CORD Pathway Planner is an innovative digital platform designed to help students and job seekers map their educational and career pathways. This comprehensive tool bridges the gap between education and employment, providing clear visualization of how educational choices connect to career opportunities. The platform serves educators, career counselors, and students by transforming complex career information into intuitive, interactive pathway maps that illustrate the skills, education, and experience needed for various career paths.
CORD Pathway Planner
Career Pathway Mapping Platform | Laravel & Vue.js
Project Overview
Key Features
Interactive Pathway Maps
Dynamic, visual pathway maps that illustrate the connections between education, skills, certifications, and career opportunities, allowing users to explore different routes to their career goals.
Career Exploration Tools
Comprehensive career exploration features with detailed information on hundreds of occupations, including descriptions, required skills, salary ranges, and job outlook data.
Skills Assessment
Personalized skills assessment tools that help users identify their strengths, interests, and abilities, then match them to suitable career paths and educational requirements.
Education Planning
Educational planning features that connect career goals to specific educational programs, courses, and certifications, helping users create actionable learning plans.
Labor Market Integration
Integration with real-time labor market data to provide up-to-date information on job demand, growth sectors, and emerging opportunities in different regions and industries.
Technical Challenges
Complex Data Visualization
Creating intuitive visualizations of complex career pathways with multiple branching options and interconnections required sophisticated frontend development with Vue.js and D3.js.
Data Integration
Integrating data from multiple sources including educational institutions, labor market databases, and skills frameworks required a flexible ETL pipeline.
Personalization Engine
Delivering personalized pathway recommendations based on user preferences, skills, and goals required a sophisticated matching algorithm.
Multi-tenant Architecture
Implementing a secure multi-tenant architecture with isolated data and configurations, while maintaining a shared codebase for efficient maintenance and updates.
Results & Impact
- Increased student engagement with career planning by 68%, helping more learners set clear educational and professional goals
- Improved alignment between educational programs and workforce needs
- Enhanced career counseling effectiveness, with counselors reporting a 47% reduction in time spent researching career options
- Expanded access to career exploration tools for rural and underserved communities
- Facilitated stronger connections between educational institutions and employers
- Successfully deployed across multiple educational institutions, serving over 75,000 students in its first year
Technologies Used
Laravel
Vue.js
MySQL
D3.js
RESTful API
ETL Pipeline
AWS
Chart.js
Project Attribution
This project was developed while working at Brainx Technologies. Full project credits and intellectual property belong to Brainx Technologies. My role in this project was as a Full Stack Developer, responsible for both backend and frontend development, API architecture, and deployment infrastructure.
Brainx Technologies is a leading software development company providing disruptive digital products and tech solutions to SMBs, Startups & Enterprises.
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