Career Labs
Skills Today. Success Tomorrow.
Career Labs is a flexible, modular essential skills curriculum that builds on Year Up United’s proven job training model and more than 25 years of strong outcomes for young adults.
About Career Labs
Career Labs is a comprehensive package that includes facilitator training, step-by-step guides for in-person and virtual instruction, workbook and scenario-based materials for learners, and online content to complement each lesson.
This solution enables educational institutions, community-based organizations (CBOs), and employers to effectively prepare their learners for the workforce and position them for meaningful career opportunities.
Outcomes & Impact
160+
Facilitators trained annually to teach the Career Labs curriculum
96%
Satisfaction rate amongst Train the Facilitator participants
60+
High schools leveraging Career Labs
5,600+
Learners impacted annually through Career Labs
An Enriching Experience For Learners
Essential Skills Training
Learners strengthen career skills highly sought by today’s employers, including business communications, collaboration, problem solving, and time management.
Content For All Learning Styles
The Career Labs curriculum includes a combination of synchronous and asynchronous content, delivered virtually or in-person, and is accompanied by 24/7 access to a Learning Management System powered by Brightspace.
Community Engagement
Through a supportive community, learners build a social network and engage in dynamic, interactive group activities that prepare them for today’s modern workplace.
A Configurable Solution for Partners
Flexible, Stackable Curriculum
Career Labs was designed to complement an organization’s existing initiatives and programming by layering on career readiness skills training.
Configurable Programs
Career Labs’ flexible curriculum and fully interchangeable lessons enable organizations to create programs that meet learners where they are in their journey.
Impactful Facilitation
Year Up United can either deliver Career Labs directly to an organization’s learners or enable an organization’s staff to deliver the curriculum to its learners through an engaging Train the Facilitator (TTF) program. See more details on each approach below.
How It Works
Whether you want Year Up United to train your staff to deliver the Career Labs curriculum to learners within your organization or want Year Up United to deliver the curriculum directly to your learners, we’ve got you covered.
We Train Your Staff
Year Up United empowers staff to deliver the Career Labs curriculum through the Train the Facilitator program, gaining proven skills and tools to effectively teach their learners.
We Train Your Learners
Year Up United delivers the Career Labs curriculum, helping learners build leadership, communication, and career skills while gaining confidence and a growth mindset for success.
