Career Break or Post Career Gap-Year Costs

Interim's consulting fee is $2,550*, a one-time, non-refundable fee that entitles you to the following:

• Interim's services for a lifetime (one person per fee)
• Access to an unmatched variety of more than 5,600 program options
• Our over twenty years of experience counseling Interim candidates
• All program information, i.e. catalogs, applications, websites, contacts
• On-going review of program options during your chosen time-frame
• The option of speaking with Interim alumni (now over 5,700 individuals) who have attended programs in which you are interested
• Follow-up on programs you are considering
• Regular and prompt communication with you (phone, email, fax, mail)
• Continuous research on new programs via our contacts and the Internet
• The option of a spouse or companion rate of $400 less than the usual retainer fee

* Interim offers a limited number of consulting fee scholarships each year.

Program Costs: (covered by candidate) fall into three basic categories:

1. Fee or tuition programs (costs vary widely)
2. Volunteer placements where housing and food is not covered
3. Program placements that provide housing and food , or at least housing, in exchange for your labor *

* Please bear in mind that Interim is not a job placement service. If you need to earn money, your best bet is to continue to work in your job at home and save for your Interim career break or post career Gap-Year experience.

Miscellaneous Costs: (covered by candidate)

After you've made arrangements for your home, belongings, and personal obligations, you will have to factor travel costs, health or travel insurance, and personal expenses into your gap-year budget.