# Build a learning plan to close my career-switch gaps

A realistic, time-boxed plan to gain the missing skills, with a portfolio project that proves them to employers.

- Topic: Career & Job Search
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Career, Education, Plan, Fill-in Template, Step-by-step
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/build-a-learning-plan-to-close-my-career-switch-gaps

## Prompt

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Build me a learning plan to close the skill gaps for my career switch. This is step 2 of my career-switch plan; it can use what I learned in informational interviews (step 1).

**Target role:** [ROLE]
**Skill gaps to close:** [LIST, most important first]
**What insiders said matters most:** [e.g. "a portfolio beats a certificate"]
**Time available per week:** [HOURS]
**Budget for learning:** [AMOUNT, or "free resources only"]
**Target date to start applying:** [DATE]
**How I learn best:** [courses, books, building things, a cohort with deadlines]

Requirements:
- Prioritize the skills employers screen on; skip nice-to-haves.
- For each skill, suggest types of resources (e.g. "an intro statistics course with exercises") rather than inventing specific course names or prices. If you name a well-known resource, tell me to confirm it's current.
- Only recommend a paid certificate or degree if it's genuinely expected in the field, and say so plainly.
- Design 1-2 portfolio projects that mirror real work in the target role and that I can show in interviews.

Return:
1. A week-by-week plan in a table: Week | Skill | Activity | Output.
2. The portfolio project brief(s): problem, deliverable, how to present it.
3. Ways to get real-world practice now (volunteering, a side project at my current job, freelance).
4. A checkpoint every 4 weeks to decide whether to adjust the plan.
```

## What to fill in

- ROLE
- LIST, most important first
- e.g. "a portfolio beats a certificate"
- HOURS
- AMOUNT, or "free resources only"
- DATE
- courses, books, building things, a cohort with deadlines

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