Learn Foundational Skills for Academic, Career & Life Success

The Career Empowerment Course is the ultimate game changer for students and youth!

This course will dive into each students individual strengths, skills and abilities, providing a vision for students to utilizing their uniqueness to explore their potential career paths. Students will also create a Linked In account and learn to interact with professionals that have already ventured down the career paths they're exploring, providing a true model of whom they may want to become. At the end of the course, students will present their legacy projects, which will bring their vision of their career to life!

– Sterling

Set A Course to Success & Prosperity


Here's how this course will help you get headed in the right direction.

  • Know Yourself

    Knowing yourself is understanding your deepest fears and your deepest desires and ambitions. Without knowing yourself deeply you can head in the wrong direction.

  • Identify Your Skills & Talents

    Learning how to identify your skill, talents, and passions and knowing what they are is an essential ingredient to define your educational, career, and life path.

  • Define Your Life Vision

    Defining your life and career vision is essential for setting your goals, staying on your path, and achieving your dreams.

  • Explore Your Career Options

    Understanding all your career options and how they align with your passions, talents, and skills as well as how to research jobs and careers is key to finding your path.

  • Optimizing Your Education

    It takes more than simply attending your classes to get the most from your education. You must learn how to capitalize on all of the on-campus resources that are available to you. You will go a lot further if you do.

  • Getting Your Dream Job

    Learn every aspect of how to land your dream job, including job prospecting, mastering resumes and interviews, dressing for success, etc. Essential skills to take you to your goal of a prosperous and successful life.

Course Curriculum


  • 1

    Intro to The Career Compass: The Councelor's Assistant

    • Intro:

  • 2

    About the Creator

    • Meet Sterling Mark
  • 3

    Table of Contents:

    • Table of Contents
  • 4

    Section 1: Know Yourself

    • Know Yourself

    • Overview:

    • The Family Dynasty

    • Reflection

    • Legacy Projects
  • 5

    Section 2: Define Your Purpose

    • Define Your Purpose

    • Overview

    • What Are My Skills?

    • Explore My Career Paths

    • LinkedIn Assignment

    • Your Life, Your Vision Assignment
  • 6

    Section 3: Beginning With The End In Mind

    • Beginning With The End In Mind

    • Overview

    • Decide Your Career Path

    • Degree or Certification?

    • Research Schools

    • Getting Into School

    • Getting Industry Experience

    • Which School is Right for Me?

  • 7

    Section 4: Effective Goal Setting

    • Setting Effective Goals

    • Overview

    • S.M.A.R.T. Goals

    • Reminder!

    • Personal (Vision) Mission Statement Assignment (Step 1)

    • Personal (Vision) Mission Statement Assignment (Step 2)

    • Developing a Contract + Signing Day (Step 3)
  • 8

    Section 5: Getting the Most from Your Education

    • Getting the Most from Your Education

    • Overview

    • Introduction:

    • Knowledge & Resources

    • What is a Mentor? (Day 2-Part 1)

    • Mentor Role Play (Assignment)

  • 9

    Section 6: Get the Job

    • Get The Job

    • Overview

    • Get the Job Introduction

    • Personal Branding

    • S.W.OT. Analysis

    • Creating A Resume

    • The Elevator Pitch

    • Dressing For Success

    • The Job Fair

    • Mastering The Interview

    • Mastering The Interview (Extended)
  • 10

    Legacy Project Presentations

    • Legacy Project Presentations

    • Overview

    • Legecay Project Preparation

    • Legacy Project Preparation Pt.2

    • Legacy Project Preparation Pt.2 (Download)

    • Legacy Project Practice

    • Legacy Project Presentation Day

    • Presentation Cool Down

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