Career-Engaged Classroom Resources

• Focus2 - This self-guided career assessment software assesses Holland code work interests, career values, skills, MBTI personality, and leisure interests.
• Community Cultural Wealth - Review these resources to discover the skills and dispositions students bring from their families, communities of origin, cultures, and personal experiences that are strengths in the workforce.

• Majors & Career Paths - These resources link major profiles with information on common career paths.
• Industries & Career Paths - An industry is a broad group of businesses or organizations with similar activities, products or services. Students can explore the types of activity, product, or service that interest them and find related job titles.

Career Advice Videos: CareerSpots - This video channel includes career-ready skills, job-search skills, and student success stories.

• Résumé & Cover Letter Builder: SkillsFirst - This AI-feedback résumé builder helps students create keyword-optimized résumés. Students can submit résumés for AI review and for review from our team.
• Skills-First Initiative - These standardized skill profiles for nine standard jobs, including proficiency standards, can help students identify transferrable skills obtained in their current employment. 

Interview Practice System: Big Interview - This AI-feedback interview practice system mimics real-life interviews. Students can submit practice interviews for AI review and email practice interviews to you for your review.

• Jobs, Internships & Networking: Handshake - This job & internship, career networking, career exploration, and career event site is exclusively for college students. Employers on Handshake want to hire Golden Eagles.
• Micro-Internships: Parker Dewey - Micro-internships are short-term, paid, freelance, professional projects.
• Job Application Tracker - This tool helps students organize their employment search. Students can share job tracking boards with our team for support.

The World Economic Forum "leverage[s] data-driven insights and tools, developed in collaboration with partners, to understand future skills demand and the evolving global labor market." Visit Insights on the Reskilling Revolution

"NACE launched its Career Readiness Initiative in 2015 to address a fundamental need for new college graduates and the professionals who serve their career development needs and recruit them into the workforce: a shared understanding of what is needed to launch and develop a successful career, a common vocabulary by which to discuss needs and expectations, and a basic set of competencies upon which a successful career is launched." Visit What is Career Readiness

"There are over a million credentials – from certifications to bootcamps to professional courses. The overwhelming volume makes it hard to know which options will actually move your career forward—and which are unlikely to pay off. That’s why the Burning Glass Institute built the Credential Value Index (CVI)—a first-of-its-kind index and navigation tool that sheds light on the real-world outcomes of virtually every certification in America, as well as more than 20,000 other non-degree credentials." Start using the CVI Navigator

"The California Jobs First (CJF) program holds significant importance as a pioneering effort that places a strong emphasis on promoting equity and inclusion in economic planning. Unlike traditional approaches, CJF goes beyond merely focusing on economic growth and development; it strives to create an inclusive framework that considers the needs and aspirations of all members of the community, especially those who have been historically marginalized or underserved." Visit California Jobs First Los Angeles Collaborative