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Explore Careers

In Career Highway you will learn about the skills required to be successful in a particular career field and understanding of your current career fit, and what skills you will need to build as you continue your academic career.

Career and Technical Education (CTE) provides students with the academic and technical skills, knowledge, and training necessary to succeed in future careers, and to become lifelong learners.​

CTE is broken into 16 Career Clusters in the National Career Clusters Framework, representing 79 Career Pathways to help learners navigate their way to greater success in college and career. ​

Green Star Explore Careers

Let’s explore careers based on your interests! 

To get started, login to your Career Highways profile.​

Once logged in, go to “Explore Careers” and select “Careers”

Green Star Explore Programs

Career Highways has thousands of programs from every training & Hi Ed institution in the country, mapped to your dream career.​

Go to “Explore Careers” and select “Programs”

Green Star Explore Certifications

We have over 12,000 Certifications available now – all mapped to careers.​

Certifications as well as the training and programs that prepare individuals for certification can be included and featured in the Career Map.​

Go to “Explore Careers” and select “Programs”:​Career Highways has thousands of programs from every training & Hi Ed institution in the country, mapped to your dream career.​

Go to “Explore Careers” and select “Certifications”


LEARN MORE ABOUT CAREER EDUCATION OPTIONS

You will explore example educational programs and organizations, and will research options across your state to compare and contrast programs and application requirements. 

WHAT IS THE BEST CAREER EDUCATION OPTION FOR YOU?

The goal of education after high school is to prepare you for the career YOU want.

First step is to explore your options:

  • Vocational and Technical Education
  • Apprenticeships
  • Community Colleges
  • Public and Private Universities
  • Military
  • Bootcamps

Complete the following steps below to identify the career you’re interested in and the educational requirements to get there:

STEP 1- LOGIN INTO CAREER HIGHWAYS

STEP 2-REVIEW YOUR CAREER HIGHWAYS

STEP 3- SELECT A CAREER

STEP 4- UNDERSTAND EDU REQUIREMENTS

As you evaluate your options, it is important to understand how the program you have interest in aligns with career opportunities, learning more about the career services provided to students as well as what graduates do with their degrees or certificates, and understand the effectiveness of any given program and organization. 

Research the career services provided at the organization selected

Career services departments give students opportunities to explore career options, understand workplace expectations, hone soft skills like leadership and communication, and the value-add of their degree.

Find someone who graduated with the same degree/cert

Alumni are graduates of a particular organization. An alumni network is available at many of them and is designed to help current students network, learn from previous graduates, and to help students understand what careers/companies they can pursue upon graduation.