Career Launch

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4-Year Schools - Serving students at the following schools
4-Year Schools - Serving students at the following schools

We help our partner schools accelerate students' career readiness, career exploration, and enhance students' professional communication skills.

4-Year Schools - Serving students at the following schools

Flexible Implementation Options

Time for Instruction:

 4 hours | 10 hours | 15 hours

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.

Utilize the Workbook and/or Micro-learning to: 
  • ​Increase Career Readiness
  • ​Accelerate Career Exploration
  • ​Enhance Professional Communication Skills

Enrichment

Use Career Launch to intentionally serve:
  • Student Success & CTE Programs
  • ​Equity and Inclusion Initiatives 
  • ​​Work-based Learning, Professional Development,  Career Readiness, and Internship Programs
  • ​And Others

Certifications

The Career Launch certification programs have been specifically designed for:
  • Career Coaches
  • ​Faculty
  •  Student Success Professionals

Classroom

Integrate the Career Launch curriculum into the Core, CTE, AVID, and other classes.  
The highest form of equity for college and career readiness is to embed this curriculum into the Core.
  • ​Increase Career Readiness
  • ​Accelerate Career Exploration
  • ​Enhance Professional Communication Skills

Certifications

The Career Launch certification programs have been specifically designed for: 
  • ​Teachers
  • ​Counselors
  • Administrators

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

Student Outcomes

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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, Former Superintendent
Livermore Joint Unified 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.” 

Scott Reindl 
Coordinator, 21st Century Career Readiness
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 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

From the Community

Dr. Kelly Bowers, Superintendent
Livermore Joint Unified School District

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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Partner Case Studies

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 and have assignments about about something that actually matters for me and my future."
10th Grade English, Language, Arts Student

Livermore High School, Career Technical Education 2023-2024

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"My favorite part of the Career Launch program was I enjoyed getting to discover new careers and have an opportunity to learn about a professional's career path. I got a lot of good advice, and even got a referral to talk to some mechanical engineers that the professional I met with knew."
Gabrielle L. @ Livermore 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

AIME 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

Schedule an exploratory call to learn more about partnering with Career Launch

Schedule an exploratory call to learn more about partnering with Career Launch

Our Story

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

Our Story

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.