MEFA Pathway’s Investigate Your Future section within the Discover Careers tab includes four features that share information about the current job market and career paths to help you explore different careers. You can learn about top trending skills and occupations, projected growth of certain careers, the areas of the country that have the highest concentration of certain occupations, and the paths that lead to various careers. Filter your careers of interest based on this current labor market information to refine the next steps for your future.
Now Trending
Now Trending highlights current careers and in demand skills, based upon U.S. location and career category. You can generate a list of top careers, soft skills, technology skills, and companies hiring that fit those criteria. From here, use the icons next to the career name to favorite a career to add it to My Careers and search for jobs within that career on LinkedIn, or learn the different paths you might follow to reach that career.
Looking Ahead
Looking Ahead allows you to explore current and forecasted in demand career opportunities with the option to select a location and career category of choice. Percentages show how much a career is expected to grow, and clicking on a career will pop up a box with career details such as education level and median wages.
Popular Places
In Popular Places, you can select a career category and/or a specific occupation and then learn the areas of the United States where those careers/occupations are in the highest demand.
Career Path
Career Path highlights steps you might follow to reach a desired career. You can select a “Starter Career,” which appears in the middle of the landscape. Jobs that might lead to that starter career (called stepping stones) appear below; similar jobs that pay in the same range appear to the side; and related but more-advanced (and higher-paying) careers appear above. The visual shows you how you can start with a particular career and potentially move and advance.
Comparing your career interests with current trends, growth, availability, and more can help you design your plan for a successful career. Learn more about the great features MEFA Pathway offers with our MEFA Pathway videos. Empower your dreams to become your reality!
