Career Consulting — High School

Planning a future takes more than
good advice. It takes a system.

High school goes by faster than anyone expects. The scholarship windows open and close on fixed timelines. The French chain either starts at Grade 10 or it doesn't start at all. Most families don't engage a career consultant because something is wrong — they engage because they don't want to miss something that can't be recovered later.

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Who this is for

For parents who want a plan — not just possibilities.

The parent typically reaches out first. The student is the one who does the work. Both are part of the process.

At Olympia & Associates, the student is the primary client — the person whose future is being planned. The parent is a partner in that planning — the person who carries the financial and logistical responsibility for making it happen. Both perspectives matter. Neither is ignored.

The parent signs the agreement and makes the payment. The student attends the sessions. The pathway report and all deliverables belong to the family. Geographic scope is national — grounded in Alberta but the post-secondary analysis covers institutions across Canada.

Irreversible windows most families miss

The French language chain
For bilingual careers, federal roles, or specific programmes, French 30 is a requirement. That chain takes three years and must begin at Grade 10. It cannot be accelerated, deferred, or recovered after the fact.
Scholarship timelines
Most major scholarship windows open in Grade 12 — but eligibility is built on Grades 9, 10, and 11. The Loran Award, Explore programme, and most provincial awards reward a record built over time, not a resumé assembled at the last minute.
Immigration status dependencies
For newcomer families, government education grants — including the CESG attached to most RESPs — are gated behind immigration milestones. A SIN, an RCIC consultation, and registered beneficiary status can unlock grants already waiting to be claimed.

Self-assessment

Is this service for your family?

Read through the statements below. Be honest with yourself. Each one represents something that is easy to miss — and hard to recover.

My child is in Grades 9–12 and we haven't done any formal career or pathway planning yet.

Course selection for next year is coming up and I'm not confident we're choosing the right ones.

My child has more than one interest and we don't know which one to pursue — or whether they have to choose at all.

I've heard about scholarships but I don't know which ones apply to my child, what the deadlines are, or what it takes to be eligible.

We're a newcomer family and I'm not sure how our immigration status affects our education options, government grants, or RESP contributions.

My child has a direction they're excited about, but nobody has mapped out what it actually takes — the courses, the credentials, the timeline, the cost.

I'm not confident that our current plan accounts for everything that can't be changed or recovered later.

I want to understand whether studying locally in Edmonton is a smarter financial decision than going out of province — with actual numbers, not assumptions.

My child's extracurricular and community involvement doesn't feel strategic — it's scattered, not intentional.

I want a written plan — not general advice — that my family can actually follow, step by step, with deadlines.

If you said yes to six or more of these — we need to talk. Not because something is wrong, but because something is time-sensitive. The windows described on this page are real, they are specific, and some of them close before the end of this school year. A 30-minute scoping call costs nothing. The cost of waiting is harder to calculate.

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The engagement

What working together looks like.

Scoping call — free, 30 min

Parent and/or student. We discuss where the student is, what their early interests are, what the family's priorities are, and what the right level of engagement would be. Honest recommendation at the end — including if there isn't a fit.

Discovery session — 1.5 hrs

The first paid session. Student and parent both attend if possible. We explore interests, academic record, and early career thinking in depth. This session uncovers the irreversible constraints and shapes everything that follows.

NOC/TEER mapping & research

Student interests mapped against National Occupational Classification codes and TEER levels — identifying credential pathways, institution options, cost comparisons, and the financial aid landscape specific to this student's situation and family context.

Pathway report & coaching

A written plan delivered to the family: academic roadmap, scholarship targets with deadlines, community arc, and a prioritised action list. Pathways package includes two coaching calls with the student and a parent briefing session.

Your Investment

Two packages. One add-on. All prices CAD + GST.

Foundations

Best for Grade 9–10 · Maximum runway, widest scholarship windows

$750

+ GST · approx. 5 hours

Discovery session (1.5 hrs)
NOC/TEER pathway mapping
Written pathway report
Follow-up call (1 hr)

The earlier the engagement, the more we can build. Grade 9–10 families have the most course selection flexibility and the widest scholarship windows still open.

Primary offering

Pathways

Best for Grade 11–12 · Post-secondary decisions imminent

$1,500

+ GST · approx. 10 hours

Discovery session (1.5 hrs)
Deep NOC/TEER analysis
Written pathway report + institution shortlist
Two coaching calls (2 hrs)
Parent briefing session (1 hr)

The primary offering for families where post-secondary applications are imminent and decisions are real. Specific, urgent, and worth every dollar.

Add-on

Family Navigation

Applies to either package · For families who want full alignment

$300

+ GST · approx. 2 hours

Parent briefing session
Written family summary
Q&A call
Add a sibling — $150 + GST

For families where parents want a dedicated session on financial planning, timelines, and how to actively support the student's direction — not just receive the report.

All prices CAD. GST (757324769RC001) applies to all billable work. Payment: 30% on signing, balance on delivery (under $800) or 30/40/30 (over $800). No work begins without initial payment received.

The work in practice

A real student. A real plan.

Grade 10 · Foundations + Family Navigation

Student A

Two careers held open. One plan built before the windows closed.

A Grade 10 student with interests in both AI engineering and global communications. A newcomer family with an RESP open but no SIN obtained — meaning government grants weren't flowing. The engagement built a 127-credit graduation plan, locked in the French language chain before the window closed, mapped five target scholarships to immigration milestones, and identified an $82,000 cost gap between studying locally and out of province.

$82K cost gap discovered and documented vs. out-of-province options

"I didn't know there was a scholarship gated behind our immigration status. I didn't know the Edmonton option could save us $80,000. What I got was a list of things to do, in order, with deadlines."

— Parent of a Grade 10 student, Edmonton

$1,050 + GST · Foundations + Family Navigation add-on

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new client spots per month

This service is intentionally limited.

Every family that engages Olympia & Associates for high school career consulting works directly with Brian Ssennoga. There is no associate, no junior consultant, no template handed off. That level of attention requires a limit — and the limit is three new families per month.

When those spots are full, new families join the waitlist. The waitlist is not a holding pen — it is the beginning of the relationship. While you wait, you receive practical resources, early access to workshops, and direct communication from the practice.

Families who come through the waitlist arrive at their engagement already informed. That makes the work better for everyone.

Join the waitlist

Leave your details below. You'll hear back within 48 hours with your estimated wait time and your first free resource.

Free practical resource on your student's grade stage — delivered immediately
Early access to workshops and group sessions as they open
Direct updates when a spot becomes available
No obligation — leave the waitlist at any time

Refer a family

Know a family who needs this?

If you refer a family who goes on to book a paid engagement, we'll send you a gift card as a thank you. No forms, no programs — just a direct message to let us know, and we'll take it from there.

Send a referral

Drop us a message with the family's name and how they can reach us. When they book, we'll reach out to you directly with a gift card.

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Your student is a minor. Their academic record, interests, and any personal information shared during the engagement are handled with heightened care — used only to perform the agreed services, never submitted to an AI tool, and not shared with third parties. We are governed by PIPEDA (federal) and Alberta's PIPA. Full details in our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Planning a future takes more thangood advice. It takes a system.