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How Golden Path Helps Build Your Workforce – Let’s Get Tactical (Part 1): Career Profiles and WBLs
About the series: We often talk about how Golden Path Solutions and our online platform Compass help drive your future workforce, but how does that really work? How do Compass, our relationship with schools and students, and your employer membership tactically help...
Golden Path Featured in Upcoming Parent Webinar with College Smart
Golden Path Solutions Founder and CEO Patrick Mineer will be a featured guest in an upcoming one-hour webinar for parents and their high schoolers. “Tools to Pay for College: The FAFSA, Sponsorships, and More” will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, or 4 p.m....
Golden Path Solutions Newsletter – October 2025
We’re excited to connect with you through our October 2025 newsletter. We’re in full swing with the 2025-2026 school year underway, and we have numerous events, connections, partnerships, and activities to share and keep you informed of. We’re so grateful that you’re...
New CTE Centers Open Doors to Student-Employer Connections
The recent opening of two large career and technical education (CTE) centers in eastern North Dakota is expanding opportunities for high school students to experience more hands-on and career-specific classes, connect with regional employers, explore future career...
Welding WBL Leads to Career, Inspires Future Students
Colton Brown, a 2023 Kindred (ND) High School graduate, has always loved welding. From helping his dad with hobby welding on race cars to working as a picker in a welding shop and taking a high school class, he carried an excitement and drive to learn more and become...
What Makes Compass Unique and Easy to Use
As a busy employer, your time and energy are valuable. That’s why, when it comes to your future workforce development, we ensure that our application Compass complements your existing workforce development strategy. Compass shares your company and careers with a...
Golden Path Solutions Newsletter – September 2025
Welcome back to school to all of our educators and students! It’s always an exciting time of year as we see familiar faces at upcoming events, witness renewed student activity in Compass (more than 500 students have already updated their Compass profiles!), and notice...
Leverage State and Local Programs to Support Your Student Connections
Connecting with students and growing your future workforce doesn’t always mean carrying the full cost yourself. From internships and work-based learning to tuition reimbursement, there are a variety of state and local programs that support your student connections,...
Fall RUReadyND and Compass Workshops Offered for School Professionals
North Dakota school professionals are invited to attend RUReadyND and Compass in-person training workshops this fall. These beginner-level training sessions provide the essential knowledge and tools to begin using these online platforms with students. Offered in...
Golden Path Solutions Newsletter – August 2025
Greetings from the Golden Path Solutions team! Keep reading for more information about our new partnerships and members of our Golden Path community, a new online Compass class for educators, a call for high-demand industry internships for college students, exciting...
Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce Partners with Golden Path
Golden Path Solutions is proud to announce its new partnership with the Detroit Lakes (MN) Regional Chamber of Commerce to help drive future workforce for its member businesses while also providing opportunities for area high school students. With 450 members, the...
ND Educators Earn Credit with New Compass Online Class
North Dakota educators can now earn continuing education credit while learning how to use Compass to manage the Four-Year Rolling Plan for students. “Managing the Four-Year Rolling Plan in Compass” is a new course offered through ND Educational Hub. Led by Golden Path...
Choosing the Employer Membership That’s Right For You
Membership renewals for many of our employers are right around the corner and we want to be sure you’re finding the membership that’s best for you! Thanks to four unique paid employer membership levels, you can find a combination of services and features that meet...
Concordia College Joins Compass to Highlight Programs to High School Students
PRESS RELEASEJuly 23, 2025 (Fargo, ND) – Golden Path Solutions in Fargo, ND, welcomes Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, as the first private four-year college to use the online platform Compass to highlight its programs to high school students. Concordia joins a...
Reach College Students with Compass – Here’s How
At Golden Path Solutions, we’re all about helping students plan their futures – and now, we’re expanding that mission to include college students too! Thanks to partnerships with regional colleges, Compass now connects employers like you with both high...
Two High School Grads Sign on to Nursing Apprenticeship with Full Tuition Coverage
Two recent Grand Forks, ND, high school graduates are headed directly into a nursing apprenticeship program this fall and will be licensed practical nurses (LPNs) by the following spring. Thanks to college credit coursework while still in high school, mentorship from...
Golden Path Solutions Newsletter – July 2025
In this month’s newsletter, we’re welcoming a few new partners to the Golden Path community (including our first school district in South Carolina!), highlighting new Compass features that improve everyone’s ability to make connections, recommending several actions...
Make the Most of Your Golden Path Membership
One of the biggest reasons you, as an employer, are working with Golden Path Solutions is that you want to help students and schools understand what you do and how to connect with you. The following best practices will help you leverage your free employer membership...
Golden Path Solutions Newsletter – June 2025
Hello from Golden Path! We hope that you are getting ready for some rest and relaxation as we head into summer, whether it be a break from the school schedule or a personal vacation. Summer is a great time for us at Golden Path to reflect on everything we’ve learned...
Announcing New Partnership with Bismarck State College
Golden Path Solutions is excited to announce a new partnership with Bismarck (ND) State College (BSC). Starting this fall, BSC students will have access to employers, work-based learning (WBL) experiences, and career opportunities through Compass. BSC is one of the...
Work-Based Learning Refresher for Employers
It’s time for a work-based learning refresher to highlight how WBL is growing in our region, how employers like you can get involved, and how Compass can support you throughout the process. Lately, we’ve seen an incredible amount of work-based learning (WBL) offered...
Work-Based Learning Webinar Recordings Available
Don’t worry if you missed the recent work-based learning (WBL) webinar series. Recordings of all three sessions are now available on YouTube! “Workforce Webinars: Find Your Future Employees with Work-Based Learning” featured three one-hour sessions packed with...
Golden Path Solutions Newsletter – May 2025
Happy May! This is always an exciting and hectic time for our school partners and students as they wrap up the school year and make plans for the summer. At Golden Path, we’re busy welcoming new employers to the community, making exciting updates to Compass, and...
Lynnes Welding Training Joins Compass
High school students in Compass can now connect with a new postsecondary education option and it only takes 16 weeks before they are career-ready. Lynnes Welding Training (LWT) in Fargo, ND, recently joined Compass and the Golden Path Solutions community, highlighting...
Golden Path Announces Workforce Development Partnerships with North Dakota CTE Centers
PRESS RELEASEMay 1, 2025 (Fargo, ND) – Golden Path Solutions in Fargo, ND, is proud to announce new partnerships with two North Dakota CTE centers: the Bakken Area Skills Center (BASC) in Watford City, ND, and the Williston (ND) Basin Career & Technical Education...
Register for May’s Work-Based Learning Webinars for Employers
Discover how work-based learning (WBL) can be used as a workforce development strategy during three free lunch-hour webinars in May. Golden Path Solutions, the Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber of Commerce, and FARMS are partnering to provide practical guidance on how...
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...