ImagineMyFuture
Career Compass is an interactive career exploration platform that helps children ages 6-18 discover emerging career paths through a 30-question assessment that generates a personalized Career Archetype. The platform provides age-appropriate resources including real salary data, education requirements, hands-on activities, and curated learning materials to guide students from elementary through high school toward informed future choices.
- Education Technology
- Software Only
Funding
Founders
Founder details are not available yet.
Product
Problem
Most children aspire to only a handful of well-known jobs, and many will ultimately work in careers that don't exist yet. Parents lack effective tools to help their kids explore the full spectrum of emerging career possibilities in an age-appropriate, engaging way.
Solution
Career Compass offers an interactive platform where children answer a 30-question activity-based assessment to reveal their Career Archetype—how they naturally think, create, and solve problems. The platform then provides personalized career exploration resources including real salary data, education and certification requirements, 10-year industry trends, hands-on activities, and curated books and tools. The Discover → Explore → Experience framework, developed by educators, guides students from initial interest through deep career investigation to practical first steps. The platform is designed to grow with the child, continuously updating content as interests evolve, and covers all grade levels from elementary through high school.
Target Audience
Primary users are parents of children ages 6-18 seeking structured career exploration tools, along with educators and youth development professionals looking for research-backed career guidance resources.
Features
- 30-question activity-based assessment that generates a personalized Career Archetype based on natural thinking, creativity, and problem-solving styles
- Career browsing by interest clusters including Build & Make Things, Creative & Design, Help People, Money & Business, Perform & Entertain, Science & Nature, Tech & Computers, and Travel & Food
- Real industry data with salary information, education and certification requirements, and 10-year growth trends for each career path
- Educator-developed Discover → Explore → Experience framework with age-appropriate content for elementary (K-5), middle school (6-8), and high school (9-12) students
- Curated learning resources including books, hands-on activity kits, and digital tools, each hand-picked by educators and connected to specific career paths
- COPPA-compliant platform with no ads, no social features, and full federal child privacy protection
- 4-question cluster quiz for users unsure where to start their exploration