Career Compass · for career switchers

Switching careers? See what really carries over.

free · MIT · no account
a Claude plugin

Switching fields, the hard part is knowing which of your experience counts and saying it in the new field's words without claiming a job you haven't had. Career Compass maps each requirement in a posting to something you actually did, says plainly where there's no match, and drafts in the new vocabulary only where your history says the same thing. A teacher who interviewed students is a teacher who interviewed students; it won't call that a UX job.

You

[pastes an Associate UX Researcher posting] Do I fit this?

Claude

Stretchreal research practice, but no paid UX research role yet.

Must-haves, with your evidence

Running moderated usability studies✓Ran 8 moderated sessions for the Portland Library app; 2 of 5 recommendations were adopted.
Synthesizing findings into recommendations✓Interviewed 30 students about where they got stuck, redesigned the assessment; pass rates rose from 68% to 81%.
Surveys✓Ran parent surveys each semester (about 120 responses) and presented findings to school leadership.

Top two gaps

1 to 3 years of UX research. You have one volunteer study and research done as a teacher. Lead with the library study and call the classroom work what it was.
Figma. Basic, by your own account. It's a nice-to-have here, so mention it without stretching it.

Example on sample data Dana Okafor, a fictional teacher moving into UX research, from the test set · the posting is made up · shortened

Get it in the Claude directory

Two clicks, no setup

In the Claude app or on claude.ai, open Customize → Plugins.
Search for Career Compass and add it.
Paste a job posting and your résumé, and ask Do I fit this?

claude.ai chat · web, desktop, mobileSkills only. Claude works from what you paste. A Career Compass card you keep carries your search into the next chat.

Cowork and Claude CodeAlso keeps your history and applications as plain text on your own computer. Needs Node.js 22 or newer.