What Are Career Pathways?

Career paths are clusters of occupations that are combined together because many of the people in them share similar interests, abilities, and talents.

Selecting a career path provides you with an area of

FOCUS along with FLEXIBILITY and a VARIETY of careers to pursue.
Although people change jobs many times, they seldom change from one pathway to another.

Explore the Six Career Pathways

Arts/ Communications/ Humanities

Occupations in this career pathway are related to the creative, visual, craft and performing arts. These include architecture, graphic, interior and fashion design, writing, film, fine arts, journalism, languages, media, advertising, public relations, and music.

Engineering/ Industrial Systems

Occupations in this career pathway are related to the technology necessary to design, develop, install and maintain electrical, mechanical and structural systems. These include engineering, manufacturing, construction, and related technologies.

Social/ Human Services

Occupations in this career pathway are related to hospitality, personal and customer services, social services, legal services, and protective services. These include education, government, law and law enforcement, leisure and recreation, military, religion, childcare, social services and personal (beauty) services.

Business Systems

Occupations in this career pathway are related to business occupations, administration, management, marketing and sales. These include entrepreneurship, sales, marketing, computer/information systems, finance, accounting, personnel, economics and management.

Health Services

Occupations in this career pathway are related to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, disorders and injuries, laboratory technology and therapy. These include medical practice, research, laboratory technology, physical, occupational and speech therapies, disease prevention, alternative medicine, and veterinary science.

Natural Resources

Occupations in this career pathway are related to the natural sciences, agriculture and the environment. These include agricultural sciences, earth sciences, environmental sciences, fisheries, forestry, horticulture, and wildlife.