Plans and pricing

The short version

NextChapter is free for Members. Here is what each plan includes, for every kind of organization.

Individual

For a Member. Free to join, with the optional Alumni plan and coaching.

  • Free

    Every candidate

    • Market Reality Report
    • Resume Studio
    • Networking and job application CRM
    • Skills and personality assessment for better job matches
    • Community and company pages
  • Alumni plan

    Members who have landed and want to stay ready

    • Annual Dossier refresh
    • Quarterly comp-benchmarked market check
    • Benefits Network
    • Board and advisory listings
    • Priority coach booking
    • Break-glass reactivation
  • Resume

    Candidates who want a human review

    • Everything in Free
    • One human resume review
    • Unlimited versions
    • Per-job tailoring
    • Full ATS matrix
  • Coaching Plus

    Candidates who want a human coach

    • One coaching session a month
    • Resume review included
    • Priority support
  • Coaching Premium

    Candidates who want regular coaching

    • Four coaching sessions a month
    • Mock interviews with recorded feedback
    • Negotiation support
    • Named coach
  • Executive

    Senior candidates

    • Everything in Coaching Premium
    • Named personal executive recruiter
    • Weekly strategy sessions

Higher education

Career services, alumni relations, development, executive education and administration. See the higher education page

  • Free workspace

    Free

    Colleges and universities, after a verified claim

    • Created when someone at your institution claims your page with a work email at your email domain
    • Up to 50 active members
    • Your own page on NextChapter
    • Your own services listed for your members
    • Basic counts of members and activity
  • Institution plan

    Colleges and universities that need reporting at scale

    • Everything in the free workspace
    • Reporting and exports
    • Exchange of records with your CRM
    • More active members
    • Staff roles
    • An audit log of staff activity
    • NextChapter coaching and courses offered to your members

    Add-ons: AI training for career services.

Workforce and economic development

Workforce boards, economic development organizations and chambers. See the workforce and economic development page

  • Free workspace

    Free

    Workforce boards, economic development organizations, chambers and community organizations, after a verified claim

    • Created when someone at your organization claims your page with a work email at your email domain
    • Up to 50 active members
    • Your own page on NextChapter
    • Your own services listed for the people you serve
    • Basic counts of participants and activity
  • Program plan

    Workforce organizations that need reporting at scale

    • Everything in the free workspace
    • Reporting and exports
    • Exchange of records with your CRM
    • More active members
    • Staff roles
    • An audit log of staff activity
    • NextChapter coaching and courses offered to the people you serve
    • Program reporting, scoped with you

    Add-ons: AI training for career services.

Hiring

Employers hiring future employees. See the hiring page

  • Post a role

    Free

    Employers hiring

    • Post a role free
    • Candidates matched on what they say they are looking for
    • An evidence brief for each candidate who chose to be seen
  • Hiring team

    Employers with a hiring team

    • Everything in Post a role
    • Seats for your hiring team
    • Hiring analytics
    • Candidate export

Employees

Employers developing and keeping current employees. See the employees page

  • Employees

    Employers developing and keeping current employees

    • Retention: promotion and raise preparation, internal roles and paths into new functions
    • Learning and development: a skills plan for each person, starting with the courses you cover
    • Job retraining for people whose jobs are changing: not available yet
    • Counts by team, never by person

    Add-ons: NextChapter courses and AI skills training for your people.

Outplacement

Employers supporting departing employees. Set up by contract. See the outplacement page

  • Outplacement Core

    Employers with departing employees

    • 6-month term
    • Resume Studio and ATS matrix
    • Full Executive Dossier
    • Standard recruiter introductions
    • Basic Market Intelligence
    • Interim and fractional boards and playbook
  • Outplacement Plus

    Employers with departing employees

    • 6-month term
    • Six coaching sessions
    • One human resume review
    • Full Executive Dossier
    • Standard recruiter introductions
    • Standard Market Intelligence
    • Curated interim and fractional openings
  • Outplacement Premium

    Employers with departing employees

    • 12-month term
    • Twelve coaching sessions with a named coach and 48-hour response
    • Unlimited resume reviews and versions
    • Full Executive Dossier
    • Dedicated recruiter relationship
    • Full Market Intelligence
    • Private cohort space and coworking stipend
    • Board search, fractional CRO/CFO track and advisory placement

Recruiters

Search firms, agencies and in-house recruiters. Free for now. See the recruiters page

  • Recruiter workspace

    Free

    Recruiters, search firms and in-house recruiters

    • Search candidates who opted in to be found
    • A submission packet in your firm’s logo, built from the candidate’s Dossier
    • A résumé intake page in your firm’s logo
    • Submission stages from reviewed to placed

Coaches

Independent coaches and coaching practices. Free for now. See the coaches page

  • Coach workspace

    Free

    Independent coaches and coaching practices

    • Invite clients with a code
    • See the plan, applications and progress each client chooses to share
    • A prep page before each session
    • Session notes and follow-ups
    • Your practice name and logo on the tools your clients see

All employer sections together

Hiring, Employees and Outplacement under one contract. See the employer overview

  • Enterprise bundle

    Employers who want Hiring, Employees and Outplacement together

    • All three sections under one contract