1. Work readiness, Postsecondary/ Career Navigation and Coaching
SkillWorks’ Youth & Young Adult Investment Strategy
K-12, HSE, CTE
CBOs
Comm-unity Colleges
> Skills for postsecondary, career & life success (e.g. college/ career readiness, financial literacy, executive functioning/ critical thinking)
> Career awareness and exposure across multiple industries (e.g. access to and preparation for work based and work place learning, internships, employer engagement, employer readiness and support)
Work readiness, Postsecondary/ Career Navigation and Coaching
> Providers have skills and resources needed to provide full range of postsecondary/ career navigation and coaching (e.g. networks and capacity building to facilitate seamless transitions, postsecondary and career awareness/ exposure, soft skills/work readiness best practices and curriculum)
Regardless of the path they take, every youth and young adult is equipped with the skills, career navigation and support needed to access and excel in postsecondary education, career and life; and
Every businesses has access to a prepared pool of talent, as well as the support and strategies to recruit, hire, and retain skilled employees.

2. Education to Career Pipeline Focus Area
Secondary Education  Postsecondary education or training option  
Self & Family Sustaining Career
Disconnected youth, lacking work readiness skills and postsecondary/ career navigation
Insufficient preparation for postsecondary education/career
SkillWorks’ Target Population: Youth and Young Adults aged 16-24
Address the leakage: disconnected youth and young adults
Fix the leak: mid-late High School/HSE youth

3. Our Approach Build knowledge & capacity Test new innovations
Scale what’s working
Career/postsecondary readiness skills navigation and coaching
Technical training, competency based education and learn and earn models
Test new innovations
Integrating career/postsecondary readiness and navigation with career exploration and exposure for all
“Greasing the wheels” and filling gaps in the system through incentivizing partnerships and warm handoffs
Build knowledge & capacity
Support education, training, and business sectors in integrating career readiness and navigation into core values
Disseminate knowledge and make connections so that youth, providers, and employers know where to go to get what they’re looking for (skills, education, employment, talent, etc.)