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OffLadder in ChatGPT

OffLadder helps people change careers in small tests instead of guesses. The OffLadder app brings that into ChatGPT: ask about a career you're curious about, what kind of work you could try next, or how to handle a CV, a layoff or an interview, and ChatGPT can answer from OffLadder's library of experiments, directions and written guides. None of it needs an OffLadder account.

Add it to ChatGPT

  • From the directory: in ChatGPT, open Plugins, search for OffLadder and add it.
  • In a chat, mention OffLadder or pick it from the tools menu, then ask in your own words. ChatGPT decides when a question needs it.
  • Developers can also connect the server directly at https://offladder.com/public/mcp. It needs no authentication.

What it can do

  • Find a small experiment to test a career (find_career_experiment): one thing to try in an evening or a weekend for a career you name, like UX design or teaching.
  • Explore unusual career directions (explore_career_directions): two or three kinds of emerging work that fit what you enjoy, each with what the days contain and one way to test it.
  • Find an OffLadder career guide (find_career_guide): the closest of OffLadder's written guides, with the direct answer, key points and sources. It covers changing careers, layoffs, AI and jobs, degrees and first jobs, CVs and resumes, cover letters, application forms and interviews.
  • Read a whole guide (read_career_guide): the full text of any one guide, with its worked examples, the questions people also ask and its sources.
  • Browse the guides by topic (browse_career_guides): every guide on one subject, such as CVs and applications, layoffs, interviews and pay, AI and work, or students and first jobs.
  • Get a career direction in full (get_career_direction): what the days contain, why the work is appearing, what AI changes about it and how to test it, or the list of every direction OffLadder covers.
  • Check career change facts with sources (check_career_change_facts): exact quotes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, O*NET and the World Economic Forum, never an estimate.
  • Start an OffLadder reading (start_my_reading): a link to OffLadder's short opening questions, with the closest starting point already picked.

Things to ask

  • I'm a teacher thinking about UX design. How could I test it this weekend before I quit anything?
  • I like fixing things and I'm good with people. What kinds of work might suit me?
  • How do I tailor my CV to this job description?
  • Is it too late to change careers at 45?
  • I was laid off last week. What should I do in the first 30 days?
  • I don't know what I want to do next. Where do I start?
  • Will AI take my job as a paralegal? What should I move towards?
  • Show me every guide you have on interviews.
  • What does a digital accessibility engineer actually do all day?
  • How do I explain a gap in my CV?
  • I have a psychology degree and no plan. What could I do?
  • Help me answer "Why do you want to work here?" on an application.

What it sends and keeps

When ChatGPT uses a tool, it sends OffLadder only the words it chose for that question, such as a career name or a short description of what you enjoy. Every tool only reads OffLadder's published pages. None of them signs you in, reads your OffLadder account, writes anything or stores what ChatGPT sent, and none of them calls an AI model. Our hosting provider keeps the usual short-lived request logs that any web page has. Links in the answers are tagged so we can count visits that came from ChatGPT, and if you open one, the site works as described in our Privacy page.

Good to know

  • Directions and experiments are possibilities to test, not a match, a score or a verdict on you.
  • Facts are quoted word for word from their sources. If OffLadder has no checked figure for a question, it says so instead of guessing.
  • OffLadder doesn't list open jobs or look up what a named employer pays.
  • OffLadder is for ages 13 and up and is a coach, not a qualified careers adviser.

Help

If something doesn't work or an answer looks wrong, see Support or email hello@offladder.com with the question you asked.