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 and cover-letter lines — that make growth visible to students, families, and employers.

How to try it

• Start a 3–4 week micro job club with small groups of learners. Pick one soft skill per week tied to real job tasks (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 three-sentence reflection.
• Track a weekly “work win” in a simple log, and open the next session by sharing last week’s win.
• In weeks 3–4, use the 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, and build your role-play around that scenario.
• Keep momentum: after the job club ends, schedule two brief check-ins (one refresher video plus one new “work win”) to reinforce skills and update resume bullets.

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Sam Spiegel

Sam Spiegel is a Growth Marketing Specialist for Pathful and a BCLAD-certified educator with a Master's in Education from the University of California, Santa Cruz. As a former elementary school teacher, Sam is now a dedicated and results-oriented EdTech specialist, enjoying the intersection of his passion for education and technology.