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Explore themSee what's new on GitHubFrom a vague urge to change jobs to an offer you negotiated yourself.
A 11-step learning path. Follow it in order, or jump to what you need.
For anyone actively job hunting or plotting a deliberate career change, whether you're unemployed, quietly looking while employed, or years into one field and ready for another. Plan on about 6 weeks at a few hours a week to work through it once, then come back to individual steps every time you open a new search. This path does not teach the skills your target role itself requires; pair it with the relevant CheatGrid skill or career path for that. By the end you can name your transferable skills and target role, build a resume, LinkedIn profile, and outreach system that actually generate interviews, and negotiate a job offer with real numbers behind you.
No prior experience needed. Start from zero.
Start here with a same-day self-assessment: naming what you actually want turns a vague urge to change jobs into one target the rest of this path can build toward.
This is where most career changers get stuck, not knowing what actually carries over; running the pivot framework against the goal from step 1 turns that fog into a named list of transferable skills.
Your resume and LinkedIn only land if they tell the same story, so this step turns the target and transferable skills from steps 1 and 2 into one consistent professional narrative before you write a single bullet point.
You've named the role you're chasing and the skills that already transfer to it. Next up: turning that into a resume and profile that actually get read.
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With the narrative from step 3 fixed, this is where it becomes a document that clears an ATS filter and holds a recruiter's attention past the first six seconds.
The same story from step 3 now has to work as a profile recruiters find on their own, not just a document you send out, so this step rebuilds it for search and for scroll.
Good materials alone do not get interviews; this step turns your target list into a weekly rhythm of tailored applications and follow-ups so nothing you send from step 4 disappears into a black hole.
Most of the roles you actually want never reach the tracker from step 6, since referrals fill them first; this is where the discomfort of reaching out turns into the channel that does most of the real work.
You have a resume and profile built to clear filters, a weekly routine that keeps every application moving, and real conversations opening doors instead of cold applying. A few minutes of due flashcards keeps that resume language and pitch sharp while you build outreach momentum for the interviews ahead.
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+100 XP
Networking and applications get you in the room; this step turns the transferable skills you named in step 2 into structured stories you can tell under pressure.
An offer is not a final number, and staying quiet here can cost six figures over a career; this step gives you the research and scripts to counter with real numbers instead of hope.
Take this if your interview stories from step 8 still feel flat: sharper narrative structure makes the same accomplishments land harder in a room full of similar resumes.
Landing the offer is not the finish line: this closing step turns the achievement-tracking from step 4 and the negotiation instincts from step 9 into a habit you keep using for every raise and promotion after this one.
You can tell one consistent career story, get a resume and profile past the filters, run a search system instead of applying cold, hold your own in the interview and the negotiation, and keep advocating for the next raise after this one. That's what the Career Navigator badge certifies.
Finish this section to unlock.
+100 XP
Finish every required step, at least 70% of them genuinely done (not skipped), to earn this badge and 500 XP.