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Wisconsin Career Pathways

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Looking for a better job? Explore Career Pathways!

A Career Pathway is a plan with steps, jobs, trainings, and skills that helps move to your career or wage goals.

A career path is an order of jobs that leads to your short- and long-term career goals. Some follow a straight career path within one field like CNA to LPN to RN, while others change fields to reach career or personal goals.

For individualized support navigating career pathways and other resources, view the Career Pathways Resources.

To learn more about your rights and responsibilities in the workplace, visit our Career Pathways Accommodation Training Library.

Start Your Career on a Pathway to a brighter future.

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