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Streamlining Success: How CareerWise is Fuelling Future Growth and Innovation with Plative

When you’re building a movement, you need a strong foundation. That’s exactly what CareerWise, a national leader in youth apprenticeship, is doing by architecting dynamic career pathways across the country to revitalize the American Dream across the country. Their mission is to collaborate with schools, communities, and employers to build national infrastructure for dynamic education-to-career pathways through youth apprenticeship, to help provide students with valuable real-world experience while helping employers develop essential talent pipelines. From IT to business operations, their work is driving meaningful change.

But with big plans for national growth, their existing Salesforce system – while functional- needed a fresh perspective and a more robust foundation to genuinely support that kind of scaling and ensure a great experience for everyone involved. Working with the world’s top companies means that the employers and participants expect a modern technology experience on par with what they bring to their customers. To address this challenge, they needed a new kind of partner who would truly listen and adapt, pushing back when needed and sharing in the future vision. It would have to be more than just what was in the contract, and their partner would need to be fully onboard.

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“We were looking for someone who could be dynamic with us as we move our system into the next stage.”

– Alex Peek, VP of Product, CareerWise

Crafting the Solution

What CareerWise found in Plative was a balanced approach: agile enough for personalized attention and flexible support, yet comprehensive enough to offer diverse expertise.

The team brought a fresh pair of eyes to CareerWise’s system, offering valuable insights into data architecture and security, which are vital for expansion. The team worked with CareerWise on a broad initiative, including a thorough Salesforce architecture review and a significant user experience (UX) and user interface (UI) overhaul. This really helped CareerWise see their systems in a new light. Plative acted as a teacher and translator, making complex concepts clear and understandable.

“The Plative team listened and were able to provide us with a comprehensive project model that showcased everything that we needed.”

– Alex Peek, VP of Product, CareerWise

The Impact: Laying a Robust Foundation for National Expansion

  • Immediate Boost in Confidence and Scalability: CareerWise’s national growth demands scalable, secure systems that ensure stakeholder confidence and seamless cross-state expansion—particularly when it comes to mission-critical elements like data security, sharing, visibility, and compliance. Plative’s review of CareerWise’s system architecture and user experience sparked a wave of internal excitement. It’s given CareerWise the confidence they need to truly expand across the country. With updated and secure data sharing processes in place, they can safely bring on more participants and enter new states, directly supporting their ambitious growth plans.
  • Unlocking New Program Opportunities with a Pre-Apprenticeship Data Model: A significant step forward arrived with the new pre-apprenticeship data model. This opens the door for CareerWise to launch a completely new program within their system. This means they’ll soon be able to track the entire work-based learning program, from start to finish. Full lifecycle tracking will provide invaluable data for their research and development teams, helping them tell a more complete story of each participant’s journey while also broadening the types of programs CareerWise can offer.
  • Significant Efficiency Gains for School Districts: Upcoming features are also creating excitement, especially the ability for school districts to easily upload student information in bulk. This will significantly reduce their workload compared to entering one student at a time, making their jobs much easier.
  • Setting the Stage for Quantifiable Future Success: While still in the early stages of implementation, CareerWise has a clear vision for measuring future success. They plan to track increased user engagement, monitor compliance for key data points, and streamline reporting for federal grants. These metrics will undoubtedly showcase the lasting value of their partnership with Plative.

“I would recommend Plative to other organizations that are looking for someone who can join the team and be dynamic while providing a robust perspective”

– Alex Peek, VP of Product

Looking Ahead

CareerWise is driven to expand youth apprenticeships to all 50 states by 2030, working to make it a broader movement across the country. They strongly believe their technology and the tools they’ve built, especially with Plative’s support, can help others establish apprenticeships faster. These tools also keep all stakeholders connected in one place, which is a huge benefit.

Looking ahead, CareerWise is even exploring how to use AI to remove obstacles and solve challenges within youth apprenticeship programs – particularly in providing real-time support for employers. Their successful partnership with Plative has truly opened new doors, setting a strong precedent for continued innovation as they work tirelessly to make youth apprenticeship a widespread reality.

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