The document discusses career pathways and career planning presented by Scott Vandever of Kuder, Inc. Kuder's mission is to provide career options and self-assessment tools to help guide students and adults. Kuder serves millions worldwide and provides customized career planning solutions to schools, districts, colleges and other organizations. The presentation defines career pathways and planning, discusses how Kuder helps students, educators, businesses, and makes a difference through improved academic performance, transition rates, retention rates and completion rates according to surveys.

1. Career Pathways in Career
Planning
10-15-13
Presented by:
Scott Vandever
Division Vice President,
Sales & Support

2. Our Mission & Goals
• Our Mission:
– To raise student aspirations and to provide career
options to students and adults through selfassessment and education.
• Our Goals:
– Guide students and parents through successful
eighth-grade and post-high school transitions.
– Increase retention and graduation rates.
– Provide career planning, guidance, and development
resources to last a lifetime.

3. About Us
• Millions worldwide rely on us for reliable
education and career planning solutions.
– 150 million people have used Kuder; three million
new users annually.
– Provide statewide customized, comprehensive
education and career planning solutions.
– More than 12,000 sites domestically; 100
internationally.
– Created 120 custom systems for schools, districts,
colleges, workforce centers, and other agencies and
organizations over the last three years.

4. About Me

5. About You

6. What are career pathways
• definition

7. What is career planning
• Definition
• Steps
• Feel pathways go hand in hand with
planning

8. Data
• Data on written plan and interest
assessment

9. Who We Help
STUDENTS, PARENTS & ADULT JOB SEEKERS
• Assess
– Assess their interests, skills, and work values to discover their
passions.
• Explore
– Explore the opportunities that are in front of them so they can
pursue a successful future based around their passions.
• Plan
– Create a step-by-step, year-by-year plan to obtain future
success.
• Prepare
– Connect them with postsecondary institutions and businesses
that will help facilitate a smooth transition into the workforce.

10. Who We Help
EDUCATORS, COUNSELORS & PRACTITIONERS
• Tracking and Management
– Help educators/administrators track and manage student progress.
• Accountability
– Provide ability to Quantify, Qualify, and report on measurements.
• Outreach
– Provide real-time data grounded with 75 years of research to support
enrollment, program placement, and educational connection.
• Retention
– Whether at secondary or postsecondary levels, we increase retention
rates and the percentage of students that stay in school, complete
their education, and transition to their next stages in life.

11. Who We Help
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
• Real-world connection
– Help individuals create relevance to future world needs and
compete in the 21st century workplace.
• Talent Pipeline
– Create a talent pipeline of future employees with relevance
and real-world knowledge and skills.
• Connection
– With C2B, connect students to local employers for internships,
job shadowing experiences, and full-time employment.
• Retention
– Increase employee retention due to individual readiness.

12. Kuder, Inc.
You cannot be what you cannot see!

13. Kuder, Inc.
You cannot be what you cannot see!
Career Planning allows you to see what
you can be!

37. Making A Difference
• Academic performance
– Kuder users demonstrate an 11% increase in school
performance since they started using the system as opposed
to non-Kuder users.
• Transition rates
– Over 90% of Kuder users transition into postsecondary
education, up from the 67% national average.
• Retention rates
– Using the Kuder system is related to an 18% retention
rate. After 1.5 years, 92% of Kuder users persisted in college
while only 73% of non-Kuder users stayed in college.
• Completion rates
– Kuder users complete college faster than non-Kuder users
as evidenced by the finding that over 60% of system users
had never changed their college major choice.

38. Making A Difference
• And the survey says …
– 78% rated Navigator as helpful in giving them hope
for their future.
– 77% rated Navigator as helpful in motivating them to
stay in school.
– 77% rated Navigator as helpful in choosing
postsecondary programs or college majors.
– 76% rated Navigator as helpful in making educational
and career plans.

39. Thank You!
Scott Vandever
Division Vice President, Sales & Support
vandevers@kuder.com
800.314.8972
(office)
• 515.240.0505
(mobile)
Kuder, Inc.
302 Visions Parkway, Adel, IA 50003
www.kuder.com