People don't lack information. They lack a coherent pathway connecting identity, education, work, and purpose. PursuingPathways is that pathway — walked with you, step by step.
The gold line below is the same one on the map above — it runs through everything we do. Scroll, and watch it fill.
Your values, strengths, story, and culture — mapped through the Career Discovery Workbook, differentiated across three levels so every literacy level finishes strong.
One sentence most adults have never been able to write about themselves — and the foundation of every essay, resume, and interview answer that follows.
Not a job board. Your facilitator researches real opportunities matched to your life map — your identity, applied to real possibility.
One chosen opportunity, broken into skills to build, people to meet, and moves to make — a path that energizes instead of drains.
Printed and digital: identity statement, values, strengths, resume, and plan. Proof of who you are — ready for any room you walk into.
We do one real workbook exercise together, live — and you leave having written a sentence about yourself most adults have never been able to write.
Start at $27 or start with a conversation. Sliding scale on the cohort — no one is ever turned away for money.
The identity-first workbook that starts everything. Three differentiated levels for every starting point.
Live facilitation through all five steps — from who you are to where you're going.
A resume that actually sounds like you — built from identity, not a template.
Ongoing coaching for direction, barrier navigation, and self-advocacy development.
Not sure where to start? Book a free 30-minute conversation and we'll figure it out together.
Grounded in the PursuingPathways framework — identity first, always. It coaches values, explores careers, rehearses your pitch, and translates your experience into resume language. Every judgment call still belongs to a credentialed human.
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Tiered, WIOA-aligned delivery. AI drafts; a credentialed human decides. Depth increases by readiness — never by selection. Reportable outcomes at every tier. In-person, virtual, or hybrid.
Every client: differentiated workbook across three levels + 24/7 AI Mentor. Counselor scripts fold check-ins into existing appointments.
Monthly live group facilitation. Clients speak their identity statement aloud and are reflected back — the witness moment, one-to-many.
AI drafts the narrative analysis; the facilitator curates every Opportunity Map and delivers it 1:1. Human judgment at every decision point.
Six weeks, fully human, deliberately capped. Weekly 1:1s with a CDF and former WIOA Center Director, through to a finished portfolio.
"Depth increases by client choice and readiness — never by selection or worthiness. Every tier receives the same identity-first framework; no client receives a lesser philosophy."
"Nobody ever asked me what I valued before. I always just answered what I thought I was supposed to say. This changed that."
"These weren't random job listings — they were researched specifically for me, connected to who I actually am."
"I've never seen anything help young people articulate who they are this clearly and quickly. It's the missing piece."
I'm Vicky Locklear. High school classrooms in Moore and Lee counties. Middle schools in Alamance and Guilford. WIOA career centers serving adults, dislocated workers, and reentry populations. Today: teaching high schoolers virtually, statewide.
I built PursuingPathways because after 25 years I knew exactly what was missing. It was never information. It was a pathway that starts with the person — every time, no exceptions.
Every recommendation we make is evidence-based. These are the sources we use — free for you too.
Questions about programs, pricing, or bringing PursuingPathways to your school or organization — we respond within 24 hours.