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About our Services

Our personalized guidance empowers students, recent graduates and young adults to bridge classroom learning with real-world experience. We help to identify career interests and then help find meaningful internships and experiential learning opportunities that align with ambitions and aspirations.

Through individualized support, curated opportunity matching, and a practical step-by-step action plan, we equip students, recent graduates and young adults with resources and direction to turn their interests into experience — and their experience into future success.

Real-world experience leads to real-world success.

 

About Us

Career Coach Joel Goldberg is a Harvard-trained career expert with exceptional credentials and qualifications. He has effectively worked in service of clients that range from first-year college students to Fortune 500 executives. He brings practical, real-world experience, with a style that is always supportive and encouraging.

  • Joel holds a master's degree from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from Cornell University.
  • Additionally, he has more than 15 years of college level teaching and academic advising experience and is certified in all major career and interest assessments, including Strong Interest Inventory and Myers-Briggs.
  • What is most helpful to his coaching clients is more than 30 years of management consulting experience in major industries including Healthcare, Manufacturing, Finance, Government, Non-Profit, Technology, Education.  His clients include IBM, Pfizer, M&T Bank, H.J. Heinz, Johnson & Johnson, Lotus, The United States Patent and Trademark Office, Steelcase, and many others. Joel began his professional career at Price Waterhouse (PwC) as a management consultant in their organizational change practice.

Please call or email for more information at no cost or obligation

📞 Call: 716.440.6864
📧 Email: joel@careerexploration.com
🌐 Visit: www.careerexploration.com
📍 Serving Students, Graduates and Parents Nationwide (Online and In-Person)

Services available by the hour, never a commitment

 

What Colleges Want:

Colleges — especially competitive ones — seek well-rounded, curious, and engaged students who show initiative and purpose beyond the classroom.

What Employers Want:

Employers value students who can apply their knowledge, think critically, and work well with others.

Employers Seek:

  1. Communication Skills – Clear writing, confident speaking, and active listening.

  2. Teamwork & Collaboration – Ability to work effectively with diverse people.

  3. Problem Solving & Critical Thinking – Analytical, adaptable, and creative approaches to challenges.

  4. Professionalism & Work Ethic – Reliability, time management, and accountability.

  5. Initiative & Leadership – Taking ownership, being proactive, and driving results.

  6. Technical & Digital Skills – Relevant tools, software, or data literacy for their field.

  7. Cultural Awareness & Emotional Intelligence – Understanding diverse perspectives and showing empathy.

Employers don’t just hire for knowledge — they hire for mindset, motivation, and experience.