Dallas, Texas, is one of the six sites selected to participate in the "New Skills ready network." This five-year initiative, launched by JPMorgan Chase & Co. in 2020, aims to improve student completion of high-quality career pathways. In the first year of the initiative, the Dallas, Texas, "New Skills ready network" team launched a virtual internship toolkit and employer recruitment campaign, completed their initial labor market information (LMI) analysis focusing on post-COVID-19 changes, started career pathway mapping, completed a landscape of middle school and high school career exploration activities and programs, and started an equity analysis of learner participation in career pathways. This snapshot provides a summary of the two major priorities of Dallas, Texas' "New Skills ready network" team: (1) developing a community-aligned view of LMI; and (2) creating a collaborative approach to work-based learning supported by a virtual internship toolkit. [For "New Skills Ready Network Early Achievements & Innovations: Year One," see ED616558.]