Why Rockport?

At Rockport Institute, we help people custom-design careers that fit them perfectly. Our clients range from senior executives to students, from professionals and engineers to artists.

With our career change coaching program, you can design a practical new career/job that provides meaning, fulfillment, and maximum success. 

Other clients use our natural talent testing programs to understand what careers fit their gifts. 

  • One of our books, The Pathfinder, has been read by more than 450,000 people; and is one of the all-time bestselling and most acclaimed career change books.
  • We have served 18,000+ satisfied clients since we first created the fields of career design and career coaching in 1981.
  • We are a small group of passionate, expert guides, at the leading edge of effectiveness, and perhaps the most highly commended organization in our field.
  • Please spend a few minutes and check out how we could help you move your life forward.

How Rockport Helped Me

Dr. Neema Moraveji
Director of the Stanford University Calming Technology Lab
Co-founder of Spire.io

How Rockport Helped Me

Dr. Neema Moraveji
Director of the Stanford University Calming Technology Lab
Co-founder of Spire.io

Reviews

The excerpt below is from a letter commending Rockport Institute founder Nick Lore for his work.

“I am heartened by your efforts to empower people to lead productive and fulfilling lives . . . (Success) will ultimately depend on the dedication and commitment of individuals who, like you, care deeply about helping people reach their creative and productive potential . . . This is the kind of effort our country needs.”

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON

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Reviews

The excerpt below is from a letter commending Rockport Institute founder Nick Lore for his work.

“I am heartened by your efforts to empower people to lead productive and fulfilling lives . . . (Success) will ultimately depend on the dedication and commitment of individuals who, like you, care deeply about helping people reach their creative and productive potential . . . This is the kind of effort our country needs.”

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON

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Whatever your age or situation, we offer a customized program to help you.

“I did considerable research before deciding to work with Rockport. Most so called career experts and coaches used methods they had made up themselves or they had gone to a few classes. Others used the old fashioned tools my college’s career services used unsuccessfully twenty years ago.

Rockport was completely different: brilliant coaching and advice, world-class expertise, highly personal, nothing was canned or generic. In a few sessions I had designed a career in technology marketing that I love. I was able to make the change fairly easily. I used to be a recovering lawyer. Now I look forward to going to work.”

C.J.T. – Atlanta

Our comprehensive, individualized career change and career choice program is a complete, coached career design project where you’ll work collaboratively with your own senior Rockport career coach to design a well-fitting and realistic career. With your coach, incrementally, through a series of conversations and assignments, you’ll discover the essential facets of a perfect-fit career, define it with precision, and know how to go about making it a reality.   …Learn More
Know your natural talents, and how to put them to work. The things you have a natural talent for are almost always the things you enjoy doing the most. The Pathfinder Career Testing Program is your one-of-a-kind opportunity to understand the exact nature of gifts you were born with – the things you do that don’t seem like work at all, and that are the essential components of a career you’ll love.   …Learn More
The Educational Choices Program offers an in-depth but unintimidating way for young people to make a series of discoveries about their talents and temperament that leads to big realizations about what they want to do with their lives. Its systematic assessment, discovery and decision-making process incorporates Rockport’s powerful and highly acclaimed Pathfinder Career Testing Program, which for years has been helping students sort out their future direction by understanding the unique gifts and talents they were born with. The best way to design your future career is take one further step: having on-going coaching and support at crucial decision points during your college years – to ensure you get the advice you need, when you need it.    …Learn More
Rockport’s career reinvention coaching and consulting is designed exclusively for senior executives and professionals looking to take their careers in a new direction. Perhaps you’re looking for a whole new challenge professionally. Or you’re planning for an active and meaningful retirement. Whether you move laterally or in a new direction, you want to do something you know you’ll love.    …Learn More

How well does your career fit?

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How well does your career fit?

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Receive a FREE GUIDE to designing the perfect career

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