Each student meets to discuss career goals with the staff member who will serve as the designated IET professional guide while the student is enrolled in the IET.

Describe the industry, the structure, details, and time commitment for the IET, and the specific job where students will work once they have completed the IET.

Assess and evaluate the student’s readiness to complete this IET and enter this career. This can include an interview process or formal assessments such as the TABE, ACT WorkKeys, or O*NET tools. 

This required IET component requires educating students in a combination of essential skills for today’s workforce, tailored toward the specific IET industry. The adult education or the content-area co-instructor may provide this instruction. 

This required IET component is essential in providing students with a highly job-specific set of skills meant to improve their employability and efficacy within the specific IET industry. This instruction is generally provided by the content-area co-instructor. 

This wrap-around support includes addressing any current life challenge which reduces a student’s success in employment, such as mental health, food and housing insecurity, etc. 

Empower students to navigate related systems and services, such as public assistance applications, job applications, higher education enrollment, and financial aid. This often involves digital literacy. 

Develop relationships with industry partners such as college administration and program instructors, workforce trainers, employers, internships, and apprenticeships, to advocate for hiring your participants. 

Teach your candidates how to approach employers and refer them to industry events such as job fairs where they may meet and introduce themselves to hiring employers in their IET field. 

Help candidates develop a hiring packet, including essentials such as a cover letter and resume, along with providing instruction in professional cell phone use, email set up and use, etiquette, personal appearance, interviewing, etc. 

This powerful tool helps students take control of their professional journey. IET students may plan out their steps, set clear goals, and follow a path that leads to personal growth and success. 

This support service helps the student learn exactly where and how to apply for IET-industry specific positions, along with how to follow up and see the application through. 

This is the singular goal and high point of Career Navigation, in which the candidate is supported in obtaining a job within their IET industry. Capturing employment outcomes is a key component of IET success. This requires follow up. 

Once hired, candidates will need support navigating their new position, overcoming personal and professional challenges, managing conflict, and more, in order to be successful within their role. 

In order to make a family-sustaining wage, candidates will generally need to move up within their IET field. Candidates need to be equipped mentally and professionally to continue to set goals and move forward in their careers. This requires ongoing support.