This Toolkit is a guide for future job seekers.
It’s free. Your data will never be shared.
Tech is a function that enables every sector.
Every business depends on technology and skilled workers. Digital skills will be needed in almost every future job. Whatever job you want to have, digital skills can help you launch and grow your career.
This Toolkit is for you!
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STUDENTS & YOUNG ADULTS
You are a high school student, a college student or a recent graduate.
Learn about careers and how to get started.
EDUCATORS
You are a teacher or counselor in a high school.
Use the lesson guides in class for students to investigate tech careers.
Counselors
You work with young adults in a school or a program.
Use the tools for 1:1 sessions to guide learners towards a plan for a career in tech.
Shared Lane supports educators to prepare youth for the careers of their future. We provide free resources to explore careers and multiple postsecondary pathways. Shared Lane intentionally bridges high schools and workforce training to expand opportunities for young people who face historic and systematic barriers.
The Digital Careers Toolkit is a product of Shared Lane. The materials are designed and developed collectively by subject matter experts. The concept of a tech careers toolkit was jointly conceived by Julian Cohen, founder of Shared Lane, and Jorge Correa Jr., Global Strategy Content Manager at IBM. Much of the content is authored with Jorge’s knowledge and creativity, as well as the deep expertise of Andi Azzolina, founder of Dataverse IT, and Niall McKinney, founder of Black Crow AI. SMEs who contributed to specific components of the Toolkit include Ismail Ocasio, Jeannie Smith, Jordhan Kerridge, Priya Ramanathan, Sierra Harvey, Tam Lisa Danier, Rachel Rabinowitz, Bethany Crystal & others. Shared Lane acknowledges Per Scholas for initiating the concept, and PDT Partners for contributing a feasibility study as a component of Per Scholas’ Technology Careers Exploration Program (TCEP). Shared Lane is grateful to the Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY) for supporting this project as a grantee of the Pathways to Postsecondary Success portfolio. The website is designed and developed by 5Four Digital. Shared Lane is responsible for all content.
Earn a Microcredential
Apply to earn a MicroCredentialMicro-credentials are competency-based recognition of professional learning. These digital certifications recognize an individual's competence in a specific set of skills, providing an opportunity for educators to manage their own professional learning at their own pace.
Shared Lane offers an ‘Advising for Digitally Enabled Careers’ micro-credential in which learners investigate pathways to digitally enabled careers and develop activities to advise their students. The micro-credential is earned through Digital Promise, a nationally recognized non-profit that works to close the digital learning gap.
