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Career Profile Redesign Now Available
The new Career Profile design is now available in Compass! Featuring more photos, color, dynamic content, related links and resources, and an easy-to-navigate layout, the redesigned Career Profiles are more engaging to students and better highlight your company and...
Cardinal IG: Driving an interest in manufacturing careers
From classroom presentations to career fairs and company site visits, Monah Stenger is finding ways to tell high school students how exciting it is to work in the manufacturing industry. As the HR Recruiter for Cardinal Insulating Glass (IG) in Fargo, ND, she...
Golden Path Solutions Newsletter – April 2025
It’s hard to believe it’s spring already! Better weather is on its way, and so is the end of the 2024-2025 school year. Schools are prepping for their year-end events and activities, students are lining up their summer plans, and at Golden Path, we continue to look...
Tips for Engaging With Students for Workforce Development
At Golden Path Solutions, we have built a systematic way for you to connect with students for your future workforce. Here are some recommendations for making those connections based on the type of student you are reaching: Engaging different student audiences We work...
Golden Path Solutions Newsletter – March 2025
February was a busy month of events, visits, and discussions all related to workforce development and career exploration. We celebrated CTE Awareness Month with our friends at North Dakota Career and Technical Education and shared Golden Path’s mission at multiple...
New Compass Lesson Plans, Activity Map Available
We’re making Compass even easier to use in classrooms. Compass lesson plans and an activity map are now available for school professionals. These resources can be used to help integrate Compass into career exploration lessons in the classroom. The lesson plans and...
Helping Employers Achieve Workforce Goals Through Student Connections
Your company goals are unique and specialized, just like the products and services you provide. That’s why we take the time to get to know our employer customers, their specific needs, and how we can help. We can start by reviewing a few broad company goals to see...
Students Say Career Profiles Help With Exploration and Offer Ideas to Make Them Even Better
At Golden Path, we’re always gathering feedback on our products and services, including how our audiences use our information in their day-to-day lives. We recently surveyed more than 20 high school students who use Career Profiles in our online platform Compass. What...
Student Awarded Electrical Tech Sponsorship
When Carter Benson graduated from Breckenridge (MN) High School last spring, he not only finalized his college plans, he secured full-tuition coverage, a summer job, and a job for after graduation – his college graduation. Thanks to a Sponsorship from C&W Services...
Golden Path Solutions Newsletter – February 2025
Working with all of you enables us to form some pretty incredible partnerships – collaborations that benefit everyone involved, from students to employers and school professionals to community members. In this month’s newsletter, we’re highlighting several recent...
How to Offer Summer Work-Based Learning Opportunities
Even though we’re in the throes of winter, it’s not too soon to start thinking about summer. Did you know you can use Compass to connect with students for summer work-based learning opportunities, including internships and apprenticeships? Our online platform makes...
Wallwork Noting Success with In-Person Visits and Compass
After trying social media marketing campaigns and college career fairs, Tony Doll realized there had to be a better way to find talent for his company. As the diesel technician recruiter for Wallwork Truck Center in Fargo, ND, he knew some of their best technicians...
North Dakota Resources for the Four-Year Rolling Plan
Recently the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction gave guidance that our application Compass be used to capture a student’s Four-Year Rolling Plan for meeting Choice Ready requirements. In Compass, students create a profile that includes the classes they are...
Golden Path Newsletter – January 2025
Hello! We hope you had a fantastic holiday season and are ready to go for 2025! Our team members enjoyed some downtime with family and friends, but we are excited to keep things moving forward with Golden Path Solutions and the work that we do with all of you. Before...
New Employer Membership Pricing Features More Benefits
As we look to the new year, we’re making some improvements to our employer services offerings that will bring more value to your organizations, schools, and students, as well as welcome more employers into our ecosystem. New membership benefits include unlimited...
Golden Path Newsletter – December 2024
We recently returned from the ACTE CareerTech VISION 2024 conference in San Antonio, TX, with a continued drive to provide meaningful connections between employers, schools, and students. Nearly 5,000 attendees and hundreds of exhibitors attended the conference, where...
Business and Marketing Work-Based Learning Proves Invaluable
When Watford City (ND) High School student Kollin Klang started working at restaurant Twist 2.0 in 2022, he never could have predicted his summer food service job would eventually lead to a career-focused cooperative work experience. Now a senior, Klang is working as...
Golden Path Newsletter – November 2024
Happy fall from Golden Path! One of the best ways we can improve our software and services is by hearing from all of you – and that’s exactly what we did at recent trainings in North Dakota. More than 100 North Dakota school professionals attended our advanced...
It’s Time to Connect With Students, Your Future Workforce
Connecting with high school students is an essential step in building your future workforce. It’s a critical time for educating students about your company and careers to foster interest, guide postsecondary school decisions, and help students envision themselves at...
Golden Path Solutions Newsletter – October 2024
Happy October from Golden Path! As we settle into fall, it’s a good time to look over all that has already happened this school year – from welcoming new employers and students into Compass to presenting at and attending several key events. Read this month’s...