Career Lab is a career audit platform for mid-career professionals who feel stuck, overlooked, or underpaid. It offers three free scored assessments—covering career development, leadership profile, and negotiation readiness—that identify a user's single most important growth area. Paid access unlocks guided planners based on published frameworks, including the L.A.T.T.E. negotiation system, to help users close identified gaps.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Problem
Mid-career professionals often feel stuck, overlooked, or underpaid but cannot pinpoint the specific skill or behavior holding them back. Generic career advice and self-assessments fail to provide a clear, prioritized focus for improvement, leaving individuals busy without meaningful progress.
Solution
Career Lab provides a structured career audit platform that scores users across three key dimensions: career development, leadership profile, and negotiation readiness. Each free assessment pairs with a published framework—such as the A.H.A., L.A.T.T.E., or R4 methods—to name a user's single biggest growth area and connect them to a targeted planner. Users receive a scored profile, a ranked list of growth areas, and a recommended tool to start working on their identified gap immediately. The system is designed to be interactive and self-paced, with paid access unlocking comprehensive planners and libraries that guide users through applied skill-building.
Target Audience
The primary audience is mid-career professionals, with particular emphasis on underrepresented groups such as women of color, who are navigating complex organizations, high-stakes negotiations, and leadership transitions without a tailored roadmap.
Features
- Three free assessments (Career Development, Leadership Profile, Negotiation Readiness) of 8–10 questions each, scored instantly on the page
- Scored profile that ranks growth areas and identifies the user's #1 area of focus
- Assessment-specific planner recommendations (A.H.A. Action Planner, L.A.T.T.E. Negotiation Planner, R4 Resilience Planner)
- Power Phrases Library for crafting communications that get heard
- Ask Jacqueline feature for personalized advice on situations that don't fit standard frameworks
- Job Search Prep System that goes beyond resume basics to prepare users for the full application process
- Progress Analytics to track improvement across assessments and tools
- Framework-based structure derived from published books, ensuring methodologies are proven and actionable