Career Planning 6 - Flourish Coaching

College Planning Framework from Lockwood College Prep

The P4 College Planning Framework Andy Lockwood is an internationally renowned best-selling author, college advisor, and financial aid expert. He is the creator of the “P4” college advising system (Plan, Path, Position, Produce), a “backward-planning” approach designed to help students discover their wiring and strengths, reverse engineer a set of colleges offering “wholesale” prices – […]

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What Being A College Counselor Taught Me

Blog / By Lisa Marker Robbins

I started my original company in 1999 and for the first decade, our focus was academic tutoring, test prep, and college counseling. My personal passion was college counseling…finding the right fit colleges and assisting with the application process. Sometimes some students hit snags during our process that we’d diligently work to solve. Other students sometimes

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Goal Setting for Students

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A goal without a plan is only a wish. This is great wisdom and is often forgotten by people of all ages, but it can be particularly problematic for students. While most don’t want to be told what to do by you, mom, or dad, there are sneaky ways to catch their attention, set

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Why Curated Career Experiences are Invaluable

Blog / By Lisa Marker Robbins

Meet Nate. He graduates high school with a lucrative scholarship guaranteeing practically free college at a state flagship university. He had the grades, the SAT scores, the extracurriculars to prove he was worthy of this award. During his freshman year, Nate was performing well academically and doing the “experimenting” recommended by his college and the

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Advice For Securing High School Internships

Blog / By Lisa Marker Robbins

Internships for high school students can be challenging to find and difficult to secure but are game-changers in helping guide both high school and college students towards that best-fit first career after graduation. Loveland City Schools in the Greater Cincinnati area has joined a growing number of school districts throughout the US that are taking

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How to Write College Supplemental Essays on Why Your Major

1 Comment / Blog / By Lisa Marker Robbins

Why My College Major Essay When applying to college not only do high school students need to identify the college major to which they are applying, many schools will also require an essay explaining Why My Major. As my guest, Betsy Cadel of College Essay Helpers explains, in her opinion, supplemental essays can be even more

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Career Planning for Neurodivergent High School Students

1 Comment / Blog / By Lisa Marker Robbins

When parents of high school students request to join my Facebook Community, Launch Career Clarity, I ask them…. If you could wave a magic wand and pick a topic I would cover in a blog or post, what would it be? Among the common topics, there are regular themes including what are resources, or does

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How to Use Personality Assessments for College Major – Career Coaching

1 Comment / Blog / By Lisa Marker Robbins

By the mid-point of 10th grade, it’s time for college-bound high school students to begin considering what comes after graduation. By the beginning of the senior year, college applicants will be faced with what can feel like a daunting question: To which college major are you applying? It’s an important question that has future implications

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The Benefits to High School Students on LinkedIn

Blog / By Lisa Marker Robbins

High school students, and those in college, should begin building a professional online presence early. It starts with creating a LinkedIn Profile– they aren’t just for working adults. I’m personally aware of hard-to-find high school internships that require students to have a LinkedIn profile before applying for the coveted paid summer positions. Don’t underestimate the

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