Career Navigation Journey Maps: Young Adult Workers

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 Kimberly’s Career Navigation Journey

  • Kimberly’s journey represents young adults beginning their careers. 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.