The KYP Blog

hether you're feeling stagnant in your current role, looking for better work-life balance, or finally ready to pursue a long-standing passion, making a career change can be both exciting and daunting. The key to success? Strategic planning, skill development, and a deep understanding of industry trends.

Before you take the leap, it’s key to explore industries that are thriving, adaptable, and welcoming to career changers. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the best jobs for career changes in 2025—roles that offer strong earning potential, job security, and growth opportunities, even if you don’t have direct experience. 

When we say “right” college or career, we are not saying there is only one career and college path out there for each person. Rather, we believe there are multiple good college options and career paths that can lead someone into a fulfilling life. It’s just a matter of finding the “right” one(s).

You’ve been applying and applying and you’ve finally landed an interview. Congrats! 

But now what? 

A job interview is an opportunity to emphasize on the impression your resume and credentials have already started. A time to really show who you are and what you’re capable of. Job Interview Coaching is a key aspect of the Know You Project process, because it is where we get to take all the information and insights learned and put them to practice.

Below are some tips to calm the nerves and make sure you’re prepared to give a great first impression.

5 Resume Tips for Students: How to Craft a Standout Resume with No Experience

Starting your career without professional work experience can feel intimidating, but don’t worry — everyone begins somewhere! The key to building a standout resume is highlighting your strengths, whether through education, skills, volunteer work, or extracurriculars. Below are five essential tips to help you create a resume that will catch employers' attention.

What is Career Transition Coaching? At the Know You Project, this type of coaching strategy takes the time to understand your past experience, your current value, and future goals. We specifically focus on what makes you unique: personality, strengths, skills, experience, education, and values. From there, we pair your personal data and our expertise to identify what career options would best fit YOU.

What is Career Transition Coaching? At the Know You Project, this type of coaching strategy takes the time to understand your past experience, your current value, and future goals. We specifically focus on what makes you unique: personality, strengths, skills, experience, education, and values. From there, we pair your personal data and our expertise to identify what career options would best fit YOU.

So far we’ve explored the following: Personality - How am I wired? Interests - What do I enjoy? Strengths - What am I good at? Skills - What can I do? Values - What is important to me? Each of these areas explores an internal facet of who we are. For the final blog...

“People cannot ignore value criteria if they want to know who they are and why they are doing what they are doing. It is essential that we identify, understand, and accept our values if we are to use them in consciously directing our life goals.”– Galen Dodge...

For this next round in our sweet spot series, we are exploring SKILLS. According to Merriam-Webster, a skill is an “ability that comes from learning or practice.” Whereas strengths are natural abilities (see previous blog), skills are learned abilities – a common...

“Plant a good seed, then patiently wait to see that precious thing hidden right within.” -- R.R. Matt Smith So far we've processed personality, and we've differentiated between interests and passions. For this week's sweet spot blog, we explore the meaning,...