in college are the ones that figure this out coming out of high school. There has to be a point to learning a curriculum - better communication, increased creativity, leading innovation, professionalism. These are not notions reserved for adults only, if we promote these notions with our children early, they will rise to the occasion and wow us. I enlisted the help of WWT to help me do that with our kids and supplement (correct) some of the concepts taught in a standard curriculum. I have found Lindsey's philosophy aligned with mine. I want my children to love to learn - about everything. Nowadays, where science and mathematics facts are disputed without regard for the hard work that supports their discovery, it is important that we take a look at how our children are taught to analyze the world. I highly recommend WWT to be your partner in educating your children.

We have worked with several different tutors over the years for our three daughters beginning in…read morelate elementary all the way through high school and have found it to always be a wonderful experience. The program is very well organized and the tutors provided are consistently knowledgeable, patient and experienced in working with children. My daughters primarily received support in math but have also received help with other subject areas as needed.

Emily is a great listener! I have trouble when faced with difficult decisions and she always asks…read morethe right questions to help me come to the right conclusion. She's so helpful and great to work with! I totally recommend her!

My experience with Sound Advice has been excellent. I was given wonderful training, advice and…read moresupport. I recommend Sound Advice highly.

These guys are the best! Kate is super friendly and has so much knowledge of the industry and just…read morewants to share as much of it with you as possible! Jeff has such a wonderful, calm demeanor and makes you feel right at home! They offer so many resources and I have learned so much of the industry from them since I started! Thank You Sound Advice!