Career Key helps fit, focus and moving forward in career planning

Career Key

We bring action, confidence, and clarity to your career journey.

Our career assessments and courseware beat indecision and overwhelm.

Unlock your door to academic and career well-being. Feel and perform better!

Survive and thrive in accelerating change with an advocate

 Meet the challenge of today’s rapidly evolving labor market with Career Key as your advocate and guide.

Beat decision paralysis by focusing on the essential things you need to know about yourself, build personal capacity, and thrive.

4 million people worldwide rely on Career Key every year

Find out why top colleges, school districts, businesses, and non-profits with a “Student/Talent First” mission trust us to meet their unique program needs. Founded by a counselor educator, Career Key has put individuals’ and counselors’ well-being FIRST for 25 years.

Career Key partners include top colleges like Kansas State University

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Identify the right tailored resource for you

Accurate career advice from experts who care

Sure, you can ask ChatGPT. But wouldn’t you rather get advice from someone who genuinely cares about you, has decades of career counseling expertise, and doesn’t “hallucinate” (at least not after morning coffee)? You’ve come to the right place.

Don’t worry, soon we will incorporate Generative AI that will work for your best interests, instead of the other way around. That’s what an advocate does.

Want Career Key in your corner as you take the next step on your career journey?

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Our secret sauce - career well-being

Few people know how important career well-being is to their happiness. Research from Gallup and others shows that “I like what I do each day,” including what’s studied in school, has the most influence on a person’s well-being (more than financial, social, physical aspects) Career Key helps you strengthen it through a holistic approach to Holland’s Theory of Career Choice and other research-based activities.

 Expert career advice for everyone

Explore our ad-free knowledge base Career Advice Resources with tips and downloads to help you move forward on your career journey.