Welcome to The Career Hub

Dr. Karen Miles and Hilary Howard, co-founders of The Career Hub, have worked extensively in Ventura County's education and business sectors and are knowledgeable about the local labor market and the needs of the educational institutions across the county. Our goal is a unified work based learning system connecting employers and educators across the county, and providing high quality, high quantity, and equitable access to work based learning experiences for all students.

Our Goals are to:

  • Improve quality and quantity of work-based learning (WBL) in schools and colleges

  • Develop a regional community of practice plus site-specific WBL planning and professional development

  • Grow opportunities with employers from siloed to shared with a central point of contact

  • Improve equity of access for students who need more support with career development

What we offer: 

Platform -

  1. External - For employers to post WBL opportunities/ jobs; for students to view jobs/ internships

  2. Internal - For WBL Connectors to access and manage WBL opportunities for their students including eForms (training agreements, evaluations etc)

  3. Customer Relations Management system to track contacts with employers & facilitate outreach to them

  4. Platform tracks different levels of WBL activities & provides infographics and other data for reporting

Other platform features -

  • Advisory board management - document storage

  • Badges/ micro-credentials for employability skills (pre-internship)

  • Timekeeping & geo-tracking (internships)

Educators- Wrap-around professional development -

  1. Community of practice/professional development for WBL connectors and employers

  2. Annual WBL consulting/ planning service for schools/ colleges

  3. Comprehensive toolset of activity handouts for students, teachers and employers engaging in WBL activities

  4. Professional development for employer partners

Employer Partners-

  1. Single point of contact streamlines WBL participation

  2. Access to post jobs and WBL opportunities for free on The Career Hub job board

  3. Professional development for staff providing WBL experiences

  4. Access to library of WBL best practices

  5. Key role in Employer and Educator convening and in designing WBL experiences to support in-demand skills

  6. Participation in Regional Pathways mapping of in-demand skills

  7. Opportunity to provide both virtual and in-person internships.