Show students the careers your graduates built
Students make better plans when they can picture the path. An alumni career pathways collection shows where your graduates went after school, the training they chose and the work they do now.
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Why it matters
Career talks reach one class, then disappear
Counselors invite a graduate to speak, students listen for an hour and the visit is gone. Career brochures rarely mention anyone students know. The graduates who would make the best examples are hard to stay in touch with.
Ideas for Alumni Career Pathways
Career clusters
Group alumni by field, such as health care, skilled trades, education, military service, technology and the arts.
The route, step by step
Show the program, apprenticeship, college or enlistment that led each graduate into the work.
Classes that mattered
Ask graduates which course, teacher or club pointed them toward their career.
Recent graduates
Feature alumni only a few years out so students see paths that feel reachable.
Willing to talk
Note which graduates agreed to answer student questions through the counseling office.
Career and technical programs
Highlight graduates of your CTE pathways alongside college-bound alumni.
How it works with History Showcase
Alumni Career Pathways, step by step.
Three steps
Survey your graduates
Send alumni a short form about their path and their permission to share it. Bring the responses to Rocket to plan the collection.
Build profiles by field
Staff add each graduate in Rocket’s editor and group them so students can browse one career area at a time.
Use it in class and at home
Counselors open the collection on a compatible screen or touchscreen, and families can explore it on the web.
Setups vary by school; your demo confirms what yours will use.
Best practices
Tips to get it right.
Alumni Career Pathways tips
Partner with counseling
Counselors know which careers students ask about. Let that shape who you feature first.
Keep profiles honest
Include detours and second careers. They are often the most useful part.
Refresh every few years
Check in with featured graduates so job titles stay current.
Protect contact details
Route student questions through staff rather than publishing personal email addresses.
Keep exploring
More History Showcase use cases
Questions
Alumni Career Pathways questions
It is a collection of graduate profiles organized by career field, showing the route each person took after school. Students use it to explore jobs and training options through people from their own community.
History Showcase holds each graduate’s story in an interactive profile, grouped however your counselors find useful. Students can explore it on a compatible touchscreen and on the web, and staff edit it in Rocket’s editor.
A dozen well-chosen profiles across several fields is enough to launch. Add more as graduates respond to your survey.
Pricing comes after a demo and reflects what you choose. Tell us about your counseling and career programs so the plan fits how students will use it.
Your next step
Plan your History Showcase.
We'll walk through a real hall of fame and sketch the first collection your community could explore.
