Consultation Services
Transferable Skills Analysis
Transferable Skills Analysis is the process of identifying the skills one has acquired from prior employment and cross-referencing them with compatible options for work while also focusing on the individual's mental and physical capacities. Vocational counselors and experts perform Transferable Skills Analyses to create an objective, data-driven account of career potential when transition is necessary as well as for the purpose of legal evaluations. They are used to demonstrate realistic employment alternatives when an injury, disability, or other life events prevent an individual from a return to work in their previous occupation, when entering the job market for the first time, or following a prolonged absence.
Job Analysis
Job Analysis is an examination and report on any specific position meant to document the position's essential functions, physical demands, environmental conditions, and skill requirements using standard references like the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) and O*Net Online. When used in tandem with a Transferable Skills Analysis, it provides a concise framework for evaluating whether an injured or disabled worker can return to a specific job and what reasonable accommodations, if any, will be required to facilitate that return.
Cogent alignment between Transferable Skills Analysis and Job Analysis enables the client or the legal and administrative team to identify realistic occupational alternatives and to optimize the chances for a long term return to work outcome.
Vocational Evaluation
Vocational Evaluation is a comprehensive individual assessment used to identify one's vocational strengths, transferable job skills, soft skills, work experience, current work readiness, physical and cognitive capacities, functional deficits, and realistic employment options. Vocational Evaluation removes the guesswork from career planning, personal injury litigation, and rehabilitation planning by grounding employment goals in quantifiable labor market data and all relevant vocational factors.
Vocational evaluation consists of:
Background and Records Review: Analysis of medical, employment, and educational histories.
- Transferable Skills Analysis (TSA): Identification of hard and soft skills applicable to alternative occupations.
- Standardized Testing and Assessment: Use of psychometric, aptitude, and interest inventories to measure cognitive, academic, and vocational potential.
- Physical and Functional Capacity Integration: Accounting for physical limitations and restrictions to ensure safe and sustainable return-to-work options.
- Labor Market Research: Matching assessment findings with current local and national wage and employment data.
Labor Market Surveys
Labor Market Surveys are a data-driven examination of local and national labor markets used to determine job availability, employment opportunities, potential job growth in the field, and prevailing wages in that field. Labor Market Surveys help us determine earning potential for personal injury or divorce litigation, evaluate displaced worker options, and test the viability of a given vocational choice against current, objective statistical data of jobs that actually exist and what they pay in the real world.
Labor Market Surveys include examinations of:
- Job Availability and Accessibility: Identification of current openings, employer demand, and hiring requirements within a specified region.
- Wage and Earning Capacity Data: establishment of entry-level, median, and experienced wage structures using current economic data and employer contact.
- Physical Demands and Skill Matching: Cross-references functional capacity or educational requirements with real job openings to verify feasibility.
Expert Witness & Litigation Support Services
Expert Witness & Litigation Support Services provide objective, defensible vocational testimony and analysis for legal proceedings, ensuring courts and administrative bodies have reliable data on earning capacity and employment potential. Litigation support helps guarantee equitable outcomes in personal injury, divorce, and Social Security disability claims by validating legal arguments with real-world market realities.
Core Litigation Support Services include:
- Pre- and Post-Injury / Marital Capacity Analysis: Evaluation of work history, skills, and earning potential before and after a life-altering event, injury, or dissolution of marriage.
- Earning Capacity and Lost Earnings Estimation: Calculation of lost wages, diminished earning capacity, or realistic spousal support baselines using objective labor market data.
- Social Security Disability Hearings: Objective vocational testimony and expert analysis regarding a claimant’s ability to perform past work or adjust to other employment under ALJ guidelines.
- Expert Testimony and Depositions: Provision of clear, defensible testimony in depositions, arbitrations, and courtroom trials to explain complex vocational findings.