Traditional, text-based resumes and portfolios can fall short when you’re trying to get a prospective employer or school admission counselor to pick you out of a pile. You can tell them about your achievements, but with such limited space, how do you show them? Enter Pathbrite and its CEO and Founder Heather Hiles.
With Pathbrite, students can, as Heather says, “collect, analyze, publish and share all evidence of their learning and achievement.” The digital platform lets users create visual portfolios, pulling in representative pieces of themselves — pictures, LinkedIn recommendations, personal websites, published work and more — into one spot.
For Heather, Pathbrite is the latest endeavor in a career that’s focused on closing the education and employment achievement gaps. A UC Berkley and Yale University grad, she has founded and led several private and public sector organizations, including an NGO to place women from welfare into careers.