This brief identifies a range of student-centered and market-aligned program design strategies to help students enrolled in short-term career and technical education programs get good jobs and careers. These strategies are especially important for those who are low income or are underrepresented in higher education, including student-parents, those juggling work obligations, returning citizens, and others. Through a review of the literature, we focus on three dimensions of program-level strategies to improve student outcomes: supporting career decisions and navigation, building skills for work, and connecting students to employment. This framework will support further research to understand what program design elements matter most in preparing postsecondary students for work.