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Probably Good: Mapping Your Options with Career Hypotheses
A chapter of Probably Good's free career guide on turning early interests into a few testable career directions, covering strategies such as direct work, supporting roles, earning to give and building career capital.
GuideFreeThe 2026 Career Pivot Report
LHH analysis of more than 418,000 laid-off workers: almost 60% moved into entirely new roles or careers in 2025 rather than returning to the same role.
ReportFreeWhy your boss matters more than remote or hybrid work when it comes to burnout and job satisfaction
A Conversation article reporting research finding that the quality of a person's manager relates more to burnout and job satisfaction than whether they work remotely, hybrid or in the office.
ArticleFreeSANS Technology Institute Application Portal
The online application portal for SANS Technology Institute cybersecurity programs: undergraduate and graduate degrees, certificates and single courses. Applying requires a SANS.org account; program questions go to info@sans.edu. The programs themselves charge tuition — see the SANS.edu admissions pages for details.
TrainingFreeHelping teens learn, plan, and shape the future of AI
OpenAI post from October 7, 2026 announcing a College Planner coming to ChatGPT for Teens, starting with US students in grades 10–12, support for the nonprofit College Advising Corps, and a student advisory council run by Boston Children's Hospital's Digital Wellness Lab.
ArticleFree123test Career Test
Free online career aptitude test that matches your interests and personality to occupations; a more detailed paid report is offered after the free results.
ToolFreeCareerOneStop Interest Assessment
US Department of Labor interest assessment (based on the O*NET Interest Profiler) that matches your interests to careers. (Page blocked automated reading; described from the tool's known purpose.)
Government ResourceFreeCareerOneStop Work Values Matcher
US Department of Labor assessment that ranks your work values and matches them to occupations. (Page blocked automated reading; described from the tool's known purpose.)
Government ResourceFreeFree Tools for Career Changers
Job Hopper newsletter post by Alison Doyle and Jen Luckwaldt rounding up free tools for exploring and making a career change without big time or money investments.
ArticleFreeLinkedIn Career Explorer
Free interactive tool built on LinkedIn Economic Graph data that shows which jobs your existing skills already match and suggests career transition paths.
ToolFreeTruity Career Interest and Personality Tests
Free career aptitude and personality tests (with optional paid full reports) that map your interests and type to fitting careers.
ToolFreeWhy Zillennials May Have a Hidden Career Advantage in the Future of Work
An argument that "zillennials" — the micro-generation bridging Millennials and Gen Z — carry a career advantage because they grew up across both analog and digital worlds.
ArticleFreeBetween Algorithm and Empathy: AI Literacy and Ethics in Career Coaching
An NCDA Career Convergence article by Safaa Amer (Oct. 2026) on how AI tools are reshaping career coaching — expanding access and automating tasks — and the AI literacy and ethical practice coaches need to use them responsibly.
ArticleFreeStop Letting the Job Description Reject You Before the Company Does
Teshawn Black argues that job seekers should not self-reject over job descriptions written for an ideal candidate. The piece walks through how to figure out what you already have, which of your skills actually transfer to a role, and what you genuinely still need to learn before applying.
articleFreeProbably Good Career Guide: How to Do Good With Your Work
Free in-depth guide from the nonprofit Probably Good on choosing a career path that creates positive impact, covering values, career capital, job options and decision-making.
GuideFreeStop Training Kids for a One-Job Career
Fast Company argues schools should prepare young people for many careers and changes, not a single job for life.
articleFreeAwesome at Your Job
Pete Mockaitis' long-running podcast on practical workplace skills: communication, productivity, managing up and career growth, with hundreds of free episodes.
PodcastFreec0de switch
A community and resource hub for people switching careers into tech, with a focus on underrepresented career-changers.
communityFree9 Dying Industries That Aren't Worth Getting Jobs In At This Point
FinanceBuzz article by Josh Koebert, syndicated on MSN, listing nine fields it argues are shrinking: journalism, computer programming, data entry, telemarketing, photography, translation, bookkeeping, legal assistance and customer service. It cites Bureau of Labor Statistics projections — 4% fewer journalism jobs, 6% fewer programming jobs and 6% fewer bookkeeping jobs by 2034 — and points at information security analysts as a growing alternative with a 2024 median salary above $124,000.
ArticleFreeAndela Research — Emergent role classification from skill mapping
A free study by Cory Hymel, Head of Research at Andela, published June 2026. It analysed 47,101 Fortune 500 software job postings against a map of what each established role was historically supposed to require, scored 2,026 distinct skills, and detected 23 candidate 'emergent roles' — job titles that are forming in the overlap between existing ones, the way ML Engineer formed between software engineering and statistics, and DevSecOps formed between development, security and operations.
ReportFreeGolden Tech Workforce & Education
A New York 501(c)(3) nonprofit running hands-on training for underserved adults in cybersecurity, AI, IT support, data analytics, digital literacy and financial empowerment. Programs lead to certifications and include job-placement help and internships, and the organization offers scholarships.
DirectoryFreeThe Old Dog and the New Tricks: AI for Non-Technical Employees
A first-person account by Ann Henson, retiring VP of Client Success at CampusIQ, who at 71 opened more than 100 pull requests with 97 merged into production without becoming a developer. She describes exactly which tedious parts of her job she handed to AI tools and what she still did herself.
ArticleFreeAll Tech Is Human
Non-profit building the responsible tech community, with free reports, career guides, mentorship programmes, a job board and a large directory of people working on tech and society issues.
OrganizationFreeThe Aftermath Plan: A 30/60/90 for Layoffs and Reorgs
A free printable workbook for the weeks after a layoff, reorg or exit you did not choose, written by Erica Rivera, a former Google and Indeed recruiter. It walks through the first 72 hours, then days 1-30 (runway math, benefits and unemployment deadlines, severance review), days 31-60 (evidence of your work, your narrative) and days 61-90 (options and offers), with space to write your own answers and date them.
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