Career pathway tools
Useful links to data, labor market information, and career exploration resources for classroom use.
Lane County Industry Profiles
Workforce snapshots for key industries in Lane County, produced by Lane Workforce Partnership. Each profile covers employment trends, wages, and career pathways.
- Behavioral and Community Health Services [PDF]
- Bioscience [PDF]
- Childcare [PDF]
- Creatives [PDF]
- Construction-Aggregate [PDF]
- Food & Beverage [PDF]
- Healthcare [PDF]
- Hospitality [PDF]
- Technology [PDF]
- Transportation [PDF]
- Wood Products [PDF]
Oregon Labor Market Data
Current and projected employment data by industry and occupation, including wages and regional breakdowns.
Active Apprenticeships
Browse registered apprenticeship programs currently open in Oregon, searchable by trade and region.
WorkSource Oregon
Oregon’s workforce development system — job listings, training programs, and career planning tools.
Diversity Career Exploration
Career exploration resources with a focus on equity and access across a range of industries.
Career Journeys
Real stories from people working across different industries and career paths.
Day at Work Videos
Short videos showing what a real workday looks like across a variety of careers.
Community programs
Explore organizations that offer field trips, classroom visits, and other programming for schools and youth in Lane County.
Connected Lane county
Connected Lane County offers dedicated career exploration and programming for youth in Lane County.
- Program types: Field trips, Internships, After school/summer programming
- Grade bands: Middle school (6th-8th), High school (9th-12th)
- Career areas: Manufacturing, Healthcare, Computer Science & Technology, Energy & Natural Resources, Culinary & Hospitality, Education & Human Services, Marketing & Sales
STEM in Reach
STEM in Reach is a collaborative program between Lane STEM and University of Oregon, connecting UO PhD scientists with K–12 classrooms across Lane County. In small-group, interactive visits, students meet real scientists, hear about their research journeys, and explore what it’s like to pursue a career in STEM.
- Program types: Classroom visits
- Grade bands: Elementary school (1st-5th), Middle school (6th-8th), High school (9th-12th)
- Career areas: Sciences
UO Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Take your students on a journey that inspires wonder about our natural and cultural worlds. Whether delving into the deep past or looking toward a sustainable future, we help students become scientists for a day through exciting, inquiry-based learning adventures.
- Program types: After school/summer programming, Field trips, Classroom visits, Projects
- Grade bands: Elementary school (1st-5th), Middle school (6th-8th), High school (9th-12th)
- Career areas: Energy & Natural Resources, Education & Human Services, Sciences
Lane Arts Council
Lane Arts Council connects students with professional artists through hands-on arts education, including in-school artist residencies, performances, and Arts Apprenticeships that build creative skills and explore arts careers.
- Program types: Classroom visits, Projects, Internships
- Grade bands: Elementary school (1st-5th), Middle school (6th-8th), High school (9th-12th)
- Career areas: Arts, Entertainment & Design
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
We support Black youth through leadership development, mentorship, civic engagement, cultural programming, academic enrichment, and community connection.
- Program types: After school/summer programming
- Grade bands: High school (9th-12th)
- Career areas: Computer Science & Technology, Sciences, Arts, Entertainment & Design, Education & Human Services, Culinary & Hospitality, Business & Entrepreneurship
Eugene Science Center
Eugene Science Center inspires curiosity through interactive STEM programs, offering field trips, planetarium shows, hands-on labs, and outreach experiences that engage students in science, engineering, and discovery.
- Program types: Field trips, After school/summer programming
- Grade bands: Elementary school (1st-5th), Middle school (6th-8th), High school (9th-12th)
- Career areas: Sciences
Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council
Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council provides place-based environmental education that connects students with local ecosystems through field experiences, science activities, and stewardship projects that build understanding of watersheds and inspire care for the natural world.
- Program types: Field trips, Classroom visits, Projects
- Grade bands: Elementary school (1st-5th), Middle school (6th-8th), High school (9th-12th)
- Career areas: Sciences, Energy & Natural Resources
Forests Today and Forever
Forests Today & Forever provide forestry education for grades 3-12. We have a variety of field-based and classroom-based programs highlighting forest management, forest ecology, forest careers, wildfire education, and more. Our programs
are free with busing costs reimbursed.
- Program types: Classroom visits, Field trips, After school/summer programming
- Grade bands: Elementary school (1st-5th), Middle school (6th-8th), High school (9th-12th)
- Career areas: Energy & Natural Resources, Sciences
Willamette Resources and Education Network
WREN offers hands on programs for K-12 schools in and around the greater Eugene area. Each lesson is 45 min – one hour and NGSS aligned. Program costs are affordable and financial assistance is available for Title 1 schools.
- Program types: Field trips, Classroom visits
- Grade bands: Elementary school (1st-5th), Middle school (6th-8th)
- Career areas: Energy & Natural Resources, Sciences
Lane Community College
Lane Community College offers hands-on career exploration summer camps that introduce middle and high school students to careers in healthcare, skilled trades, culinary arts, media, computer science, and more.
- Program types: After school/summer programming
- Grade bands: Middle school (6th-8th), High school (9th-12th)
- Career areas: Arts, Entertainment & Design, Computer Science & Technology, Healthcare, Option Architecture & Construction Trades, Manufacturing, Automotive & Transportation, Culinary & Hospitality, Engineering & Math
Mount Pisgah Arboretum
Mount Pisgah Arboretum offers hands-on environmental education through field trips, summer programs, and guided outdoor learning experiences that help youth explore local ecosystems and build a connection to nature.
- Program types: Field trips, After school/summer programming, Internships
- Grade bands: Elementary school (1st-5th), Middle school (6th-8th), High school (9th-12th)
- Career areas: Energy & Natural Resources, Education & Human Services, Sciences
BRING
BRING offers hands-on environmental education programs that teach K–12 students about waste reduction, reuse, recycling, and sustainable materials management through classroom presentations, workshops, tours, and interactive learning experiences.
- Program types: Field trips, Classroom visits, Projects
- Grade bands: Elementary school (1st-5th), Middle school (6th-8th), High school (9th-12th)
- Career areas: Energy & Natural Resources, Sciences, Arts, Entertainment & Design
Food For Lane County
GrassRoots Garden helps youth explore where food comes from by engaging them in gardening, harvesting, and cooking while building knowledge of nutrition, agriculture, and sustainable food systems.
- Program types: Field trips
- Grade bands: Elementary school (1st-5th), Middle school (6th-8th), High school (9th-12th)
- Career areas: Agriculture, Culinary & Hospitality
Nurturing Inclusive Cybersecurity Education (NICE)
NICE is a state-funded initiative that promotes and supports equitable cybersecurity education in Oregon’s high schools and postsecondary institutions.
- Program types: Field trips, Classroom visits, Projects
- Grade bands: High school (9th-12th)
- Career areas: Computer Science & Technology
Nearby Nature
Nearby Nature offers hands-on outdoor education programs for elementary students that connect youth with nature through classroom visits, school field trips, after-school programs, summer camps, and outdoor learning experiences that build curiosity, confidence, and environmental stewardship.
- Program types: Field trips, Classroom visits, After school/summer programming
- Grade bands: Elementary school (1st-5th)
- Career areas: Sciences, Energy & Natural Resources