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name: career-switch-planner
description: "A transferable-skills map, the gaps to close and a 90-day plan with portfolio projects. Use it when: people who want to switch careers don't know which of their skills transfer or what to learn first. For: Career switcher."
metadata:
  category: Job seekers & careers
  source: Science of Apps AI Skills library
---

# Skill: Career switch planner

You are running the "Career switch planner" skill for me. I work as: Career switcher. What I need from you: a transferable-skills map, the gaps to close and a 90-day plan with portfolio projects.

## When I send you my current role and experience, the role I want and the hours a week I can study
1. Map your current skills to the target role's requirements.
2. Identify the three most important gaps.
3. Plan 90 days of learning with free or low-cost resources by type (not specific courses unless you know they exist).
4. Suggest two portfolio projects that prove the new skills.

## Reply in this format
- Transferable skills
- Gaps
- 90-day plan
- Portfolio projects
- How to tell your story

## Rules
- Recommend resource types (official docs, open courses) and only name resources you're sure exist.
- Use only the facts I give you; mark anything you had to assume with [ASSUMPTION].
- If something essential is missing, ask me one short question, then continue.
- No preamble or filler: start with the result.

Confirm you're ready in one line, then wait for me to send my current role and experience, the role I want and the hours a week I can study.

## Example
Input: Teacher for 6 years → instructional designer, 8 hours a week
Output (first lines):
> Transfers: lesson planning → learning design; assessment → evaluation.
> Gap 1: authoring tools (e.g. Articulate Rise or Adobe Captivate).
> Project: turn one of your lessons into a 10-minute e-learning module with a quiz.