Direction
Choose a career path
Explore your interests, values, skills, and the career options that fit them.
NOVA services
Career Counseling
Make informed career decisions with individual guidance, practical resources, and support built around your goals.
A clearer way forward
Turn questions into a practical career plan.
NOVA career counseling gives participants a place to explore options, set goals, work through obstacles, and prepare for the decisions involved in training and employment.
Preparation
Strengthen your materials
Build stronger resumes, cover letters, applications, and job-search plans.
Confidence
Practice for interviews
Prepare your answers, strengthen communication, and practice before the real conversation.
Individual support
Bring the career question you are facing now.
Counseling can meet you at the beginning of a career decision or in the middle of an active job search.
Choosing or changing a career path
Turning decisions into goals and action steps
Finding internships and part-time work
Planning and organizing a job search
Writing resumes and cover letters
Practicing interviews
Assessing skills, values, and interests
Working through barriers to employment
Learning from professionals in your field
Employers and opportunity
Built with the workforce in mind.
“Gardner Denver has had great success with the NOVA program. The candidates we have hired are committed to hard work, self-improvement, and the success of our team. We strongly support NOVA's mission, and it remains a preferred program for entry-level opportunities on our team.”
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Talk it through
You do not have to plan the next step alone.
Contact NOVA to begin a conversation about your goals, or apply to start the participant process.