Match students to the right trade programme. Reduce drop-out. Improve placement.

Most trade-school drop-out happens in the first eight weeks because students enrolled in a programme that does not match their RIASEC profile or aptitude pattern. JobCannon screens applicants before enrolment with RIASEC and a Skills Audit; programmes with a strong Realistic + Investigative pattern (electrical, HVAC, automotive diagnostics) get matched to students with that profile, while Realistic + Conventional students get matched to programmes like welding, plumbing, or surveying. The screen does not stop anyone enrolling — it puts the mismatch in front of the applicant and the admissions team while changing course is still free.

Skills Audit captures hands-on experience and the Career Guide shows credential pathways that recognise prior learning. Many states allow apprenticeship hours or military experience to substitute for early coursework — the platform highlights these. Returning trades workers often discover they qualify for an accelerated certification track they did not know existed.

After programme completion, students complete a final EQ + Conflict Styles + Work Style assessment that produces a one-page "ready-to-hire" profile. Career-services teams export this with the certificate to share with placement employers. Employers in the trades respond well to these one-pagers because they preview communication style and reliability — the two soft-skill predictors that determine first-year retention in skilled-trade jobs.

Yes. Assessments are asynchronous — students take them on their phone whenever it suits, results sync to the cohort dashboard. Night-school instructors typically use the dashboard during a single 30-minute group review session at week three to surface students who may need intervention.

Yes. Aggregate completion data exports formatted for state CTE (Career and Technical Education) concentrator reporting and Perkins V Indicator 2S1/2S2 measures. The platform satisfies the career-readiness assessment requirement in most state CTE plans without an additional vendor.

Career Match recommends the best-fit careers regardless of what your school offers, then highlights which match careers your school has programmes for. If a student matches strongly to a career your school does not teach, the platform recommends transfer or referral pathways. This honesty improves student trust and your reputation with employer partners.

Each trade in our 2,521-career knowledge graph carries a profile: dominant RIASEC pattern, required Skills Audit profile, typical Big Five (OCEAN) trait fit, and apprenticeship or licensure pathway. Welding maps to a Realistic + Conventional pattern with strong fine-motor and spatial-reasoning skill requirements. HVAC maps to Realistic + Investigative with diagnostic-reasoning emphasis. CNA maps to Social + Realistic with caregiving-empathy and physical-stamina signals. The Career Match output ranks each applicant against your school's actual programme list, surfacing best-fit programmes and flagging poor matches for a counselling call before final enrolment. See /b2b/guides/trade-school-drop-out-reduction-tactics for the full programme-fit methodology.

Yes. For schools running CTE Programmes-of-Study under Perkins V, the platform produces Programme-Quality data that feeds Indicator 2S1 (Academic Proficiency) and 2S2 (Career and Technical Education Programme Quality where applicable, including credential-attainment, work-based-learning, and post-programme placement metrics). Aggregate exports are formatted for the state CTE annual performance report (CAR) and federal Perkins V data submission. The platform satisfies the career-readiness assessment requirement in most state CTE plans without an additional vendor. See /b2b/guides/perkins-v-2026-cte-reporting and /b2b/guides/cte-perkins-v-concentrator-reporting for the full reporting workflow.

JobCannon is the assessment-and-evidence layer; your SIS or admissions CRM holds the canonical applicant and student record. Aggregate exports are CSV-compatible with major vocational-school SIS platforms (Jenzabar, PowerCampus, CampusNexus, Anthology Student) and admissions CRMs (Element451, Slate). Direct API integration is scoped on partnership engagements for multi-campus operators. The Assessment API (Scale tier) lets your CRM pull Career Guide records into the applicant timeline so admissions advisors see programme-fit scores in their existing workflow rather than logging into a second system.