C A S E S T U DY
Colorado Department of Labor and Employment
Expanding Workforce
Development: A State
Agency’s Success
in Providing Career
Evaluation, Education, and
Training for All Residents
With a grand, yet clear mission to provide career and
employment opportunities to all Coloradans, CDLE
actively sought partnerships to expand their services
and resources for career exploration.
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND
EMPLOYMENT AND PATHFUL
Pathful emerged as a valuable partner, demonstrating the
powerful capabilities of its platform to educate and inform
individuals of all ages and backgrounds about their career
interests, and opportunities. Success was further realized
through collaboration between the CDLE team and their
dedicated Customer Success Team at Pathful.
“The platform removes barriers to
career exploration and the ‘world of
work’ by providing equity in learning
about careers through visual imagery,
discovery, assessments, and self-
reflection.”
Wendy Corley
CDLE Industry Partnership Coordinator
AT A G L A N C E
19,500+
INDIVIDUALS
SERVED
Statewide
IMPLEMENTATION
POPULATION SERVED
The CDLE provides employment services statewide
to a diverse range of clients, including those
affected by post-pandemic layoffs and furloughs,
at-risk youth, low-income individuals, and those in
rehabilitation through partnerships with state
agencies such as the Colorado Department of
Education, Colorado Department of Corrections,
Connecting Colorado and the Colorado Department
of Vocational Rehabilitation.
In the 2023-24 School Year:
5,665
Hours of use per month
3,356
Assessments completed
7,989
Videos watched
ABOUT CDLE
The Colorado Department of Labor and
Employment (CDLE) has set an ambitious goal of
providing Colorado residents with personalized,
meaningful career support services no matter their
age, background, disability, or the stage of their
career journey.
C A S E S T U DY
Colorado Department of Labor and Employment
Their goal with Pathful
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment
(CDLE) aspires to advance economic opportunities for
all Coloradans. Committed to developing and nurturing
the state’s workforce, the agency wants all residents to
have access to the education and training necessary to
keep Colorado thriving. Pathful was the perfect fit to
help the CDLE reach these goals.
How we found success
The partnership between Pathful’s CSM and the CDLE
Team’s points of contact opened the door to
collaboration with other departments across the state
including the Division of Vocational Rehab, Connecting
Colorado, the Department of Education, and the
Department of Corrections. These partnerships led to
an efficient and effective implementation of Pathful
across the CDLE’s many branches, providing
Coloradans of all ages access to career evaluation,
education and training.
Impact
Pathful has extended the reach of Workforce
Development Programs across the state, serving over
19,500 individuals of all ages, including those in rural
and underserved areas. Pathful has transformed how
the CDLE’s Workforce Development Programs help
Coloradans remain competitive and future-ready in a
fast-changing climate. Clients are able to dive deep
and explore a potential career’s education
requirements, payscale, and future outlook. To take it a
step further, clients can consult current, integrated
labor market information not just by career, but by
location.
19,500+
INDIVIDUALS
OF ALL AGES
SERVED
STATEWIDE
How they use Pathful
The CDLE, WIOA Career Specialists, transition staff
and the Colorado Department of Corrections all use
Pathful to support a diverse range of individuals at all
stages of their career journey. This includes using the
Pathful assessment tools to help them determine their
interests and set career goals. Through Pathful’s
extensive video library, they can explore a wide variety
of careers and trades and brush up on soft skills with
our Life skills video content. Pathful’s Workforce
readiness lessons and post secondary exploration
activities, and financial literacy tools also serve as
excellent preparation for the New teacher Externship
program and the Colorado Governor’s Summer Job
Hunt program.
The Career Readiness & Development Company
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