Career journey
Your PM job search in 8 steps
Each step is a question people ask on the way to a project, program or product role, with a free check of a few minutes.
A map, not a ladder: take the steps in any order, skip what you have done, and come back to any step whenever you need it. No step waits for another.
Free: an email and a sign-in code, no password and no resume upload.
Phase 1
Value and target
Step 1
Know your value
What kind of PM am I, and what do I lead with?
Free on this site, about 3 min
Career Build goes further: an interview with Reed turns your work into a record of facts you confirm. See the plan
Step 2
Choose your target
Project, program or technical program manager: which title and level fit me?
Free on this site, about 2 min
Career Build writes resumes for the target roles you pick, from your confirmed facts. See the plan
Phase 2
Ways in
Step 3
Choose your ways in
Recruiters, referrals or postings: where do I put my time?
Free in your Career file, about 1 min
Desk keeps every way in on one search board, with a weekly status. See the plan
Phase 3
Profile, conversations, applications
Step 4
Fix your resume and profile
What in my resume and LinkedIn will raise questions?
Free on this site, about 3 min
Career Build adds the full line-by-line review, your documents and your LinkedIn text. See the plan
Step 5
Start conversations
How do I answer a recruiter?
No free check for this step yet. You can still mark it in your Career file.
Desk drafts replies to recruiter emails; you review and send them yourself. See the plan
Step 6
Apply and follow up
Does my resume fit this posting?
Free in your own Claude chat, about 2 min
Desk tailors a resume to each posting and reminds you when to follow up. You apply yourself. See the plan
Phase 4
Offer and after
Step 7
Interview and win the offer
What will they ask, and how do I answer?
Free in your own Claude chat, about 3 min
The Interview Coach Pass adds mock interviews and a prep pack. It opens soon. See the plan
The Interview Coach Pass adds mock interviews and a prep pack. See the plan
Step 8
Start strong and stay ready
How do I start the new role, and not start the next search from zero?
No free check for this step yet. You can still mark it in your Career file.
Career Build includes a 30-60-90 day plan for the new role. See the plan
See where you are
Your free Career file keeps your free results under one email and shows a You are here line on the step you are on. You can mark any step done, or open it again.
General guidance. No step promises an interview, an offer or a job.