Prestigious International Awards Program Recognizes Outstanding Educational Technology Products and Companies
LOS ANGELES, June 8, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- EdTech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies and solutions in the global educational technology market, today announced that Archer Career, an early career confidence builder, has been selected as winner of the "Career Readiness Platform of the Year" award in the 5th annual EdTech Breakthrough Awards program.
Archer Career's platform is mobile first and based on micro-learning. Backed by psychology, learning science, and career expertise, the platform is based on a checklist. Self directed, students are able to explore career paths, learn skills, and apply them to career readiness. Archer delivers ease of use, engagement of content such as quick videos and short activities, and the ability to work on the go.
The breakthrough solution is simple - students follow weekly checklist items with instructions that take less than 10-15 minutes per activity. Once these items are marked complete, checks appear on the checklist. Students can track their progress during the entire program. Students are also automatically nudged with reminders that encourage progress. Impact is also assessed through surveys that measure specific program outcomes.
Sample job search skills include research, networking, resume writing, developing a LinkedIn profile, and interviewing. It also includes broad skills such as time management and professionalism.
"Challenges and obstacles often precede career success. Archer Career is our pick for 'Career Readiness Platform of the Year' as their checklist-based approach backed by research is paying dividends to students launching a career search," said James Johnson, managing director, EdTech Breakthrough. "The components to finding and developing a career are difficult. Things like time management, knowing what to do when, determining if you have done enough in a week or day are all things that come up time and again. As such, career confidence is a key ingredient and Archer Career helps deliver that to students."
The mission of the EdTech Breakthrough Awards is to honor excellence and recognize the innovation, hard work and success in a range of educational technology categories, including Student Engagement, School Administration, Adaptive Learning, STEM Education, Remote Learning, Career Preparation and many more. This year's program attracted more than 2,400 nominations from over 16 different countries throughout the world.
"We are incredibly thankful to EdTech Breakthrough for recognizing the breakthrough approach and technology of this platform. We deliver career programs that are more than advice. Instead, we define the how to and why,," said Pam Schilling, Archer Career CEO and Co-Founder. "Our founders have brought extensive personal and professional experience to the career challenges students face today and we want everyone to have access to exceptional career guidance. In short, we believe in the power of education and making dreams happen."
Over 4,000 students across multiple universities such as the University Of Chicago and Harvard to provide career programs that make a difference in career confidence and enable students to achieve an ROI on their education.
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About EdTech Breakthrough
Part of Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for global technology innovation and leadership, the EdTech Breakthrough Awards program is devoted to honoring excellence in educational technology products, companies and people. The EdTech Breakthrough Awards provide a platform for public recognition around the achievements of breakthrough educational technology in categories including e-learning, student engagement, school administration, career preparation, language learning, STEM and more. For more information, visit EdTechBreakthrough.com.
About Archer Career
Our goals are simple: To help early career professionals have confidence to get desired jobs. We want to eliminate underemployment and advance career goals which drive economic prosperity through employment. Early career professionals should be proud of what they do and inspired to do great things.
Archer's vision is to give early career professionals tools, focus, and insights to
achieve top choice job offers and advance careers, guiding through gnarly career challenges across career stages.
Archer is a software as a service (SaaS), focused on simplifying job search and career-related activities, organizing the most important content, and providing a roadmap to secure job offers and fulfill career aspirations.
As an early stage startup, we came about after years of experience and realizing career problems seem complex. Many students and professionals seek help to simplify, focus, and progress forward. Outside of a small set of well-resourced and smart-minded universities and organizations, career resources and coaches are hard to find or expensive to buy/hire.
We want to pursue these challenges via technology bringing insights from top-notch coaching to everyone.
Reduce the stress of your Job Search and fast-track your path to landing your dream job with Archer Job Search Tool. You're not alone in this journey. We are here to facilitate a guided path for you.
Visit: https://www.archercareersoftware.com
Media Contact
James Johnson, EdTech Breakthrough, 213.255.3658, [email protected]
SOURCE EdTech Breakthrough

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