Give Your Teen a Head Start
With an Industry Expert

Real Professionals Help Your Teen Plan From High School → University → Career.

Physician career professional
Policing career professional
Optometry career professional
Aviation career professional

DISCOVER

Family choosing a career to explore

Find the right career direction

VALIDATE

Student validating career fit and outlook

Confirm the career truly fits

EXPERIENCE

Student learning from an industry professional

See what the career is really like

PLAN

Student reviewing a personalized education roadmap

Plan education & experience

Student building a long-term career growth strategy

Prepare for employment

CAREER SHORTS

Set Your Teen Up
For Career Success

Learn the career. Validate the fit. Plan Education and Employment from a real industry professional.

For Grade 9–12 Students Virtual Sessions Structured Programs
Explore Career Programs Free Consultation
WHAT’S AT RISK
12.6%
Youth unemployment makesit harder to start careers
STATISTICS CANADA · JULY 2026
39%
Students left universitywithin two years
2026 STUDENT OUTCOME RESEARCH
UP TO$140K
Tuition and living costsplus delayed employment
2026 AGGREGATED ESTIMATES
92.6%
Families lack a formalcollege-to-career roadmap
2026 PARENT SURVEY · 508 PARENTS
STUDENTSAGES 17–20
UP TO $140K

Hidden costs of changing programs

DELAYED EMPLOYMENT
TUITION & LIVING COSTS
ESTIMATED TOTAL IMPACT
TEENAGERSAGES 15–18
40%

Teenagers are unclear about career expectations

CHOICES Options narrow
RISK Guessing increases
SOURCE OECD ↗
STUDENTSAGES 17–18
30%

Feel very prepared for their next step

TIMING Deadlines approach
PRESSURE Choices get harder
SOURCE Gallup · Walton · JFF · 2025 ↗
PARENTS
40%+

Lack key job-market information

BLIND SPOT Market changes
RISK Outdated advice
SOURCE Gallup · Walton · JFF · 2025 ↗
WHY ACT NOW

Start Earlier. Build More.

CAREER SHORTS SUPPORTS THE PLAN THROUGH HIGHSCHOOL TO EMPLOYMENT
START NOW
GRADE 9 START EARLY
GRADE 10 BUILD THE FOUNDATION
GRADE 11 GAIN EXPERIENCE
GRADE 12 APPLY PREPARED
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
DESTINATION EMPLOYMENT
OECD RESEARCH Early career preparation → better employment outcomes. OECD · Teenage Career Readiness
Benefits

What Your Teen Gains

Industry Expert

Career Plan

Education Plan

Employment Plan

A Head Start on Their Future
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TESTIMONIALS

Join Our Success Cases

PARENT TESTIMONIAL

Hear From a Career Shorts Parent

A parent shares their family’s experience with Career Shorts and the difference personalized career guidance made for their child.

  • Real Parent Experience
  • Personalized Career Guidance
  • A Clearer Path Forward
Watch Their Story →
Architecture
Architecture Career Shorts mentoring session
BEFORE

“Our daughter loved architecture, but we worried she might choose the wrong program.”

WHAT CAREER SHORTS DID

Through Career Reality, guided validation, and practical design simulations, she discovered where her strengths naturally fit and what skills to keep building throughout high school and university.

OUTCOME

She now feels confident pursuing architecture because she understands both her fit and what she needs to improve.

Teaching Cohort

Inside the Teaching Experience

See students learn directly from an experienced educator and explore what a career in teaching is really like.

  • Real Industry Exposure
  • Learn From an Experienced Educator
  • A Clearer Understanding of Teaching
Watch the Teaching Cohort →
Mental Health Counselling
Mental Health Counselling Career Shorts mentoring session
BEFORE

“Our son wanted to help people but didn't really know what counsellors actually do.”

WHAT CAREER SHORTS DID

A practising counsellor explained real client work, emotional boundaries, documentation, burnout prevention, and what everyday practice actually looks like.

OUTCOME

He now understands the reality of the profession instead of imagining it.

Optometrist
Optometrist Career Shorts mentoring session
BEFORE

“We weren't sure what education or experience our daughter should focus on.”

WHAT CAREER SHORTS DID

An optometrist helped build a personalized roadmap covering high school courses, university preparation, clinical experience, and future specialization options.

OUTCOME

She now knows exactly what steps to take toward becoming an optometrist.

Software Development
Software Developer Career Shorts mentoring session
BEFORE

“We were worried software development might disappear because of AI.”

WHAT CAREER SHORTS DID

A senior developer explained how AI is changing software development, emerging specialties, future career pathways, and the skills companies are hiring for.

OUTCOME

Our son understands where software careers are heading and how to prepare for them.

FEATURED INDUSTRY EXPERTS

Real Career Insight.From PeopleDoing the Work.

You know your child. Industry professionals know the career. Career Shorts brings the two together so your teen can understand the work, validate the fit, and build a plan based on firsthand industry knowledge.

✓

The Real Work

What the job is actually like day to day.

✓

The Unwritten Rules

What employers value that websites may not tell you.

✓

Career Growth

Skills, experience, specializations and opportunities ahead.

✓

Fit & Trade-Offs

The challenges and realities to understand before committing.

Not a one-off conversation—a guided experience that becomes part of your teen's personalized plan.
PROGRAMS

Our Featured Career Programs

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We offer 37 Career Programs

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BACK-TO-SCHOOL 2026

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FAQ

What Parents Usually Want to Know

What does my teen leave with?
Your teen leaves with clearer career direction, firsthand industry insight, a better understanding of career fit, and a personalized plan connecting education, skills, experience, credentials, and employment.
How is this different from researching careers ourselves?
Online research can explain a career. Career Shorts adds direct guidance from someone working in the field, structured career validation, realistic career situations, and a personalized plan built around your teen.
What exactly does Career Shorts do?
A guided process that helps your teen discover strong career directions, validate whether a career truly fits, experience realistic career situations, and build a personalized path from high school to employment.
What is career validation?
An assessment can suggest a direction. Career validation helps your teen test that direction against the real work, lifestyle, expectations, challenges, and opportunities before making a major commitment.
What does “experience the career” mean?
Students work through realistic career situations, decisions, cases, or career-specific activities so they can better understand what doing this kind of work actually feels like.
What is included in the career plan?
The plan connects the major steps your teen may need to think about: High School → Education → Skills → Experience → Credentials/Requirements → Employment.
Is it live or prerecorded?
Programs are live and virtual. They are not prerecorded courses. Your teen works through scheduled sessions with an experienced professional working in the career today.
Is it one-on-one or a group?
Paid Career Shorts programs are delivered primarily one-on-one. Selected discovery events or special sessions may use a small-group format.
Who are the industry professionals?
They are experienced, current working professionals—such as nurses, teachers, pilots, and experts from the other careers represented by Career Shorts. Their firsthand insight helps students understand the real work, validate career fit, identify the right skills and experiences to build, and make a stronger career plan.
How are industry professionals selected?
Career Shorts selects experienced professionals based on relevant career experience and their ability to give students practical, current insight into the profession. Program pages identify the professional background relevant to each career.
What ages are the programs for?
Career Shorts is designed primarily for teens ages 15–19 who are undecided or already considering a specific career.
What does my teen receive?
Depending on the program, your family leaves with tangible outputs such as a career assessment, fit profile, mentor guidance, realistic career activities, and a personalized plan connecting high school, education, skills, experience, credentials, and employment.
How long does a program take?
Current programs range from approximately 3 to 10 hours, depending on whether your family chooses Career Fit Discovery, Starter, Standard, or Advanced.
What if the career is not a fit?
That can be a valuable outcome. Discovering a mismatch earlier can help your teen reconsider assumptions, identify gaps, or explore a better direction before committing significant time and tuition.
Can a parent be involved?
Yes. Career Shorts is designed to give families clearer information for the decision while keeping the teen actively involved in exploring and evaluating the career.
Why can't we just do this ourselves?
Families absolutely can learn through family friends, guidance counselors, co-op placements, and networking. Career Shorts is different because it coordinates those valuable inputs into one structured experience that combines an experienced working professional, career validation, education planning, career acceleration, personalized profiles, reports, and a practical roadmap. The value is not one conversation—it is the complete, coordinated process and the tangible outputs your family leaves with.
How much do programs cost?
Pricing varies by career and package level. Current programs start at $295 CAD, with full pricing shown on each career program page.
Are admissions, income, or employment guaranteed?
No. Career Shorts provides career discovery, real-world validation, career experience, and personalized planning. It does not guarantee school admission, income, licensing, or employment outcomes.
Can my teen explore more than one career?
Yes. If your teen is comparing multiple paths, they can explore different Career Shorts programs to build a clearer basis for comparison.
What is the cancellation or rescheduling policy?
Cancellation and rescheduling terms are provided before purchase and in the applicable client agreement. Review those terms before booking so your family understands any notice requirements, credits, rescheduling options, or fees that apply.

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