Pathful Junior (formerly VJS Junior) A K-5 career awareness platform Pathful Connect (formerly Nepris) A live industry connections platform that matches educators and learners with a network of industry professionals Pathful Explore (formerly VirtualJobShadow®) A college and career planning and exploration platform that helps students explore career paths and plan The Pathful platforms and products for a full college & career readiness system include: Pathful aims to address several gaps between what skills various industries need and what students are learning by providing the real-world relevance," states Sabari Raja, Chief Strategy Officer at Pathful.įor back-to-school 2022, Pathful also introduces a new product, Pathful Planner, which allows school counselors and administrators to develop individualized graduation plans for students (grades 6-12) to help guide their education, career, and employment goals while meeting graduation requirements across the district. "We envision a classroom where industry engagement is not once a year during career days but every day in math, science, ELA and social studies classrooms. The entire Pathful system provides a suite of platforms that integrates exploration and planning tools, Life Skills resources, assessments and live, virtual engagements with real professionals and potential employers to help students make smarter decisions about their future. "We are excited to have found an opportunity to work with Jennie, who has shown herself as an innovator within EdTech, to bring together two industry-leading products and create a single platform for college and career readiness." "PSG looks to partner with founders and CEOs that we believe are motivated to accelerate growth and product adoption within large markets," says Tom Reardon, Managing Director at PSG. Pathful becomes an integrated system that couples student-directed content with live industry connections across the entire college and career readiness journey. Pathful is on a mission to change the way we think about college and career readiness and offers the ability to connect industry professionals directly to the classroom. "With Pathful, educators and students can access quality career exploration and planning tools, work-based learning, real-world career experiences, and career assessments – all in one place," continues Kristoffersen. Our goal is to consolidate and make implementation easier and more effective. Jennie Kristoffersen, Chief Executive Officer at Pathful states, "We believe that the pandemic increased investment in many edtech platforms which placed more work on teachers. For everyone involved in shaping a student’s future, Pathful is a comprehensive college and career readiness system – now, one place for a more insightful, impactful, and meaningful college & career readiness experience. Pathful creates a powerful system that provides educators – CTE educators, work-based learning coordinators, general education teachers, special education teachers, and school counselors – with a variety of resources they can use to help their students achieve success in their future careers. The new company is backed by PSG, a leading growth equity firm that partners with software and technology-enabled services companies to help accelerate their growth. As a result, the Virtual Job Shadow® and Nepris platforms will also be renamed – Pathful Explore (formerly VJS) and Pathful Connect (formerly Nepris). Pathful is a full college and career readiness system for students and educators. *Please note that FSUshadow experiences will be offered both in-person and virtual.įSUshadow Matches released to Student Participants: November 8th, 2022Īpply with your resume through NoleNetwork, using the employer name "FSUshadow" to view and peruse all opportunities.AUSTIN, Texas, August 18, 2022-( BUSINESS WIRE)-Virtual Job Shadow® (VJS), a college & career readiness exploration & planning platform, and Nepris, a college & career readiness live industry connections platform and its entities have been merged to create a new company Pathful Inc. Students who participate in FSUshadow will gain knowledge and skills related to career decision making and critical career competencies while in college.Īpply for the FSUshadow Program to gain firsthand experience in the career field of your choice and network with potential employers!įSUshadow Winter Break 2022 Session Dates: December 13th, 14th and/or 15th The FSUshadow Program connects students with employers, community partners, alumni, and friends of the university for one-day job shadowing opportunities to provide exposure to a wide variety of career fields and industries.įSUshadow takes place during spring, summer and winter breaks.Īll FSU undergraduate and graduate level students are invited to participate in this program.
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