Career Pivot Evaluation Worksheet
A risk and requirement calculator for professionals considering a career change.
Pivoting careers is often romanticized as a leap of faith, but it is actually an exercise in risk management and skill translation. This worksheet helps you map the specific skills you can transfer, identify the hard skills you are missing, and calculate the financial runway you need to make the pivot safely.
The Translation Matrix
Transferable Skills
What specific skills do you already have that the target role requires? (e.g. Curriculum design, public speaking, managing groups)
The Skill Gap (Missing Skills)
What hard skills do you need to learn before you are hireable? (e.g. Corporate LMS software, B2B stakeholder management)
Financial Runway Calculator
A pivot often requires a temporary pay cut or a period of unemployment while reskilling. How many months of living expenses do you need saved before you can safely resign from your current role?