Job postings reveal what employers actually pay for right now, not what they paid for five years ago when you learned your current role. Requirements change faster than most people update their skills. Reviewing postings identifies what's marketable before you need to sell those skills for income. This

Last week you inventoried skills, identified learning resources, and explored adjacent capabilities. All internal work. This week you test whether your professional network still exists and responds when you need income options or job leads. Today you reach out to one person you used to work with but haven'

The first two days focused on identifying and strengthening your transferable skills. Today you expand your capabilities by learning something adjacent to what you already do. Adjacent skills are capabilities that connect to your current work but expand your range slightly. They make you more versatile without requiring you to

Yesterday you identified your three most transferable skills. Today you address the gap between where you are and where you need to be to actually use those skills for income. Your most transferable skills give you flexibility when circumstances change. But transferability alone doesn't guarantee someone will pay

Your job security depends partly on factors outside your control. The one factor you can control is how prepared you are when circumstances change. Most people wait until they're unemployed to figure out which skills matter beyond their current role. By then, they're under pressure and