The Career LeadershipCollective has chosen Career Launch as it's partner to help colleges scale equitable student success — Read More
We help our partner schools accelerate students' career readiness, career exploration, and enhance students' professional communication skills.
Flexible Implementation Options
Student Outcomes
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Classroom
Integrate the Career Launch curriculum into the Core. The highest form of equity for college and career readiness is to embed career education curriculum into the Core.
Integrate the Career Launch curriculum into the Core. The highest form of equity for college and career readiness is to embed career education curriculum into the Core.
Utilize the Workbook and/or Micro-learning to:
Increase Career Readiness
Accelerate Career Exploration
Enhance Professional Communication Skills
Enrichment
Use Career Launch to amplify existing services for:
Student Success & CTE Programs
Equity and Inclusion Initiatives
Work-based Learning, Professional Development, Career Readiness, and Internship Programs
Certifications
The Career Launch certification programs have been specifically designed for:
Faculty
Counselors
Student Success Professionals
From the Community
Students often say to teachers "Why do I need to learn this? or How is this going to help me in my career?" Career Launch's cutting-edge curriculum provides relevant and practical professional development skills. I love how the curriculum is scaffolded and provided in multiple modes of delivery to accommodate all types of learners.
It's exciting to see Career Launch's enrichment programs supporting our students at LVUSD and helping so many students across the State. And it's even more exciting---to achieve greater equity---to see CTE teachers putting the curriculum into their courses.....and for English teachers to be embedding it into the Core!
Dr. Kelly Bowers, Superintendent
Livermore Joint Unified School District
"The Career Launch programming helped my students understand the importance of taking action. My students benefitted from reaching out to professionals in leadership and managerial positions, which helped them gain valuable insights of how the professional world works.
Overall, students gained so much confidence knowing that can control outcomes to support their futures!"
Eric Tenorio, Teacher & Summer Internship Coordinator Anaheim Union High School District
"The Career Launch curriculum goes beyond just informing students about various careers as it teaches students concrete skills on how to navigate the search for a career while enhancing their social capital.
My students practiced real-world professional communication skills and rose to meet that challenge. It is truly a great experience for them."
Charlene Leang, English Teacher, Department Chair, Title 1 Coordinator
Western High School
“It's really fun and rewarding to see students' self-confidence increase as a result of having the opportunity to learn and implement the teachings in the Career Launch curriculum.
We were an early adopter of Career Launch and it's a joy to see how impact and partnerships are scaling across the country. ”
Tim Sbranti, Teacher & Athletic Director Dublin High School
“The Career Launch high school program is a great way for high school students to explore potential careers while developing their professional network. The communication skills that students learn and practice during this authentic experience are critical to college, career, and life success.
Students who complete the program are well-prepared to continue having career conversations to find their voice and purpose while building connections to assist them in their career journey.”
Students often say to teachers "Why do I need to learn this? or How is this going to help me in my career?" Career Launch's cutting-edge curriculum provides relevant and practical professional development skills. I love how the curriculum is scaffolded and provided in multiple modes of delivery to accommodate all types of learners.
It's exciting to see Career Launch's enrichment programs supporting our students at LVUSD and helping so many students across the State. And it's even more exciting---to achieve greater equity---to see CTE teachers putting the curriculum into their courses.....and for English teachers to be embedding it into the Core!
Eric Tenorio, Teacher & Summer Internship Coordinator Anaheim Union High School District
"The Career Launch programming helped my students understand the importance of taking action. My students benefitted from reaching out to professionals in leadership and managerial positions, which helped them gain valuable insights of how the professional world works.
Overall, students gained so much confidence knowing that can control outcomes to support their futures!"
Charlene Leang, English Teacher, Department Chair, Title 1 Coordinator
Western High School
"The Career Launch curriculum goes beyond just informing students about various careers as it teaches students concrete skills on how to navigate the search for a career while enhancing their social capital.
My students practiced real-world professional communication skills and rose to meet that challenge. It is truly a great experience for them."
Tim Sbranti, Teacher & Athletic Director Dublin High School
“It's really fun and rewarding to see students' self-confidence increase as a result of having the opportunity to learn and implement the teachings in the Career Launch curriculum.
We were an early adopter of Career Launch and it's a joy to see how impact and partnerships are scaling across the country. ”
Scott Reindl
Coordinator, 21st Century Career Readiness
Anaheim Union High School District
“The Career Launch high school program is a great way for high school students to explore potential careers while developing their professional network. The communication skills that students learn and practice during this authentic experience are critical to college, career, and life success.
Students who complete the program are well-prepared to continue having career conversations to find their voice and purpose while building connections to assist them in their career journey.”
Listen to What Students Have to Say
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Research
You can read about our findings in the NACE Journal (August, 2020)
In early 2020, Career Launch Founder Sean O'Keefe partnered with Barry Posner, a fellow professor, researcher and best-selling author of The Leadership Challenge and TheStudent Leadership Challenge, for a nationwide research study.
This study examined college students’ use of informational interviews and cold networking to cultivate career readiness and earn internships and jobs.
In early 2020, Career Launch Founder Sean O'Keefe partnered with Barry Posner, a fellow professor, researcher and best-selling author of The Leadership Challenge and TheStudent Leadership Challenge, for a nationwide research study.
This study examined college students’ use of informational interviews and cold networking to cultivate career readiness and earn internships and jobs.
Anaheim Union School District Summer Internship Program
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"I love this program so much! It allowed me to learn and experience new things at my own pace. I feel like I’ll be able to succeed a lot more in finding my career path.
For example, yesterday my friend mentioned she doesn't know how to get internships or reach to companies for questions. I realized that I knew exactly what to do and how to do it. It made me feel like I gained a large amount of information that will constantly be useful."
Dallas M.
Sophomore @ Savannah High School
Alameda County Office of Education Summer Enrichment Program
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"Thank you for the wonderful learning opportunity for the past month. The workbook and videos were filled with plentiful knowledge that I was able to gain and reference during this past month and will continue to use and reference for the future as I will continue to explore career options throughout high school and on.
I would like to thank all of you for the extremely supportive zoom calls. Every time I left a zoom call, I felt more motivated and more excited to do more. Thank you for all the advice, tips, and encouragement that you offered and supplied.
Again, thank you for the opportunity and the knowledge."
Diane Jin
High School Student
Anaheim Union High School District English Common Core 2021-2022
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"I think that my favorite part about Career Launch was that it gave me an excuse to talk about something that actually matters for me and my future."
English High School Student
Livermore USD, Dublin USD, Pleasanton USD
(Innovation Tri-Valley Enrichment)
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"I'm grateful Livermore Unified provided me this opportunity. This program is the best extracurricular I have taken part in.
The workbook is easy to understand, the micro-lessons are brief and effective, and the weekly coaching lessons provide all the clarification and extra guidance needed."
Sean O'Keefe is the Founder and Chief Impact Officer of Launch Your Career. He is an Award-winning Professor and Career Coach.
What began as a personal strategy to land a job with the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland A’s, evolved over the years during his time as a Jesuit university professor into the official Career Launch Method. This method teaches students the power of cold networking for career success.
Many students have expressed immense gratitude for the career readiness accountability and empowerment that led to life-enhancing internships and jobs. Since 2018, we’ve paid it forward by providing coaching to thousands of students, of all ages, backgrounds, and programs of study. Our students have landed with companies and organizations across the globe in countless industries.
Schedule an exploratory call to learn more about partnering with Career Launch
Sean O'Keefe is the Founder and Chief Impact Officer of Launch Your Career. He is an Award-winning Professor and Career Coach.
What began as a personal strategy to land a job with the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland A’s, evolved over the years during his time as a Jesuit university professor into the official Career Launch Method. This method teaches students the power of cold networking for career success.
Many students have expressed immense gratitude for the career readiness accountability and empowerment that led to life-enhancing internships and jobs. Since 2018, we’ve paid it forward by providing coaching to thousands of students, of all ages, backgrounds, and programs of study. Our students have landed with companies and organizations across the globe in countless industries.