Career Pathways Step-by-Step

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Career Pathways Step-by-Step
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How do career pathways emerge?
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There is a Process

• Whats your starting place?
• Got a sector partnership?
• Got a Career Pathway employer group?
• Launching a new sector partnership?
• Plans to build a Career Pathway?
• Every pathway needs a home.

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Build the Sector Partnership

1. Define the scope
2. Prepare to launch
3. Launch
4. Organize the aftermath

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Reveal the Sectors Talent Landscape

1. Understand critical occupations
2. Develop a rough education and training inventory

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7. Get the real story from employers
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Act Now, Lay Future Groundwork

1. Get some early wins
2. Organize your jobs by skill sets and levels

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10. Deeply understand KSAs
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11. Turn Education inventory into refined Asset
Map
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Build the System for Continuous Talent Generation
and Career Mobility

1. Apply KSAs in as many ways as possible
2. Turn your Education Asset Map into a Clear Skill
   Attainment Map (Congrats! This is your Career
   pathway!)
3. Market this!

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15. Now Create a Career Pathway Action Plan

• Integrate your demand (those critical
  occupations) with your supply (your education and
  training asset map)
• Find your gaps
• Name your actions
• Keep this fresh

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Ensure your Career Pathway has owners and a home
Your Sector Partnership

1. Transition to Implementation
2. Sustainable Implementation

• See Modules E and F in your Sector Partnership
  Convener Workbook

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Thank you!