Gear Up and Student Success programs strengthen student career well-being
Gear Up coordinators, teachers, and Student Success advisors trust Career Key’s advising tools to help students discover and decide on best “fit” careers, college majors, and education programs where they will thrive.
The Career Key Platform is built on science-based research, best practices of career counseling and user-friendly technology. It uniquely offers a combination of Career Key online assessments, decision-making tools, and self-guided resources, which has empowered millions of students to make confident, informed postsecondary decisions and strengthen their career fit and well-being.
Assess students’ career decision needs and barriers.
Help them discover careers and postsecondary programs where they can thrive.
Plan and deliver data-driven interventions strategically.
Measure the impacts of advisory and student actions.
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Offer short, self-guided major and career exploration
Career Key Discovery
10-minute Holland personality & interest online inventory
Suitable for grades 8 - 12, College
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With Career Key Discovery's unique exploration approach, students are morely likely to find lesser-known but promising options where they will thrive. This valid assessment includes a four-step decision-making guide.
Research shows a close Holland personality-interest fit predicts
- higher grades,
- persistence in a major, and
- higher on-time graduation rates.
Quickly identify student decision needs and optimize resources
Career Decision Profile
5-minute career readiness online inventory
Suitable for grades 10 - 12, College
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Measuring three dimensions of career decision status, the scientifically-valid Career Decision Profile identifies individual needs and barriers, estimates service levels, and recommends practical action steps to both student and advisor.
It can be used as a pre and post intervention measure.
Measure your ongoing program success
Use the Career Decision Profile pre/post intervention to measure impact of your Gear Up program on students.
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Measure impacts and student outcomes when you "sandwich" your program invention, including Career Key Discovery, between pre and post administrations of the Career Decision Profile. This implementation with both assessments takes a combined 20 minutes of student time to complete.
Case Studies - Career Key in Action
High School to Postsecondary Transitions
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Impact on First Generation College Students
DOWNLOAD Union County College Case Study
Career Key Alignment to Gear Up and TRIO
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Why College Major Fit Matters
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For over 20 years, Career Key has been the trusted source of career resources for secondary schools and higher education institutions. We’d love to hear from you!