1. PATHWAY PLANNER
Quintin Guinn

2. What is Pathway Planner?
• Provides an overview of unique strengths,
talents, and abilities
• It is an important link between career seekers
and the occupation that best fits who they really
are.
– First time job
– Career change
• Provides critical decision making information to
help shape future
• Introduces a mechanism to validate career
choices

3. First Time Job Seekers
• Key knowledge that drives a quality, core
education
– Assists students with selecting majors and degrees
matching their:
• Thinking Style
• Behavioral Traits
• Interests
• Ascertains what career possibilities that are
best suited

4. Career Change Seekers
• Assists adults in
transitioning from one
career to another
• Identifies career
possibilities and provides
insight into occupations for
the highly-skilled,
competitive workforce
• Directs transition to a
better, happier career path

5. PWP IS NOT A PXT
• PWP is a PXT centered product
– Occupational experience eliminated
• Substituted with 40 different questions that will apply
to persons who have not had a job in the past.
– Jobs are based on career clusters selected by the
candidate
• Current educational attainment
• Desired educational objective

6. 16 Career Categories (Clusters)
• Agriculture, Food & • Hospitality & Tourism
Natural Resources • Human Services
• Architecture & • Information Technology
Construction
• Arts, A/V Technology & • Law, Public Safety,
Communications Corrections & Security
• Business Management & • Manufacturing
Administration • Marketing
• Education & Training • Science, Technology,
• Finance Engineering &
• Government & Public Mathematics
Administration • Transportation,
• Health Science Distribution & Logistics

7. The Report
• Compares over 800 jobs from the
O-Net
− Thinking Style
− Interests
− Behavioral Traits
• Reports on jobs with 80% or
greater match
– Based upon current education or
minimal training and education.
– With continued formal education
as indicated by the participant*.
*Exception participant does not intend
to continue their education beyond
High School.

9. Results
Your Results • Pathway Planner Results
– An overview of your characteristics based on
your responses to the assessment
Job Match • Career Pathway
– List of possible career choices based on your
characteristics and the things you find
interesting
Understanding &
Using the O*Net &
• Linking Pathway Planner to Your Future
Researching Your – Unique information relating to you.
Career Choices
– Explains how to use O*NET, gather
information and maximize your network of
people

10. Identifying Characteristics
Thinking Style • Thinking Style
– Describes your approach to the way you
think about things
• Numerical and Verbal skills and abilities
• Your knowledge and how you use numbers and
words in reasoning and problem solving
Personality Traits
• Personality Traits
– Reflects how you approach interacting with
others
• Your perception of your personality
Interests • Interests
– Your interests in activities
• Including enjoyable activities in your work
increase job satisfaction

11. Thinking Style
Your abilities with vocabulary, calculations,
reasoning and problem solving

12. Personality Traits
Nine Energy Level
personality Objective
Assertiveness
Judgment
traits
discussed
Independence Sociability
YOU
Accommodating Manageability
Decisiveness Attitude

13. Interests
Financial /
Enterprising People Service Technical Mechanical Creative
Administrative
Top 3 Areas of Interest

14. Interests Definitions
• Enterprising
– Indicates interest in activities associated with persuading
others, sales, and presenting ideas.
• Financial/Administrative
– Activities such as organizing information or business procedures
• People Service
– Activities such as helping people and promoting the welfare of
others
• Technical
– Scientific activities, technical data, and research
• Mechanical
– Activities that involve working with tools, equipment, and
machinery
• Creative
– Activities using imagination, creativity, and original sales ideas.

15. Career Pathway
• Designed to match you with actual positions
that currently available in today’s job
market.
– Matched against employer standards
– Same characteristics as successful employees

16. Top 3 Career Categories
• Provided with 3
tables from
preselected
career categories
– No table is more
important than
the other
– Jobs/careers in
no particular
order
– O*Net SOC Code
links provided

17. Additional Education
Good fit with additional
education or training

18. Linking PWP to Your Future
• Understanding & Using O*NET
– Find Occupations based on Career Clusters &
Industries
– Conduct advance searches using specific tools or
software
– Discover Crosswalks where you can research other
related Career Cluster
www.careerinfonet.org
www.onetonline.org

19. O*NET Occupational Summary
• Tasks • Education
• Knowledge • Interests
• Skills • Work Styles
• Abilities • Work Values
• Work Activity • Related
Occupations
• Work Context
• Wages &
• Job Zone Employment
Trends

20. Gather Information
• Additional resources
– Video.profilesinternational.com/PWP.html
– Your state’s workforce
– Monster.com – www.monster.com/
– Indeed.com – www.indeed.com/
– Glassdoor.com – www.glassdoor.com
– Salary.com – http: www.salary.com
– Bureau of Labor & Statistics Occupational Outlook
Handbook – www.bls.gov/ooh/

21. Use Your Network
• Expand your thinking and widen your
opportunities
– Talk with friends and family
– Utilize sites
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
– Ask questions
• What additional education/training is required?
• What are the costs to prepare for this career?
• How will I pay for my career preparation?
• What types of benefits should I expect from this career?

22. Markets
• Students (High school and college)
• Military (newly separated or retired)
• PTAs and PTOs
• Career counselors
• Outplacement agencies
• Consultants
• Trainers
• Coaching
• Workforce agencies

23. Wholesale Pricing
2013 World Conference Special Pricing
Package of 25 $825 ($33 each)
Package of 50 $1600 ($32 each)
Package of 150 $4350 ($29 each)

24. Thank You for Attending
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