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Do you want to inspire and help young people find and pursue their dream career?

We are looking for new advisory board members to provide guidance in fundraising, earned income strategy, strategic partnerships, educational partnerships as well as new ideas!

Mission

Gladeo’s mission is to inspire and help young people discover, navigate and achieve their dream careers by creating innovative multimedia content and distributing it through the web, social media and to guidance counselors in high schools.

Problem

Studies show that early introduction of careers to students increases student engagement and decreases high school dropout rates. However, students from low-income neighborhoods have less career role models and career resources, so they heavily rely on their guidance counselors for career exploration. But these guidance counselors are stretched so thin. According to the California Department of Education, the student-to-counselor ratio is 945 to 1 and career counseling is merely one of their many responsibilities. So, how do these kids aspire to careers they’ve never heard of?

About Us

Gladeo created an online portal (a "Virtual Career Day") where guidance counselors and students can learn about the vast array of careers from our ever-growing library of content of videos, infographics and career profiles

We interview working professionals to get first-hand, insider information. We also share stories of diverse individuals that these students can relate to, combating stereotypes to encourage all students, regardless of their background, to believe that success is also in their future, ALL in a fun, visually engaging way to effectively reach this young, "digital native" audience.

Gladeo gives guidance counselors the resources they need to inspire and expose their students to the vast world of possibilities, not just the ones in their community and to empower their students to make informed decisions about their future.

With an all-volunteer staff, we have reached over 250,000 students through social media and guidance counselors and feedback has been great. 87% of students said they felt more motivated. 91% said they felt more confident in what steps to take in HS to prepare for their career future. Guidance counselors from across the country have thanked us for our free career resources and been asking us for more!

Gladeo won the Coaches Award and the GG Society Fellowship at the 2017 Social Innovation Fast Pitch hosted by Social Ventures Partners Los Angeles.

For more information about Gladeo, please go to our website at www.gladeo.org.

We need interested members who are passionate about our mission and committed to helping Gladeo become sustainable! Please e-mail Michelle Cho at michelle@gladeo.org if you are interested in learning more.