# Plan a career change

Translates your experience to a new field, closes skill gaps, and manages the financial risk of switching.

- Topic: Career & Job Search
- Framework: RTF
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Career, Plan, Translate, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/plan-a-career-change

## Prompt

```text
Help me plan a career change.

**From:** [CURRENT ROLE/INDUSTRY]
**To:** [TARGET ROLE/INDUSTRY]
**Why:** [MOTIVATION]
**Transferable experience:** [what I've done that's relevant]
**Constraints:** [savings runway, family, location, time to study]
**Special situation (optional):** [career gap, return to work, overqualified, age concerns]

Deliver:
1. **Translation** — how my experience maps to the target role, in the language that field uses.
2. **Gap plan** — skills or credentials needed, the fastest credible way to get each, and cost and time.
3. **Story** — a 3-sentence career-change narrative for interviews and LinkedIn (and how to address my special situation honestly).
4. **Bridge options** — hybrid roles, internal moves, freelance projects, or volunteering that reduce risk.
5. **Financial risk check** — runway needed and a decision checkpoint.
6. **12-week action plan.**
```

## What to fill in

- CURRENT ROLE/INDUSTRY
- TARGET ROLE/INDUSTRY
- MOTIVATION
- what I've done that's relevant
- savings runway, family, location, time to study
- career gap, return to work, overqualified, age concerns

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