Career Pathways

Interested in exploring a career pathway? Please look at our career exploration tools and resources or come meet with our staff to explore how your skills and interests match up to viable career pathways. Workforce Boulder County is here it to help you identify a career path that is the best fit for you!

A career pathway is a structured approach that connects education, training, and work experience to help individuals advance in a specific industry or occupation, based on individual skills and career interests and along with in demand industry sectors.

Green Trades Careers

Green trades are skilled professions that help build a cleaner, more sustainable future. They include work in energy-efficient construction, renewable energy, landscaping, HVAC with heat pumps, and more. These careers blend traditional trade skills with climate-focused innovation.

Quantum Careers

Quantum technologies use the principles of physics at the smallest scales, smaller than atoms, to power new tools in computing, communication, sensing, and materials. In simple terms, quantum takes the powerful rules of physics and applies them to solve real-world problems.

Additional Resources and Information

If you would like to learn more, please visit these additional resources about career pathways in Colorado:

Colorado’s Quality Career Pathway Framework

Career Pathways – Colorado Workforce Development Council

My Colorado Journey

If you’d like to learn more about these career pathways or think one might be a good fit for you, please visit us, call us at 720-776-0822, or send us an email at workforce@bouldercounty.gov

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