Career Pathways Step-by-Step

How do career pathways emerge?

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There is a ProcessWhat’s 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 Sector’s Talent Landscape

5. Understand critical occupations

6. 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 Groundwork8. Get some early wins

9. 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

12. Apply KSAs in as many ways as possible

13. Turn your Education Asset Map into a Clear Skill Attainment Map (Congrats! This is your Career pathway!)

14. 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

16.Transition to Implementation

17.Sustainable Implementation

See Modules E and F in your Sector Partnership Convener Workbook

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Thank you!

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