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Yes—here’s how  \nTo help you pursue quality postsecondary training pathways, we created a guide below. This guide helps you move from thinking about job opportunities to planning for a thriving career by preparing you for success and empowering you to chart your own unique journey.  \nOverview/notes:  \nThe choice of an education-to-career pathway is a critical step in career navigation. This Pathfinder Guide and Checklist outlines criteria for evaluating and assessing a quality opportunity or pathway.  \n• The rubric provides you with topics to consider when researching and selecting education-to-career pathways (nondegree programs)  \n• Plus reflection questions to help guide you through your decisions  \nThis Pathfinder Guide and Checklist is intended for students, but it can also be used by counselors, teachers, parents, and other decision influencers to help their learners with their career journeys.  \nOverview/nOtes 2  \nWelcome!  \nThis Pathfinder Guide and Checklist will help you understand and select the best education-to-career pathway to begin a successful career journey–whether you’re in the process of completing or have already earned a high school diploma. Almost all careers require some education or training after high school. A degree is one post-secondary option, but there are many others, so it’s important to find the postsecondary or training program that’s the right fit for you.  \nBefore you start…  \n• Select a career interest(s)  \n• Match each career interest to a postsecondary training program  \n• Use the pathfinder guide to:  \no Review and consider—does it seem like a good fit?  \no Confirm—take time to reflect before deciding!  \nAs you move through the Pathfinder Guide and Checklist you will be prompted to use the four key building blocks for evaluating education-to-career pathway programs:  \nWhat, how, and when will I learn?  \nWhen will I start working and earning in my field?  \nHow will I afford training?  \nHow might this program position me for career success?  \nwelCOme 3  \nReady to get started? Let’s go!  \n1. Explore your interests  \nA career interest can be a specific occupation such as physical therapist or an industry area such as healthcare or health science. 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