Our Consulting Services
We Care About Your Outcome
Specialized Career Guidance’ integrated approach and specialized solutions offer results unlike anything else available in the industry. However, it is the character and work ethic of our consultants that will leave you most impressed.
Our mission is to build a better workforce for a better world. We take our work personally and become invested in your success.
Consulting
There is a misconception that students and young adults are lazy and don’t want to work. That is untrue.
Today’s young people want their lives to have purpose, to feel valued for their skills, and to pursue career opportunities where growth and advancement are available to them.
This calls for a foundational shift in the strategies stakeholders use to address workforce recruitment and retention challenges.
What Might This Look Like For You?
Our comprehensive consulting program is a structured process that quickly brings clarity, identifies stumbling blocks, and implements action steps targeting the recruitment and retention of entry level talent. We collaborate with clients to create career pathways and develop recruitment strategies. Our recommended solutions may include developing partnerships with school districts, educational institutions and training programs, and the development of an apprenticeship model tailored to the specific needs of your company.
We work with high school principals, CVTE directors, guidance counselors, and career counselors to create post-secondary career pathways for students. Our recommended solutions may include building strategic partnerships with workforce boards and apprenticeship programs, creating a Career Pathway Success Council for non-vocational schools, strengthening existing advisory boards for CVTE schools, providing guidance counselors with resources and tools to increase students’ awareness of career pathways, and helping educators think strategically about how to research and leverage the academic and experiential resources available in their school and district.
We research and identify potential school partnerships, work with you to develop educator/employer professional development programs, and create programming to build personal relationships with schools through mentorship, internships, and job shadowing. Our recommended solutions may also include evaluating the geographic reach of members to determine effective outreach measures to regional schools and employer partners.
We elevate your apprenticeship programs by providing access to school districts via school workshops, seminars, virtual and in-person panel discussions, tours of apprenticeship training facilities or job site tours. Providing recommendations for advisory boards and additional partnerships with school districts may also be among our recommended solutions.
We work with educational institutions to create programs linked to higher post-secondary enrollment. This may include dual enrollment programming, early college programs and articulation agreements.
We partner on the development of career pathway guides, create industry reports, conduct surveys, provide strategic planning, and collaborate on program development. Additionally, our recommended solutions may include the implementation of short and long-term strategies to increase workforce training fund participation.
Moving You Forward
Our work with clients is laser focused and generates results quickly. SCG consultants remain on standby as your trusted aftercare advisors. Our experience covers a vast scope of work across all sectors. We are backed by a network of dedicated partners and proud of our industry reputation for service excellence.
Our mission is to build a better workforce for a better world. We build workforce development pipelines that make invisible career pathways visible, and advance the recruitment and retention of a diverse, inclusive and equitable workforce. We look forward to collaborating with you.
Laura Buckley
Deputy Executive Director, MassHire South Shore Workforce Board
Specialized Career Guidance has proven to be the ideal partner in meeting workforce development goals. The challenging demands of training the workforce of today and tomorrow requires a wide variety of skill sets, all of which are found in the Specialized Career Guidance team. Without reservation, I would recommend the expertise of Specialized Career Guidance to any public or private organization that is seeking results.
Joshua Otlin
Principal, Milford High School
Judi has been an exceptional partner that I hope to work with for many years to come. While Judi and her team are quintessential professionals and researchers, what really sets them apart is their expertise in workforce development, organizational improvement, and the institutional landscape in Massachusetts. The team is able to leverage this expertise to add tremendous value to schools seeking to elevate and accelerate their work to provide students with career pathways towards prosperity. I enthusiastically recommend them without reservation!
Dr. Gary Maestas
Superintendent, Plymouth Public Schools
The vision of creating a pathway for prospective trade professionals to shape their destiny in their desired field is a necessary cog in the success wheel. Judi Vigna from Specialized Career Guidance has developed a model that can assist the construction industry and prospective employees to become aligned to address the shortage of candidates for construction jobs in Massachusetts and beyond. Judi is a staunch advocate for creating opportunities that will assist our future construction workforce. The Plymouth Public Schools are committed to partnering with Judi and Specialized Career Guidance to introduce career education opportunities to potential trade professionals.
Dennis Lassige
Regional Manager, North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters
Parents and students are no longer accepting as fact that direct college entry is the one-and-only option for everybody. Judi discovered that the Building Trades apprenticeships have offered viable and valuable careers for generations. Her frustration and curiosity around careers for young people has turned to enthusiasm and advocacy for apprenticeship. Through her boundless energy and the unique structure at Specialized Career Guidance, Judi has become an invaluable resource for young people seeking careers in construction, for training programs seeking motivated apprentices, and for contractors seeking skilled craftsperson’s.
Peter Holden
Former CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital – Plymouth
Having enjoyed an over forty year career as hospital chief executive, I can honestly say I never encountered anyone better than Judi at organizing data, resources and people around problems to be solved or opportunities to create. She has a unique talent for creating movement in communities where talk doesn’t always lead to action. You will have to move to keep up with her.
Carl Nielsen
Engineering Technology Instructor, CCTE
My experience working with Specialized Career Guidance has been an entirely positive and engaging one for both myself and my Engineering students at Plymouth North High School. Judi Vigna, Founder and CEO, not only brings a wealth of knowledge in the area of preparing young adults for their futures, she also generates an infectious energy that leaves you motivated and excited to move forward and take the next steps. Judi and her team truly care about helping students better understand what options they have in front of them when they finish their time in High School, and they are passionate about building connections in our community and surrounding areas to develop lasting relationships between school systems and local businesses.
Michelle Burke
Former Guidance Counselor, Hull High School
Judi was such a valuable resource to Hull High School as we worked to give career-bound students exposure to a wide range of post-secondary opportunities. Her attention to detail and enthusiasm were evident as we planned our programs, held workshops for students to explore career options, and took students on exciting field trips that motivated them to pursue careers in the trades. Judi does an excellent job seeking the information that she needs to personalize her work with each group of students. Whatever interest a student brought up, Judi seemed to have multiple resources and connections to help them take the next step in learning more. She shows a genuine interest in the future success of each student and works tirelessly to provide opportunities for our school.
Laura Buckley
Deputy Executive Director, MassHire South Shore Workforce Board
Specialized Career Guidance has proven to be the ideal partner in meeting workforce development goals. The challenging demands of training the workforce of today and tomorrow requires a wide variety of skill sets, all of which are found in the Specialized Career Guidance team. Without reservation, I would recommend the expertise of Specialized Career Guidance to any public or private organization that is seeking results.
Joshua Otlin
Principal, Milford High School
Judi has been an exceptional partner that I hope to work with for many years to come. While Judi and her team are quintessential professionals and researchers, what really sets them apart is their expertise in workforce development, organizational improvement, and the institutional landscape in Massachusetts. The team is able to leverage this expertise to add tremendous value to schools seeking to elevate and accelerate their work to provide students with career pathways towards prosperity. I enthusiastically recommend them without reservation!
Dennis Lassige
Regional Manager, North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters
Parents and students are no longer accepting as fact that direct college entry is the one-and-only option for everybody. Judi discovered that the Building Trades apprenticeships have offered viable and valuable careers for generations. Her frustration and curiosity around careers for young people has turned to enthusiasm and advocacy for apprenticeship. Through her boundless energy and the unique structure at Specialized Career Guidance, Judi has become an invaluable resource for young people seeking careers in construction, for training programs seeking motivated apprentices, and for contractors seeking skilled craftsperson’s.
Dr. Gary Maestas
Superintendent, Plymouth Public Schools
The vision of creating a pathway for prospective trade professionals to shape their destiny in their desired field is a necessary cog in the success wheel. Judi Vigna from Specialized Career Guidance has developed a model that can assist the construction industry and prospective employees to become aligned to address the shortage of candidates for construction jobs in Massachusetts and beyond. Judi is a staunch advocate for creating opportunities that will assist our future construction workforce. The Plymouth Public Schools are committed to partnering with Judi and Specialized Career Guidance to introduce career education opportunities to potential trade professionals.
Peter Holden
Former CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital – Plymouth
Having enjoyed an over forty year career as hospital chief executive, I can honestly say I never encountered anyone better than Judi at organizing data, resources and people around problems to be solved or opportunities to create. She has a unique talent for creating movement in communities where talk doesn’t always lead to action. You will have to move to keep up with her.
Michelle Burke
Former Guidance Counselor, Hull High School
Judi was such a valuable resource to Hull High School as we worked to give career-bound students exposure to a wide range of post-secondary opportunities. Her attention to detail and enthusiasm were evident as we planned our programs, held workshops for students to explore career options, and took students on exciting field trips that motivated them to pursue careers in the trades. Judi does an excellent job seeking the information that she needs to personalize her work with each group of students. Whatever interest a student brought up, Judi seemed to have multiple resources and connections to help them take the next step in learning more. She shows a genuine interest in the future success of each student and works tirelessly to provide opportunities for our school.