Find your direction

Know what you bring
Make your move

CareerReady Connect by Your Big Year® helps students understand their strengths, explore opportunities, build professional confidence and take real steps towards their future.

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What is CareerReady Connect?

CareerReady Connect is a structured, interactive career-readiness program that helps you move from figuring out what you want to do to taking real steps toward it.

Through bite-sized mobile learning, practical activities, and live group coaching, you’ll explore your strengths and interests, build professional skills, learn how to connect with people and opportunities, and create a clear action plan for what comes next.

The program guides you step by step, so you don’t need to already know your career path or have everything figured out.

A rectangular banner with a dark blue house icon to the left and bold black text that says 'REAL-WORLD ACTION'. Below that, smaller black text reads 'Apply what you learn to real opportunities and create your action plan.'
A digital advertisement for live coaching sessions, featuring a blue icon with three white silhouettes of people, and text promoting supportive virtual sessions for feedback, questions, and community engagement.
Mobile learning icon with a smartphone graphic, accompanied by the text 'MOBILE LEARNING' and a description about learning on your own time with engaging activities.

What You’ll Gain

A motivational message card with a navy blue user icon at the top, stating "KNOW WHAT YOU BRING" in bold, followed by the text "Understand your unique strengths, interests, values and the skills you already have."
A graphic with a compass icon and text saying, 'Know where you're going. Explore careers, internships, jobs, and opportunities that fit you.'
A digital card with a speech bubble icon and text that says, "Know How to Show Up," encouraging building confidence in networking, communication, and interviews.
Icon of two speech bubbles, with text that reads 'Know What to Do Next' and 'Turn your ideas into a practical action plan you can actually follow.'
Left side shows a navy blue circle with white number one, and text reading "LEARN ON YOUR OWN" and "Short interactive activities you can complete at your own pace." Right side displays a mobile app screen with progress tracking, course information, and navigation icons at the bottom.

How It Works

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A promotional graphic for a support community featuring a large number 3, a group video call with four diverse people smiling and giving thumbs up, and text encouraging live coaching, reflection, questions, and community building.

What You’ll Actually Learn To Do

A digital graphic with two checkmarks and motivational messages: 'Figure out your strengths and direction' and 'Network without it feeling awkward'.
Checklist with two items: 1. Talk about yourself with confidence, 2. Reach out to professionals, both marked with checkmarks.
A digital graphic with two bullet points, each with a white checkmark inside a navy circle. The first bullet point reads 'Build your resume and professional presence,' and the second reads 'Explore internships, jobs and opportunities'.
A graphic with two bullet points and check marks. The first says, "Communicate professionally in meetings and interviews". The second says, "Turn goals into a realistic action plan".
Testimonial quote with a photo of Lisa from Netherlands in a teal and dark blue background. The quote discusses a program that helped her organize her thoughts and supports personal growth for young individuals seeking guidance.
Quote by Yossef from Belgium about learning to effectively communicate with professionals and leveraging connections for personal and professional growth, with his photo in a circular frame at the bottom left.
A quote by Ronny from Namibia about confidence and speaking in a supportive workshop setting, with his photo and name below the quote.
A quote about CareerReady Connect from Özge Turkey, emphasizing clarity, confidence, and support for continuing their journey and supporting others, along with a photo of Özge Turkey in a circular frame.
Quote about the transformative impact of a program, attributed to Inkar from Kazakhstan, with a photo of a young woman with long hair and makeup.

Ready To Start?

Whether you already have access through your school or you’re applying independently, CareerReady Connect is designed to help you take your next step.

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