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Pivot to a new career

A ready-made journey for anyone who wants to pivot to a new career: 7 steps, about 4.1 hour in all, in an order that works — work steps of 30 minutes or less, with real-world sessions kept whole.

Career 7 steps · about 4.1 hour
Start this journey

Opens in Nextep with a two-minute first step lit. Free, and no account needed to begin.

When it's useful

When you have decided to pivot to a new career but the first move is fuzzy. Nextep shows one step at a time, keeps the rest in order, and never calls anything overdue — a day that slips simply becomes today.

The steps

  1. 1Write down what you are moving toward, not just away from20 min
  2. 2Map your transferable skills30 min
  3. 3Find 5 people already doing it30 min
  4. 4Run 3 informational callstime block · 45 min
  5. 5Close the biggest credibility gap60 min
  6. 6Rewrite your story for the new field30 min
  7. 7Apply to the first 3 roles30 min

Work steps over 30 minutes are split into parts when you start, so they fit somewhere in a day; sessions — a run, an appointment, a call — stay whole.