A permanently no-fee public service

Bring one work or career question. Leave with one practical next step.

A focused 15-minute conversation offers serious listening, clarification of one question, candid feedback when requested, and one practical next step. Requests from Kent, Allegan, Kalamazoo, and Van Buren counties are prioritized during the founding period; anyone may apply.

Bring one question

Request a Work & Career Conversation

We review every complete request. When immediate capacity is unavailable, we will offer a waitlist or another relevant next step. The first screen asks only for information needed to review and arrange the conversation.

Already submitted? Manage contact or optional research permission.

Your name

Email address

Phone number (optional)

We email first. A phone number is not required to request the conversation.

Area

The four named counties receive founding-period priority. Anyone may apply.

City or area (optional)

Current situation

Closest starting point

What work or career question do you want to resolve?

Do not include passwords, identity documents, medical information, confidential employer material, or another person's private information.

Add optional context and availability

Relevant context (optional)

Usual availability (optional)

This helps arrange a conversation. It does not book a time.

Optional: allow broad, restricted statistics from this request to support work and career research.

If this permission remains active when direct identifiers and free text are removed, broad region, work stage, goal category, and calendar quarter may be added to cohort counts. No person-level research responses or categories are retained long-term; restricted pseudonymous consent, lifecycle, and audit evidence may remain under the stated retention periods. A cell must contain at least ten request submissions before it can be considered for public or partner-facing reporting, and every disclosure still requires review. This is not a claim that ten submissions equal ten distinct people or guarantee anonymity. This permission does not affect the conversation or any individual decision. You may withdraw it through the permissions page before aggregation; afterward no person-level research responses or categories remain to identify or remove from the aggregate. Contact The Solar Guild.

I am at least 18 years old, I am the person named above, and I control the email address provided. I request a Work & Career Conversation and authorize The Solar Guild to email me about it. I understand that scheduling depends on capacity and that this does not promise a job, placement, or introduction.

Calls are not recorded. Any future recording would require separate advance permission. Direct identifiers and free text are scheduled for irreversible removal at 180 days; the remaining consent and lifecycle record is scheduled for deletion at three years. No permanent raw-intake archive is kept. Career support creates no candidate profile, employer-facing record, employer contact, matching service, or employer introduction. Read the privacy policy.

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Submit one real question.

Finding work, advancing, changing direction, building experience, improving an application, or handling a workplace question are all valid starting points.

Have one candid conversation.

A facilitator for The Solar Guild will listen, ask focused questions, and tell you honestly what appears useful, uncertain, or unrealistic.

Leave with one next move.

The result may be a preparation step, resource, introduction to another service, or a clear reason not to pursue the current path.

This founding-period pilot is for adults 18 and older. There is no fee, but scheduling depends on available human capacity. This is not a job offer, placement service, professional license, representation, therapy, or legal or financial advice. Calls are not recorded. Any future recording would require separate advance permission. Career support creates no candidate profile, employer-facing record, employer contact, matching service, or employer introduction.