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Career Launch

— A Social Enterprise —

4-Year Schools - Serving students at the following schools

Some our of Partners include...

4-Year Schools - Serving students at the following schools

To help our partners measure students’ career readiness 
at scale and supporting them to more efficiently assist 
their students’ in creating relationships with employers 
of interest (strategic social capital) through our 
staff/faculty trainings, curriculum, and resources, especially for students with few to no employment connections

4-Year Schools - Serving students at the following schools

DRIVE BETTER OUTCOMES BY 

CAPTURING CAREER READINESS DATA

UPON ENTRY AND EXIT

Our formative assessment evaluates students holistic Career Readiness

distilled from:

  • Career Leadership Collective Career Mobility Best Practices
  • The Student Experiences During College that Drive Career Mobility

  • ​NACE Career Readiness Competencies
  • The Skills Valued Most by Employers

Drive Better Outcomes by Capturing Career Readiness Data Upon Entry and Exit 

This formative assessment evaluates student's holistic 
Career Readiness, distilled from:

  • Career Leadership Collective Career Mobility Best Practices
  • The Student Experiences During College that Drive Career Mobility

  • ​NACE Career Readiness Competencies
  • The Skills Valued Most by Employers

30+ Ways to Implement

 In the Classroom or with Student Communities

The Career Launch Experience

An immersive experience proven to greatly increase career readiness and social capital with employers---for ALL students

An immersive experience proven to greatly increase career readiness and social capital with employers

- for ALL students -

30+ Ways to Implement

 In the Classroom or with Student Communities

Equity Problems We're Addressing

"About 1 in 5 first-generation students reported networking with professionals in their fields of interest compared to nearly a third of continuing-generation students."

- Strada Education Foundation

20% of jobs are advertised online. 80% are filled each year without being advertised.

Classroom

Leverage the Assessment, Workbook, and/or Micro-learning in your Career and Professional Development courses to amplify current efforts related to:
  • Increasing Career Readiness
  • ​Increasing Social Capital
  • ​Accessing the Hidden Job Market

 Student Communities

Use Career Launch to intentionally serve students who historically under-utilize Career Services.
  • First Generation and Student Success Programs
  • ​Transfer Students
  • ​Equity and Inclusion Initiatives 
  • ​Veterans and Undocumented Programs
  • ​And many others

Certifications

The Career Launch certification programs have been specifically designed for:
  • Career Counselors and Coaches
  • ​Student Success Professionals
  • ​Faculty
  •  Career Champions on your campus

Classroom

Leverage the Assessment, Workbook, and/or Micro-learning in your courses to amplify current efforts related to:
  •  Increasing Social Capital with Employers
  •  Accelerating Career Exploration & Career Readiness
  • ​Accessing the Hidden Job Market

 Student Communities

Amplify existing services to intentionally serve students who historically under-utilize career and internship resources:
  • First Generation and Student Success Programs
  • ​Transfer Students, ​Veterans and Undocumented Programs
  • ​Equity and Inclusion Initiatives, and many more

Certifications

The Career Launch certification trainings have been specifically designed for:
  • Career Counselors, Coaches, and Student Success Staff
  • ​Faculty
  • ​Career Champions on your campus

"Give a student a fish, feed them for a day.
Teach a student how to fish, feed them for a lifetime."

From Our Community

Kat Hait's Success Story

"The Career Launch programming is a huge success on our campus. Many were surprised and encouraged by the amount of meaningful career conversations they landed. Students really appreciated the practical and motivating content, as well as the fact that the micro-learning is delivered via text message. 

This partnership is a big win for our students! My goal is to have every student learn and implement the Career Launch Method early in their college experience. "  

Veronica Zhu
Director, Center for Career & Calling
Seattle Pacific University

Kat Hait's Success Story

“At Spelman, we are partnering with Career Launch and they have proven to be a very effective partner for our institution to help us gather needed data on the career readiness of our students. This data will inform our planning efforts going forward. 

Additionally, being able to administer the assessment in a pre- and post- fashion allows us to see gains and growth in students." 

Harold Bell
Director, Office of Career Planning and Development
Spelman College

Erin Kimura-Walsh's Success Story

“Through Career Launch, the first-generation college students we serve have been empowered with the knowledge, strategies and confidence to explore careers, discern possible vocations, and obtain internship and job opportunities as steps towards meaningful and fulfilling careers. 

It’s the best investment we’ve made to drive career readiness, employment outcomes, and career mobility.”

Erin Kimura-Walsh,
Director, First-Gen 
(LEAD) Scholars Program
Santa Clara University

Kat Hait's Success Story

“Career Launch understands the needs of today’s diverse student body—their feelings, doubts, and eagerness. 

Students start (and finish) with the Career Readiness Assessment so they have an understand of where they are, and then they learn The Career Launch Method, which pragmatically teaches students how to intentionally build a network of professionals from scratch. The method is accessible, easy to follow, easy to digest and it's filled with practical exercises and inspiration to take action right away." 

Stephanie Reyes
Sr. Associate Director, Career Center 
California State University, Fullerton

From Our Community

Lori Brown Success Story

"The assessment, data analytics, and programming are a huge success on our campus.  Many students were surprised and encouraged by the amount of meaningful career conversations they landed.  Students really appreciated learning about their career readiness and the practical and motivating content, as well as the fact that the micro-learning is delivered via text message. 

This partnership is a big win for our students! My goal is to have every student take the Career Readiness Assessment and then the immersive experience early in their college experience. " 

Veronica Zhu
Director, Center for Career and Calling
Seattle Pacific University

Kat Hait's Success Story

“At Spelman, we are partnering with Career Launch and they have proven to be a very effective partner for our institution to help us gather needed data on the career readiness of our students. This data will inform our planning efforts going forward. 

Additionally, being able to administer the assessment in a pre- and post- fashion allows us to see gains and growth in students." 

Harold Bell
Director, Office of Career Planning and Development
Spelman College

Erin Kimura-Walsh's Success Story

“Through Career Launch, the first-generation college students we serve have been empowered with the knowledge, strategies and confidence to explore careers, discern possible vocations, and obtain internship and job opportunities as steps towards meaningful and fulfilling careers. 

It’s the best investment we’ve made to drive career readiness, employment outcomes, and career mobility.”

Erin Kimura-Walsh
Director, First-Gen (LEAD) Scholars Program
Santa Clara University

Stephanie Reyes Success Story

“Career Launch understands the needs of today’s diverse student body—their feelings, doubts, and eagerness. 

Students start with the Career Readiness Assessment so they have an understand of where they are and then they learn The Career Launch Method, which pragmatically teaches students how to intentionally build a network of professionals from scratch. The method is accessible, easy to follow, easy to digest and it's filled with practical exercises and inspiration to take action right away." 

Stephanie Reyes
Sr. Associate Director, Career Center
California State University, Fullerton

Tori Bussey-Neal sharing her experience with Career Launch

Tori Bussey-Neal, M.Ed.
Student Success Coach @ UC San Diego

"Career Launch has destigmatized the concept of intentional, proactive networking and has helped my students feel much more confident in their abilities to conduct a holistic internship and job search.

 Students mention they value being held accountable through the program's daily text messages, which pushes them to step out of their comfort zones."

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Listen to What Students From Our Partner Colleges Have to Say

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We Help you Scale your Impact with Students...

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Who Are

  • in ANY Major or field of study!

Who Are

  • Introverts
  • ​Dealing with Impostor Syndrome
  • ​Not engaging with current services
  •  Struggling with Mental Health
  •  any Major or Field of Study ! 

The Career Launch Experience and Curriculum is agnostic and confidence boosting

    The Career Launch Experience and Curriculum is Agnostic
  • ​Not engaging with current services
  • ​Introverts
  •  Struggling with Mental Health

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.