Career navigation is rarely – if ever – a linear journey. Enhancing career navigation for workers and learners provides a valuable opportunity to actively address structural barriers contributing to occupational segregation.

Follow Nia’s Career Navigation Journey

• Nia’s journey represents workers in the childcare industry. The experiences represented align with the stories we heard, not a predetermined order or number.
• Walk through her career navigation journey map by following his experiences, which are numbered, color-coded, and listed in chronological order.
• Each phase is further illustrated through the Timeframe, Thinking, and Pain Points that were notable in each phase.
• Career navigation phases varied in order, timeframe, and number of experiences.