Career Myth Cards - Single Deck

The Career Myth Cards are an innovative career development tool for career advisors, counselors, and teachers who want to create meaningful career conversations for their students and prepare them for the future of work. 

Our students learn countless career myths that hold them back:

"I need to pick the one right job title, forever..."

"If I make the wrong choice, there is no way of going back…"

"I need to find my passion first…"

These beliefs shape their choices and limit their potential. How can they engage in meaningful career exploration without acknowledging and unlearning these myths? 

To get students to truly listen, we need a different approach. We need to get exponentially clearer on what is holding them back and what they need to unlearn. That’s why we created the Career Myth Cards.

If you think tackling career myths could make the world of a difference for your students, this is the tool for you! This engaging card sort puts the students in charge to invite a deeper reflection: exploring the assumptions underpinning beliefs.

Only by reaching students at this deeper level of reflection can we truly tackle limiting career myths.

Great career exploration isn’t about fixing students or telling them how to think. It’s about creating space for students to explore their beliefs, the assumptions behind them, and the new possibilities that will better serve them.

Try the Career Myth Cards with your students to change the career conversation! 

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Debunk Outdated,
Limiting Beliefs

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Encourage Student-Driven Reflection

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Create New
Career Possibilities

“I didn’t imagine it would invoke emotions like it did. I had an emotional response.”

Madina Molchanova

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Card-Sort Process

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Sort

Explore Career Myths and sort the cards into 3 piles: Agree, Disagree, and Unsure.

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Reflect

Using the back of the cards, explore new insights and question existing beliefs.

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Apply

Use newly acquired empowering beliefs to create career possibilities.

What People Are Saying

“The Career Myth Cards help the counselor identify and address the biggest myths that are holding the student back very quickly.”

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Kristin Keller

Career Counselor,
San Jose State University

“The cards break down silos and commonly held myths that may lead to broader thinking, richer perspectives, and access to greater opportunity.”

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Maureen McCann

Executive Career Strategist, Promotion Career Solutions

“The Career Myth Cards provide empowering strategies to help students explore and think differently. It feels freeing and helpful.”

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Kristi Wasson

Assistant Director of Career Services, University of Colorado, Boulder

"This is EXACTLY what I needed. Thanks for making me feel that I am not alone and there is a way to move students forward."

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Renée Harris

Assistant Director, Towson University

"The Career Myths set the scene for positive career discussions. Students felt more comfortable asking questions.”

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Mark Anderson

Career Practitioner, Shenton College

Anatomy of a Career Myth Card

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How it Works

Frequently Asked Questions

The Career Myth Cards empower students to rethink limiting beliefs, opening up new possibilities for career exploration and decision-making.

Share Your Experience

Tag SparkPath on LinkedIn to share your career myth busting stories with other myth busters!

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