At the Center for Professional Development, we provide career development programs and services, enabling you to design your own unique pathway to success. 

We have a sliding scale and provide financial assistance for individuals who can't afford to pay the full amount for our career counseling services.

For more than 40 years, women and men in Connecticut have come to the Center for assistance with career planning and development. In a proactive process, you understand how your unique blend of skills, talents, values, interests and personality traits affect your career decisions and you receive assistance in making career choices.

If you want to take charge of your career, are considering a career change or would like to explore opportunities within your profession, come to the Center for Professional Development to discuss your career concerns in a confidential environment.
We can help you:

• Explore career options or change career direction
• Learn how to enter or re-enter the workforce
• Identify your strengths and how they apply to your career
• Take the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and/or the Strong Interest Inventory
• Develop a strategy to advance in your career
• Decide which educational path to pursue
• Enhance your job search, networking, resume writing and interview skills
• Learn how to deal with unpleasant work situations or difficult supervisors or co-workers
• Plan for your job, volunteer, or leisure activities in your retirement

Follow these links to learn more about our career counseling program and to access resources to discover how career planning can benefit you.

• Free information sessions - learn about our career counseling services and, in the same session, learn about a specific topic such as job search, resume writing or interviewing
• Career Connections newsletter
• Career counseling FAQs

Please call (860) 768-5619 for more information or to schedule an appointment.