CAREER ADVISING & NAVIGATION
Building clear pathways to in-demand careers and economic mobility
The Attainment Network’s Career Advising & Navigation Initiative is a two-year, statewide effort to strengthen career advising across Colorado.
Our goal: ensure learners can clearly understand and navigate education and training pathways that lead to in-demand careers and economic mobility.
WHY CAREER ADVISING MATTERS
Many learners and earners do not fully understand the pathways that connect education and training to in-demand careers — including opportunities created by the state’s investments in the Big Three: work-based learning, industry-recognized credentials, and college credit.
Strong career advising helps learners:
- Explore their options
- Connect education to career goals
- Navigate transitions across K-12, postsecondary, and workforce systems
- Build purpose, belonging, and social capital
The Challenge: Advising is Fragmented
Advising services exist across high schools, colleges, workforce centers, and community organizations. But they do not consistently align.
- Services operate in silos
- Advisors manage large caseloads
- Data systems are not fully integrated
- Training and best practices vary
As a result, learners experience disconnected systems rather than seamless pathways.
Designing an Advising Framework
Through an inclusive, listening-and-learning approach, The Attainment Network will engage stakeholders across sectors and create feedback loops between local implementation and state leadership.
This process will lead to the design of a practical advising framework — a toolkit for advisors across systems that lifts up and aligns best practices.
SHARE YOUR EXPERTISE
Are you engaged in advising learners or earners in a formal or informal role? Contact us if you’d like to share your expertise.
info@attainmentnetwork.org