# Plan a career switch from what employers ask for. Skills to learn, week by week A career switch plan starts from what employers ask for in the role you want, then fills the gaps in order. With Agentik, your AI reads job posts and their skills through TikHub, salary ranges with DataForSEO, course videos through ScrapeCreators and books from Open Library. - For: People changing careers - Providers: 4 (TikHub, DataForSEO, ScrapeCreators and Open Library), 5 tools - Example (One target role, one LinkedIn search, 5 posts read with skills, one Google Jobs search, 2 YouTube searches, 2 book searches): at most $0.31, computed from the live catalog - Updated: 2026-10-10 ## Each provider does one part No single provider covers this job. Through Agentik your AI calls each one for its part, from one connection and one prepaid balance. - **TikHub** (2 tools, at most $0.30): Job posts for the target role and the skills they require. - **DataForSEO** (1 tool, at most $0.0018): Salary ranges from Google Jobs posts. - **ScrapeCreators** (1 tool, at most $0.0038): Course videos on YouTube, with their views. - **Open Library** (1 tool, free): Books on each skill, from the Internet Archive’s Open Library. ## Give this to your agent ```text Use my connected Agentik MCP server for this job: career switch plan. Plan my career switch. First ask me for my current role and experience, the role I want, my location and the hours a week I can study. Read what employers ask for with tikhub/linkedin-web-v2-search-jobs and five posts with their skills with tikhub/linkedin-web-v2-get-job-detail. Read salary ranges with dataforseo/serp-google-jobs. Find courses and lectures with scrapecreators/get-v1-youtube-search and books with open-library/search. Finish with the skills I already have, the gaps ranked by how often employers ask, a week-by-week plan with free resources, and a first project to show. Before running anything, inspect each tool with inspect_tool, ask me for any input you don’t have instead of inventing it, and tell me the total price. Wait for my go. At the end, tell me what Agentik charged. ``` ## You provide - Your current role and experience - The role you want - Location - Hours a week to study ## What you get: a week-by-week career switch plan - Skills you already have and gaps to close - What the role pays - A week-by-week plan with resources - A first project to show ## How to plan a career switch in Claude or ChatGPT Prices are the most each call can reserve for this example: One target role, one LinkedIn search, 5 posts read with skills, one Google Jobs search, 2 YouTube searches, 2 book searches. ### 1. Read what employers ask TikHub searches LinkedIn posts for the target role and reads five with their required skills. - [LinkedIn job search](/tools/tikhub/linkedin-web-v2-search-jobs.md) `tikhub/linkedin-web-v2-search-jobs` (TikHub, 1 search): at most $0.05 - [LinkedIn job detail](/tools/tikhub/linkedin-web-v2-get-job-detail.md) `tikhub/linkedin-web-v2-get-job-detail` (TikHub, 5 posts): at most $0.25 ### 2. Read what it pays Google Jobs results show what the role pays where you live. - [Google Jobs SERP](/tools/dataforseo/serp-google-jobs.md) `dataforseo/serp-google-jobs` (DataForSEO, 1 search): at most $0.0018 - [Google Jobs SERP](/tools/dataforseo/serp-google-jobs.md) `dataforseo/serp-google-jobs` (DataForSEO, the results): free ### 3. Find courses and books ScrapeCreators finds popular courses on YouTube, and Open Library finds books on each skill. - [YouTube search](/tools/scrapecreators/get-v1-youtube-search.md) `scrapecreators/get-v1-youtube-search` (ScrapeCreators, 2 searches): at most $0.0038 - [Book search](/tools/open-library/search.md) `open-library/search` (Open Library, 2 searches): free ### 4. Write the plan Your AI writes the skills you have, the gaps by how often employers ask, a week-by-week plan and a first project to show. Example total: at most $0.31. Each call is billed for measured usage; unused reservations are released. ## Ask it your way - I’m a teacher. Plan my switch to UX research. - Which skills do employers ask for most in junior data analyst posts? - What does a UX researcher earn, and how long would the switch take at ten hours a week? - Find free courses and books for each skill I’m missing. ## Why through Agentik - Job posts, salaries, courses and books come from four providers through one connection. - Open Library is free; the LinkedIn reads are most of the price. ## Good to know - Skills are counted from the posts read; a larger sample sharpens the ranking. - Book results link to Open Library records; availability varies. ## When to use something else For a structured certificate with mentors, a bootcamp or online degree fits better. This playbook builds a plan from what employers ask today. ## Career switch plan: questions ### How are the skills ranked? By how often they appear in the posts read; a larger sample sharpens the ranking. ### Are the resources free? Most are. Your AI marks any course or book that costs money. ### What does the example cost? At most $0.31, reserved before each call and settled at the measured usage. ## Keep going - [Job hunt shortlist](/job-hunt.md): Openings that match your profile on LinkedIn and Google Jobs, each post read on the company’s site, with the likely hiring manager and their email. - [Learning plan](/learning-plan.md): Any topic broken into what to learn first, with plain-language background, the key papers, the books and the best lectures, in a week-by-week plan. - [Interview prep brief](/interview-prep.md): The company’s site and latest news, what it posts on LinkedIn, your interviewers’ backgrounds, and what candidates say about its interview process. - [Knowledge tools for your agent](/tools/knowledge.md) - [Web search tools for your agent](/tools/search.md) - [Research tools for your agent](/tools/research.md) [All playbooks](/playbooks.md) · [Connection guides](/docs/clients.md) · [Billing](/docs/billing.md) --- [HTML page](/career-switch-plan) · [Agent index](/llms.txt)