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Next Move: career change course: switching careers in the AI era
Six lessons on changing careers as AI changes work: read the data without over-reading it, find your transferable skills, check options against real job ads, close gaps, test before you leap, and work a 90-day plan.
About this course
career change course: switching careers in the AI era.
Starter · About 1 hour of learning · 6 lessons · 12 quick checks · 1 download
Who it's for
People thinking about changing careers as AI changes work, in Australia, the UK, the US and elsewhere.
How it works
6 guided lessons in your browser, with worked examples, exercises and a quick check after each lesson. Progress is saved in this browser only, and you can restart at any time. You start with just your first name and email, and you can take one whole course that way. After that, a free account lets you continue past lesson 1.
Sources we rely on
15 published sources, mostly regulators and official bodies, listed below so you can check the original guidance yourself.
By the end you can
- Read official AI and jobs studies at the task level, not as predictions about you
- Build a transferable skills inventory in industry-neutral words, with evidence
- Shortlist two or three options checked against job ads and official information
- Plan the shortest credible route through training, recognition and small tests
- Write a dated 90-day plan for skills, applications and networking
Downloads
- Career change planner .docxReasons check, skills inventory, option shortlist, gap and training checks, a test plan and a 90-day plan.
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Learning time
About 1 hour of learning. May count towards your CPD or professional development; check your professional body's rules. Estimated from reading time, exercises, quick checks and downloads.
Sources
Check the originals.
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General information and training only. Courses may count towards your CPD or professional development; check your professional body's rules.
- How-to Guide: Switch careers · CareerOneStop, sponsored by the US Department of Labor
- Career changers · CareerOneStop, sponsored by the US Department of Labor
- Informational interviews · CareerOneStop, sponsored by the US Department of Labor
- Incorporating AI impacts in BLS employment projections (Monthly Labor Review, 2025) · US Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Employment Projections news release · US Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Generative AI capacity study report · Jobs and Skills Australia
- Our Gen AI Transition: Exposure · Jobs and Skills Australia
- Research into how artificial intelligence (AI) is affecting employment (FOI response) · Office for National Statistics (UK)
- Get some training · What’s Next, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (Australia)
- Career Transition Assistance · Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (Australia)
- Skills assessment · National Careers Service (UK)
- Types of work experience · National Careers Service (UK)
- Skills Bootcamps · Skills for Careers, Department for Education (UK)
- Protection from discrimination at work · Fair Work Ombudsman (Australia)
- Prohibited employment policies/practices · US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Publisher
Who publishes this course.
Published by trainyourself.org, a trading name of Combine TRS Pty Ltd (ABN 42 112 983 678), Brisbane, Australia.
How it's made: researched from published official, regulator, professional-body and vendor guidance, then run through automated quality checks against our course depth standard and automated source checks that match each rule to its official source, listed above. Read how these courses are made.
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General information, not careers, legal, employment or professional advice. Spotted an error or an out-of-date rule? Send us a correction.
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