Corporate & Community Partners
Corporate and community partners are the pillars that bring hope to the people of our communities. Their work, mission, and passion to make a difference by fostering unity and creating equitable resources and opportunities for people and families throughout our nation and the world, is unparalleled. Their partnership with Pathway Forward can help create greater impact for our younger generations while shaping a stronger workforce for tomorrow.
Data shows that young people wish they had better understood their talents and career options while in high school.
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Recent studies also show that graduates feel they lacked work-based learning experiences and needed better access to career counseling and guidance.
​Early career planning and preparation leads to talent readiness and a stronger workforce
With Pathway Forward, young people will be more prepared for early employment and work-based learning opportunities while developing a growth mindset that will allow for continuous learning and development.
Our career readiness roadmap and travel guide is a bridge, linking real-world experience with academic knowledge — combining work-based learning with classroom learning.
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Bridge classroom learning and workforce readiness through applied learning.
Combine work-based learning with reflection, planning tools, and real-world context.
Turn confusing, high‑stakes decisions into a guided journey with clear next steps.
We provide young people with a self-guided, modular roadmap and toolkit for career exploration and academic pursuits.
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Our program offers corporate and community partners clear session plans, ready-to-use tools, and a shared roadmap and language that can be used across various career readiness and skill building programs. Its plug-and-play and flexible framework provides the ability to implement work-based learning opportunities to support experiential learning, hands-on experiences, and skill building opportunities while increasing consistency and streamlining program operations.
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​Partner with Pathway Forward to build a stronger, diverse workforce with our younger and future generations and to gain access to an equity-centered system with a shared framework and language that can be integrated across programs, platforms, and agencies to create greater impact and outcomes.
When young people gain clarity about their strengths and natural abilities—and feel confident exploring career options and possibilities—the path forward becomes clearer.
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The Result: Increased career and workforce readiness, higher performance, reduced talent shortages, a growing surplus of skilled talent, stronger retention, and a thriving workforce. Roles are filled, demands are met, diversity and inclusion are strengthened, and socio-economic and equity gaps are reduced—creating a continuous, sustainable talent pipeline for today’s and tomorrow’s workforce.