Northeast Career Planning

What Northeast Career Planning does

Northeast Career Planning was a nonprofit human services organization operating under the legal entity The Workshop Inc. in New York's Capital Region. Founded in 2018, the organization provided career planning and employment-related services — including career counseling, resume assistance, job search support, and skills development — to individual job seekers and career development clients in the Capital Region. Its customer base was horizontal, segmented around a single persona (individuals seeking career guidance) rather than enterprise buyers, and pricing was not publicly disclosed, consistent with a community-based nonprofit model reliant on program fees, grants, and referrals.

The organization's technology footprint was minimal: a Wix-hosted website (northeastcareer.org) with organic social presence on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter served primarily as top-of-funnel community engagement channels rather than a transactional platform. No proprietary technology, APIs, integrations, mobile applications, AI capabilities, or enterprise software components were disclosed. Distribution was regional and direct-to-individual, with services delivered through the organization's own office locations in the Capital Region.

Effective January 1, 2021, Northeast Career Planning completed a merger with Unity House, another longstanding Capital Region human services organization. Following the merger, the standalone entity was absorbed into Unity House; its services are now delivered through Unity House's website (unityhouseny.org) under the "SERVICES" section. The merger represents a strategic consolidation of two community-based nonprofits serving overlapping populations in the same region. As of the input data, Northeast Career Planning operates as a service line of Unity House rather than as an independent entity.

Name

Northeast Career Planning

Legal name

The Workshop Inc.

Website

https://northeastcareer.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Acquired

Short description

Northeast Career Planning was a Capital Region, New York nonprofit (operating as The Workshop Inc.) that provided career counseling, resume assistance, job search support, and skills development to individual job seekers. It merged with Unity House effective January 1, 2021, and now operates as a service line within Unity House.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Career Counseling & Employment Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Job Placement, Matching & Career Navigation Services (EDAAAOAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Employer-Led Workforce Partnerships & Sector Strategies (EDAAAOAB)

Keywords

• Career planning services
• Employment assistance
• Workforce development
• Job search support
• Human services organization

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Northeast Career Planning delivers career planning, employment assistance, resume support, job search help, and workforce development services to individuals in New York's Capital Region. Following its January 1, 2021 merger with Unity House, these services are now provided through Unity House's human services platform.

Product overview

Northeast Career Planning is a career and employment services organization that operated as part of The Workshop Inc. The organization has completed a merger with Unity House (effective January 1, 2021), combining two longstanding Capital Region human services organizations. Career planning services continue to be provided through Unity House's platform under the Northeast Career Planning name.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Northeast Career Planning Services Career planning, employment assistance, resume support, job search help, and workforce development services for individuals in the Capital Region, now delivered through Unity House's human services platform.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Unity HousecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Unity House and Northeast Career Planning, two longstanding Capital Region human services organizations, completed a merger effective January 1, 2021. Northeast Career Planning services are now provided through Unity House under 'SERVICES' or directly at unityhouseny.org/services/northeast-career-planning/. The merger represents a strategic consolidation of two community-based human services organizations serving the Capital Region.

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Arbor E&T: Workforce development and training organization delivering career counseling, job placement, and skills training services to job seekers and employer partners under government contracts — closely aligned with NCP's service mix.
• Fedcap Group: National nonprofit providing workforce development, vocational rehabilitation, and employment services to individuals with disabilities and other barriers, comparable to NCP's career planning and job search support offerings.
• America Works: National nonprofit workforce development organization focused on job placement and employment services for populations facing barriers to employment, mirroring NCP's career counseling and placement orientation.
• Goodwill Industries of Northeastern New York: Regional Goodwill affiliate operating in the same Capital Region geography, providing job placement, vocational training, and workforce development services to job seekers and individuals with barriers — directly comparable mission, services, and target population.

Regional players

• YWCA of the Greater Capital Region: Regional nonprofit human services organization also serving the Capital Region with workforce development, career services, and community programs — overlapping target geography and clientele.
• Hudson Valley Career Solutions: Regional nonprofit offering employment services and workforce development in the broader Hudson Valley/Capital Region footprint, sharing NCP's focus on job placement and career navigation services.

Broad incumbents

• Goodwill Industries International: National umbrella organization overseeing regional Goodwill affiliates that run workforce development and career services programs across the U.S., offering the same core services as NCP but at significantly greater scale.
• Easter Seals (Easterseals): Large national nonprofit providing vocational rehabilitation, employment, and training services to individuals with disabilities, sharing NCP's vocation-focused employment assistance for barrier populations.
• Volunteers of America: National nonprofit delivering a broad portfolio of human services, including workforce development and employment programs comparable to NCP's career counseling and job search support mission.

Others

• New York State Department of Labor Career Centers: Public-sector provider of free employment services, job search assistance, and career counseling across NY — an adjacent ecosystem participant competing for the same job-seeker clients in the Capital Region.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/northeastcareerplanning
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/northeast-career-planning

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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