Finding Your Fit: The Skills Matcher Tool

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Oct 6, 2025

Feeling overwhelmed by job choices? Discover a helpful tool designed to connect your skills and interests with real careers. The Skills Matcher offers suggestions based on a quick survey, but remember, it's just the beginning! Jeff emphasizes the importance of researching potential job duties, salaries, and required training to craft a solid career plan. This resource empowers you, but the decision-making is ultimately in your hands. Ready to explore your options?

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INSIGHT

Career Choice Feels Like A Puzzle

Choosing a career feels like solving a puzzle without the picture on the box.
The Skills Matcher provides trustworthy, government-backed starting pieces to reduce overwhelm.

ADVICE

Start With The Skills Matcher

Use the Skills Matcher on careeronestop.org to generate career ideas based on your skills.
Take the quick 40-question survey to get a personalized list of suggested career matches.

ADVICE

Do Homework On Every Match

Treat the list of matches as suggestions, not commands, and research each option further.
Check daily duties, salary, field growth, and required education before deciding.

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EP 3079 Feeling lost in the overwhelming world of job postings and career options? This episode tackles the struggle of connecting your skills and interests to a real-world job you would actually enjoy. We introduce the Skills Matcher tool, a credible, free, government-backed resource sponsored by the US Department of Labor and found on careeronestop.org. The tool is designed to be your launchpad and a great starting point for career exploration, providing ideas for career options based on a quick 40-question skills survey. Crucially, the list of matches you receive are suggestions, not commands, and are not the finish line. Listeners are guided through the most important phase: doing your own homework. This means asking critical questions about potential job duties, required salary, field growth, and necessary education or training to turn a simple suggestion into a real, actual plan. The tool gives you the starting blocks and ideas, but ultimately, the choice of which path to walk down is up to you

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