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For career changers

A new direction, told with your true facts.

Switching fields, coming back after a break or starting over in a new country is hard enough without a blank form asking for “relevant experience”. Drop in what you have: we show which of your skills carry over, find roles and programs that welcome people like you, and explain the switch without inventing a thing.

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What you’re after

The goals we work on with you.

A bridge role in the new field

Roles where your transferable skills count, with cover letters that explain the move using facts from your own history.

JobsPart-time and gig workVolunteer roles

Retrain with support

Bootcamps, funded course seats and certifications. Enrolment and payment stay with you.

Courses and bootcampsProfessional certifications

Come back after a break

Returnships and programs designed for people returning to work after caring, illness or time away.

ReturnshipsMentorship programs

Start over somewhere new

Remote roles, visa pathways and the evidence each route needs, for people moving countries.

Remote jobsVisa pathwaysCommunities and associations

What we chase for you

The opportunities we look for.

A worked example

Example

A secondary-school teacher moving into learning design

An illustration, not a real person or a real posting

  1. 1Drops in

    Her teaching CV and a course she built, as a PDF.

  2. 2Profile

    Career changer, education to learning design; curriculum design, assessment and stakeholder communication shown as transferable skills, each quoted from her documents.

  3. 3Goal

    A learning-designer role within six months, open to a short course first.

  4. 4This week's picks

    Two junior learning-design roles, one funded course seat and one mentorship program.

  5. 5Prepared and submitted

    Her cover letters explain the switch with facts from her own history — no invented experience — and go out after her tap.

  6. 6Gaps

    Where a posting asks for a tool her documents don't show, it's listed as a gap so she can decide: add evidence, learn it, or skip that role.

What you upload

Start with what you already have.

  • Résumé, gaps and all

    Breaks and changes of direction are fine; we don't hide them or invent around them.

  • Course certificates

    Anything you've learned for the new field.

  • Work samples

    Projects that show the new skills in action.

  • Links

    A portfolio, a blog or a public project.

Every week

What happens while you get on with your life.

  • Roles and programs open to people changing careers
  • Applications that explain your move with your own facts
  • The gaps between your profile and the roles you're shown, so you can decide what to work on
  • Milestones toward the first yes in the new field

Stays with you

The steps that are yours.

  • Interviews and trial tasks
  • Course enrolment and payments
  • Visa applications and official documents
  • Deciding which gaps are worth closing
Returning after caring for family, leaving the military, moving countries or starting a second career later in life — the same engine adapts to your situation.

Questions

What people in your position ask.

All questions
Will it hide my career break?

No, and it won't invent anything to fill it. Applications present your history truthfully and, where it helps, explain the break in your own words.

What if I don't meet every requirement?

We show which requirements your documents support and which are gaps. Many roles hire people who meet most of them; you decide which to try.

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Start with what you have.

Drop in your documents, see what you can go after, and decide later. Free, and nothing is sent until you tap.

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