For Schools & Institutions

17 roles. 5 industries.
One program built
for that reality.Career Index is built for that world.

Most students don't need more information about careers. They need a structured way to understand themselves first. Career Index: Exploration gives students identity clarity before guidance—and gives your team the structured profiles they need to do their best work.

Partners
Pilot discussions underway across Asia-Pacific schools
app.mycareerindex.com
↓ Session 1 ↓
Session 1: People I enjoy working with
↓ Session 3 ↓
Session 3: How Companies Are Structured
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Session 5: Career Silos
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The Real Problem

Counselors are doing exploration.
They're too skilled and time poor.

Students aren't arriving unclear because they're unmotivated. They're arriving without a structured system to discover who they are—before they're asked where they want to go.

Students arrive…
Your team spends…
Unclear, saying "I don't know," or making choices that don't reflect who they areIdentity Gap
3–5 exploratory meetings before any real guidance can begin
Armed with psychometric results that measure aptitude in one moment—not identity over timeWrong Tool
Time correcting misaligned subject and university choices made without a foundation
With no real understanding of how industries work, overlap, or where their skills could fit across multiple pathsNo Context
Less time on high-impact strategy and competitive university placement
Unable to write meaningful personal statements because they don't know their own story yetNo Narrative
More sessions managing uncertainty instead of making strategic decisions

Traditional psychometric tests answer "what are you good at right now?" Career Index answers a more important question: "who are you—and what multidimensional futures could that become?" Career Index designs against predictions and satisfaction with a single career. We prepare individuals for the world as it actually exists.

What Students Walk In With

Real structured outputs, customized to each student.

"This is everything you wish students came into a meeting already knowing."
What your counseling team receives
SessionDeliverableWhen
S1Structured identity report—values, traits, skill signalsAfter Session 1
S2Industry shortlist with rationale & fit explanationAfter Session 2
S3Career clusters—useful for subject alignmentAfter Session 3
S4Market-validated career focus listAfter Session 4
S5Final pathways + salary contextAfter Session 5
S6Resume draft + action plan, ready for counselor reviewAfter Session 6
The student portal—as they experience it
app.mycareerindex.com
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Career Index portal—Session 1: Self Discovery
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Career Index portal—Session 3: How Companies Are Structured
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Career Index portal—Session 5: Career Silos
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4,000+
Careers in database
135+
Industries mapped
6
Structured sessions
Proprietary
Skills Engine
AI-assisted intelligence
Two Program Tracks

Career Index: Exploration. Two Structured Paths.

Built for anyone navigating a nonlinear, multidimensional future. Both tracks are self-contained—no internal facilitation required from your team.

Self-Guided + Learning Lab
High School Student
For schools & career programs
For Schools & Counseling Teams
Who it's for

Students navigating post-secondary direction, subject choices, or university applications who need structured identity clarity before any guidance conversation can actually land.

Students complete the full S1–S6 program independently. No facilitation from your team. They arrive at their counselor's office with a structured identity report already in hand.
  • Full S1–S6 Exploration program
  • AI-assisted skills engine—4,000+ careers, 135+ industries
  • Identity profile, values map, and traits summary
  • Multidimensional career silos & pathway clusters
  • Resume system pre-populated with program data
Self-Guided + Expert Consult
Professional Athlete
For performance organizations & institutions
For Ballet Companies, Sports Leagues & Institutions
Who it's for

High-performing athletes and professional dancers navigating career transition. Built with and for institutions like Queensland Ballet and Royal New Zealand Ballet.

Everything in the self-guided track—plus at the end of Session 6, participants book a 45-minute virtual strategy consult with a Career Index expert.
  • Full S1–S6 Exploration program
  • Athlete-specific identity & transition framing
  • Industry mapping built around transferable performance skills
  • Multidimensional career silos & strategic pathway clusters
  • Resume system + 45-min expert strategy consult (post-S6)
Built on Lived Experience

Not theory. Real people. Real transitions.

Where it began
The methodology that worked for the world's most complex career transition now works for yours.

Career Index began as Dancer Index—a structured career transition program built with professional performers at Queensland Ballet and Royal New Zealand Ballet. High-performing athletes face the hardest version of the identity problem: a singular, all-consuming career, then sudden transition. The framework that worked for them is the same framework that now powers the school program.

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We explored a wide range of career options and narrowed them down based on my interests, income potential, workplace culture, and growth opportunities. I finished the program confident in a few select career options that genuinely resonated with me.

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Sophie Zoricic
First Company Artist, Queensland Ballet
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The programme is structured into six perfectly designed sessions, which helped me uncover personality and working traits I never realised I had.

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Mali Comlekci
Dancer, Sydney Dance Company
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Career Index revealed how the skills developed over years in ballet are transferable and can be carried into a new profession.

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Vanessa Morelli
First Company Artist, Queensland Ballet

Currently in pilot discussions with international schools across Asia-Pacific.

The Career Index Difference
Students
Arrive with identity clarity

Values, traits, and transferable skills—mapped to real industries, real roles, and a multidimensional direction they can own and articulate before any guidance meeting.

→ A structured identity they can act on
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Counselors
Receive structured profiles

Every student arrives with a tailored identity report already complete. Your first conversation starts at strategy—not "so, what do you think you might be interested in?"

→ Higher-impact guidance from session one
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Schools & Institutions
Better outcomes downstream

Students with identity clarity make better subject choices, write stronger personal statements, and enter applications knowing their own story. Career Index builds the foundation everything else depends on.

→ A plug-and-play program, zero facilitation required
Where Career Index Sits

Career Index works alongside every
platform you already use. It just comes first.

Students who skip the upstream identity work arrive at your application platform without a foundation. The tools can't compensate for that.
Career Index ensures they don't have to.

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Career Index
Who you are + where you fit
Upstream Identity Work
  • Identity, traits, & transferable skills
  • Industry awareness across 135+ sectors
  • Multidimensional, parallel career pathways
  • Modern workforce & organizational structure
  • Proprietary AI-assisted skills intelligence
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Application Platforms
What you should choose
Subject + Path Selection
  • Psychometrics & traditional pathways
  • Subject choice matching
  • Early applications pipeline
University & College Admissions
How you present yourself
Application Coaching
  • Personal statements
  • Narrative shaping
  • Application coaching
The S1–S6 Program

Six sessions. One structured direction.

Each session builds on the last. Clarity compounds.
By Session 6, students have a structured resume and a multidimensional direction they can act on.

What happens
Students complete structured story prompts designed to surface real skill signals—not just interests. The AI-assisted skills engine begins mapping responses to career contexts.
What it replaces
The 45–60 minutes (or more) counselors typically spend helping a student articulate who they are before meaningful guidance can begin.
📋
Session Deliverable
Structured Identity Report—values, trait patterns, skill signal summary
Available to counselors immediately. Student arrives at first meeting with this complete.
What happens
Identity signals from S1 are matched against 135+ industry categories. Students see how their traits and skills could translate across multiple, parallel sectors—not just the obvious ones.
What It Replaces
Generic industry lists and surface-level exposure limited to what students already know—plus a lack of understanding of how companies operate across multiple sectors.
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Session Deliverable
Industry Shortlist—top 8 industries with fit rationale and context
Useful for early subject choice conversations and counselor-led exploration.
What happens
Industry shortlist expands into specific roles. Careers are grouped into clusters, de-duplicated, and explained with real KPIs—what the role actually measures, expects, and rewards.
What It Replaces
Overwhelming job title databases without context, hierarchy, or decision-making clarity.
🔍
Session Deliverable
Career Clusters—top 15 careers, clustered, and explained
Directly useful for subject alignment conversations with counselors.
What happens
Students review real job postings from their S3 careers. Aspirational choices are pressure-tested against market requirements, closing the gap between self-perception and external reality.
What It Replaces
Speculative career decisions made without understanding market requirements.
📊
Session Deliverable
Market-Validated Career Focus List—top 10 roles, reality-tested
Gives counselors evidence-based data to support subject and university conversations.
What happens
The student's top career directions are grouped into silos with salary context, trajectory data, and a strategic fit ranking. From 4,000+ careers, clarity emerges around their final choices.
What It Replaces
Students committing to subjects or degrees without understanding trajectory, long-term fit, or the need for multidimensional career planning.
⭐
Session Deliverable
Final Pathways—best prospects
The foundation for personal statement work and final counselor strategy sessions.
What happens
Everything built across S1–S5 flows into a guided resume builder. Students produce a working draft structured around their identity, skills, and validated pathway—not a blank template.
What It Replaces
Last-minute resume writing disconnected from identity, skills, and validated direction.
📄
Session Deliverable
Working Resume Draft + Action Plan—pre-populated with program data
Ready for counselor review. Students arrive at their final session already holding something concrete.
Professional Athlete track: Session 6 includes the option to book a 45-minute virtual strategy consult with a Career Index expert—turning program outputs into a live, personalized action plan.
About the Founder

Why this program is personal, proven, and ready to deliver.

Kay Tien
7
Industries Worked
15+
Years of experience
5
Continents Lived & Worked
Founder & Director
Kay Tien
Founder, Career Index & Pivot Pointe

Kay Tien is a former professional ballet dancer trained in Germany who transitioned through 7 industries across 5 continents—not by following a linear path, but by learning how to read her own identity and apply it across multiple, parallel contexts. She built this program because she lived the gap it fills.

She has led global initiatives for brands including Red Bull, Thom Browne, Monster Products, Hines, and Youth America Grand Prix, and has spent over a decade guiding individuals through career transitions and securing competitive placements internationally.

What began as a structured transition program for high-performing professional dancers at Queensland Ballet and Royal New Zealand Ballet has evolved into Career Index—a comprehensive identity and career exploration platform built for anyone navigating a nonlinear, multidimensional future.
Ready to explore what's possible?

See what Career Index could do
for your students. Before they need it.

Currently in pilot discussions with international schools across Asia-Pacific. Let's have a 30-minute conversation—
no pitch, no pressure, just a look at whether there's a fit.