The DeBruce Foundation Offers Free Career Resources for Every 2024 Graduate
09 Mayo 2024 - 12:30PM
It’s graduation season, and The DeBruce Foundation, a national
nonprofit foundation, has a gift for members of the Class of 2024 –
free career resources to help them navigate their next steps.
The Graduation Toolkit is a collection of online career
tools to equip and empower high school and college graduates, and
it’s available for free. In its 5th year of sharing this graduation
gift, The Foundation has updated the Graduation Toolkit to include
more career resources than ever before. Grads can use these online
tools to:
- Identify their top work
skills
- Explore in-demand job
opportunities
- Understand the income they’ll
need
- Update their resume to highlight
their strengths
- Map out a plan for their
future
“Graduates have many career decisions ahead of them and so much
value to contribute to their community,” said Dr. Leigh Anne Taylor
Knight, Executive Director and COO of The DeBruce Foundation. “This
Toolkit is our gift to help them have confidence in their value,
take tangible next steps, and shine in the next phase of their
career journey.”
Amidst an ever-changing workforce, public opinion
research commissioned by The DeBruce Foundation shows that 9
in 10 young people aged 16-24 are confident they will achieve their
career goals, but less than half in the study had taken steps
toward a career, such as taking a career test or identifying job
qualifications. Young people are increasingly prioritizing salary,
benefits, and stability. This age group views college as an option,
but not the only pathway to reach their career. Notably, they
showed great interest in understanding their own strengths and
interests in relation to careers. The DeBruce Foundation’s tools
help them explore their strengths and interests, connect those to
jobs in the US economy, and plan out their steps to get there. The
sooner young people develop career literacy, the better
outcomes they have in future earnings and job stability.
Graduates from the Class of 2023 weighed in on how the
Graduation Toolkit helped them last year:
- “The Graduation Toolkit gave me
the resources I need to discover potential careers that I may not
have even known about. It helped me recognize the skills I have and
how they can positively impact my future after graduation.” -
Annalia
- “The Graduation Toolkit provides
a level of certainty that is essential when transitioning into
adulthood.” - Anyshya
- “Using the Graduation Toolkit
from The DeBruce Foundation gave me a clear idea of where my
Agilities could be leveraged as a career and helped me feel less
stress about graduation.” - Anna
- “I was worried about how to
present myself and my skills after college, but the Graduation
Toolkit helped me to utilize my strengths and promote my
capabilities in a professional manner.” - Caroline
To deliver this gift to high school and college graduates across
the nation, The DeBruce Foundation is partnering with educational
institutions and launching a public awareness campaign. They
encourage nonprofit organizations, schools, parents, and counselors
to share this resource to help the Class of 2024 achieve their
goals.
Get the Graduation Toolkit
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About The DeBruce FoundationThe DeBruce
Foundation is a national foundation whose mission is to expand
pathways to economic growth and opportunity. The Foundation is
committed to helping individuals unlock their potential and find
career pathways. By developing solutions such as the Agile Work
Profiler, we change how people pursue careers. By partnering
strategically, we increase experiences and exposure to widen career
opportunities, starting with youth and working across the lifespan.
Learn more at www.DeBruce.org.
About the Graduation ToolkitThe Graduation
Toolkit features online career literacy resources developed by The
DeBruce Foundation’s team of researchers, educators, entrepreneurs,
and business leaders, and are based on data from the Bureau of
Labor Statistics. The Agile Work Profiler©, an assessment in the
Toolkit, has already been used more than 200,000
times. Graduation Toolkit
- Graduation Toolkit
- 2023 Graduates who used the Graduation Toolkit
Chanelle Zak
The DeBruce Foundation
czak@lentsmazur.com
Jarrett Jones
Lents Mazur & Associates
jjones@lentsmazur.com