(formerly Shapeshifter)
Careers

Adding New Careers

Adding careers for your clients helps the tool's AI match them with relevant job opportunities and build personalized roadmaps. You can use AI-powered Career Discovery to get suggestions based on their resume and LinkedIn profile, or manually add specific roles they're targeting.

Once careers are added, clients get detailed scorecards showing skill gaps, role information, and curated resources to help them prepare.

Accessing the Careers Section

Navigate to your client's profile and click Careers in the left sidebar. If no careers have been added yet, you'll see two options: + Add Career (manual) and Career Discovery (AI-powered).

Method 1: Using Career Discovery (AI-Powered)

Career Discovery analyzes your client's LinkedIn profile (and resume if uploaded) to suggest roles that match their skills and goals.

Step 1: Start Career Discovery

Click the Career Discovery button at the top right of your screen. You'll see a prompt asking about your client's desired career path.

Step 2: Describe Their Career Goals

Either type free-form text describing what your client wants (e.g., "wants to transition into leadership roles in tech") or select from the suggestion chips by clicking on the "See some ideas" button:

  • Want to be a leader

  • Want to grow in current path

  • Want to transition to a different career track

  • Want to maximize income

  • Want more customer-facing experience

  • Want to work on more technical projects

  • Want to work on more creative projects

Click Find Exciting Career Options when ready.

Step 3: Review AI Suggestions

The AI will analyze your client's LinkedIn profile and resume, and within seconds, you'll see a list of suggested roles with compatibility percentages.

Each suggestion shows:

  • Role title (e.g., "Principal Software Engineer")

  • Compatibility score (e.g., 84%)

  • Brief explanation of why they're a good fit

Step 4: Select and Add Roles

Check the careers you want to add and click Continue. The selected roles will be added to your client's profile.

Method 2: Manually Adding a Career

If you know the specific role your client is targeting, you can add it manually.

Step 1: Click + Add Career

From the Careers page, click the + Add Career button in the top right.

Step 2: Enter the Role Title

Type a standard, globally recognized job title (e.g., "Director of Engineering", "Product Manager", "Data Scientist"). Avoid abbreviations or company-specific titles.

Use industry-standard titles for best results. The AI will automatically generate role details, scorecard, and resources within a few seconds.

Step 3: Review Auto-Generated Details

The tool automatically populates the career with comprehensive information. You'll see a compatibility score and full career profile immediately.

Best Practices

  • Keep career titles as globally known as possible, including their spelling and order. It should not include industries in career titles [industries can be selected in the Jobs module]

    • Director of Product Management ✅

    • Dir. of PM ❌

    • Product Manager Director ❌

    • Product Management ❌

    • Director of Product Management, Biotech ❌

  • Shortlist about 5-10 options, review it with your client and then remove the career titles that are no longer required (keep the career titles to be 5 at best)

    • If you don’t do that, the tool will pull jobs for the careers that are not needed and it will clutter your client’s job feed making it difficult for the client to focus.

Understanding Career Details

Once a career is added, click on it to view detailed information across three tabs:

Role Info Tab

This tab provides comprehensive information about the role itself:

  • About — Overview of the role and its importance

  • Responsibilities — Key duties and expectations

  • Typical Profile — Education, experience, and skills required

  • Career Ladder — Progression path and related roles

  • Common Myths — Misconceptions about the role

Scorecard Tab

The scorecard shows your client's readiness for the role using a radar chart and detailed skill breakdown.

The radar chart compares your client's current skills (red) against the ideal profile for the role (green). Below the chart, you'll find:

  • Percentage scores for key competencies that are specific to each career

  • Skills Present — Existing skills that match the role

  • Skills Missing — Gaps to address

Use the scorecard to have data-driven conversations with clients about their development priorities and create targeted action plans.

Resources Tab

The tool curates relevant learning resources for each career, including:

  • Recommended books

  • Industry conferences

  • Online courses

  • Professional certifications

  • Networking opportunities

  • ...and few more resources

These resources help clients prepare strategically for their target roles.

Viewing All Careers

The main Careers page lists all added careers with their compatibility scores. Clients with multiple career targets can easily compare options and focus their efforts.

Best Practices

Add careers during your initial client onboarding call. This ensures job matching starts immediately and helps clients see relevant opportunities from day one.

  • Recommend 3-5 careers per client for optimal job matching without overwhelming them

  • Use standard titles when manually adding careers (e.g., "Senior Product Manager" not "PM3")

  • Review scorecards together with clients to identify skill development priorities

  • Update careers as client goals evolve during the coaching relationship

  • Leverage resources to create actionable homework assignments

Video Walkthrough

Watch this complete walkthrough of adding careers for clients:

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