Client Spotlight – Ashland University
The PathwayU Client Spotlight Series gives us a glimpse into innovative ways our clients use the PathwayU platform across their campuses. It also allows us to reflect on the numerous ways PathwayU impacts the lives of students, faculty, alumni and more. We have a deep appreciation for our clients and the work they do to support learners […]
Client Spotlight – Aquinas College
At jobZology, our vision is to create a world where all employees truly love their jobs. That mission starts with education. Our PathwayU platform guides students to identify careers that resonate with their personal characteristics, helping them plan their futures and get started on the right educational pathways to prepare them for a lifetime of […]
Don’t Make Career Decisions on Your Own! Why You Need Modeling and Support
If you find yourself in the throes of discerning your calling in your career, you’ll find it much harder if you don’t invite others to help. In a classic meta-analysis (i.e., study of studies) of what works in career counseling interventions, Steve Brown and Nancy Ryan Krane[i] identified five “critical ingredients” that tend to show […]
Trying to Figure Out Your Career Purpose? Use Expressive Writing — Seriously.
Are you trying to discern a sense of purpose for your career? You might be surprised to learn that engaging in expressive writing about your career purpose is a tried-and-true strategy for gaining clarity. Seriously—as Loyola University Chicago researchers Steve Brown and Nancy Ryan Krane discovered years ago[i], if you want to make […]
Improving Student Confidence at Calvin College
Background Calvin College has been using PathwayU in their Career Center to help students explore career paths that will be satisfying based on the student’s interests, values, personality and workplace preferences. Our assessments link Calvin students to careers and job openings that fit their profile as well as predicted outlooks for each field. In the […]
Soft Skills are the New Hard Skills
Employers and educators frequently distinguish between hard and soft skills without really defining either one. Reading between the lines, hard skills are generally perceived to be job-specific, like an auto mechanic diagnosing an engine problem or a dentist filling a cavity. Soft skills tend to be those attributes common across most jobs and are comprised […]
What in the World is a Psychometric Test?
You may have heard the terms psychometric test, psychometric testing, or psychometrics before, but might not really understand what they mean – other than the idea that they’re related to pre-hire assessments or pre-employment testing. To better understand what a psychometric test is, we first need to understand the field of psychometrics. The prefix psycho- […]
How PathwayU Changed Students’ Lives in 2017
The results are in! During the Fall Semester of 2017, PathwayU partnered with a number of schools to collect data from student samples to measure how student’s thoughts and feelings related to the career-discernment process changed over time. The results show that PathwayU significantly impacted students’ lives in a positive way, arming them with knowledge […]
Informational Interviewing for Vocational Exploration
You’ve taken your jobZology assessments, read through your results, explored your career matches, and identified a few vocational pathways that pique your interest. Now what? A good place to start is by reading career information available on jobZology and other internet sites that outline job descriptions, typical tasks, and summarize the knowledge, skills, and abilities […]
Envision PathwayU on Your Campus
While talking with prospective clients during PathwayU demos, we often get asked the question, “How have other schools used PathwayU on their campuses?” From individual advising appointments and classroom assignments, to campus-wide freshman orientation and university experience courses, as well as integration within students’ academic records – we’ve seen our clients implement PathwayU across their campuses in creative ways […]
