Career Pivot
About Career Pivot
Career Pivot is a free career change test for adults who already have a job and want a different one.
Who built it
Chris, a developer in Niagara, Ontario, builds and runs Career Pivot with help from Claude.
I wanted a career change test that matches on what you enjoy and how you like to work, uses real job data, and points you toward work that's different from what you do now. It had to be free and private too, so there's no account, no paywall, and your answers stay in your browser. The methods page spells out where every match comes from.
Where the data comes from
The 774 occupations, and the ratings used to match them, come from O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's database of job information, which describes each occupation's interests, work styles, working conditions and typical wages. You can browse the same occupations on O*NET OnLine.
This site includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. Career Pivot has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.
How matching works
The test has 120 questions: half ask how much you'd enjoy an activity, and the rest ask how well a statement describes you.
Your answers become scores on six interest types and five personality traits. Because O*NET profiles every occupation on those same six interest types, the test can compare the shape of your scores with each profile and rank the occupations by how closely they line up.
Before you start, you can name your current job and what you want to leave behind. Occupations with the same problems go on a separate list, which keeps the main ranking focused on work that's actually different.
Read the full method, including its limits.
Privacy
There's no account. Your answers, results and saved jobs stay in your browser's local storage and never reach a server; the button at the bottom of any page deletes all of it.
More questions
Read the frequently asked questions, or take the free career change test.
To get in touch, email contact@career-pivot.ca.