Treat work as a real first choice.
The playbook starts from one belief: going straight into the workforce can be an intentional, honorable first step. Advisors meet each student where they are and aim for jobs that last.
Education nonprofit
A playbook for life after high school
An education nonprofit helps high school seniors plan what comes next. Its advisors needed a shared way to guide students for whom college isn’t the first step.
- Client
- Education nonprofit
- Role
- Designed the paths, the senior-year plan and the student funnel, built the student profiles and visuals, and did the research
- What was delivered
- An advisor playbook with paths, student profiles, a month-by-month plan and resources
- Result
- Advisors use it with their seniors, with one shared approach
Prior experience: pro bono work done as part of a management consulting team, before Periscale.
The challenge
College isn’t every student’s first step.
Many seniors go straight to work, training or the military, but advising was built around college. Each advisor filled the gap their own way.
Thinking differently
An extraordinary result
One shared way to advise.
A month-by-month plan for senior year, with questions for each stage, and six student profiles that help advisors see where a student is and what will help.
Straight to work
For seniors ready to work now, with support through their first 90 days.
Skills to credentials
Turning practical skills into a recognized credential.
Training first
Short, job-focused training between graduation and work.
Explore while earning
Paid work experience for students still finding direction.
How it scaled
Every advisor, every senior.
Because the approach is shared, a new advisor guides students the same way an experienced one does.
4paths beyond college
6student profiles
7industries covered
Your next step
Is everyone on your team doing it their own way?
We can turn what your best people know into one shared playbook, with the tools your staff need in the moment.
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