Pathful in Practice #3: Ian Gingras – A Soft-Skills Job Club That Builds Confidence
Pathful in Practice #3: Ian Gingras – A Soft-Skills Job Club That Builds Confidence
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Ian Gingras, a Rehabilitation Counselor with Maine Vocational Rehabilitation, runs a small, targeted job club with Pathful—using short videos and focused practice to build workplace soft skills and turn real progress into resume content.
“Pathful has a lot of features that many kids can benefit from. From the assignments to the resume/cover letter builder, and all the videos in general, there’s a lot of useful information. If you know what the student is looking for, you can probably find it on Pathful. The first job club I ran with my coworker was for one student focused on life skills, and seeing him grow through the lessons and become more confident each week was a blast. By the end, he was working part-time and they absolutely adored him. Pathful gave him a great chance to practice soft skills in a safe setting you don’t always get in everyday life.”
Why it works: It keeps practice anchored to a real workplace (higher transfer), builds confidence through short feedback loops (video → quick practice → “work win”), and converts progress into artifacts (resume bullets/cover-letter lines) that make growth visible to students, families, and employers.
How to try it:
- Start a 3–4 week micro job club (small groups of learners). Pick one soft skill per week tied to real job tasks (e.g., greetings, punctuality, handling feedback).
- Session flow: watch one short Pathful video → run a 10-minute role-play mirroring the learner’s workplace → submit a quick Career Check, Journal or 3-sentence reflection.
- Track a weekly “work win” in a simple log and open the next session by sharing last week’s win.
- In week 3–4, use Resume and Cover Letter Builders to convert those wins into resume bullets and a brief cover-letter paragraph.
Tips:
- Align to the workplace: before each session, ask the student or supervisor for one real challenge from the job; build your role-play around that scenario.
- Keep momentum: after the job club ends, schedule two brief check-ins (one refresher video + one new “work win”) to reinforce skills and update resume bullets.
🤝 Help fellow educators: share your go-to Pathful strategy for a chance to be featured in Pathful in Practice. Email impact@pathful.com.
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