An AI career companion · iOS, Android soon
I got laid off this morning. I don't know what to do.
A person · 6:14 AMThat's a heavy thing to be carrying. You don't have to figure out what comes next today. The next 24 hours are for telling whoever needs to know, eating something, sleeping if you can. The search can begin in a few days — I'll be here when it does.
CareerCanopyIt's been three months. Lots of applications, no offers. I'm starting to lose trust in the process.
A person · three months inThree months in is the hardest part. Most searches take three to six months — you are exactly where most people are, not behind. The question is not whether to keep going. It is whether the strategy is still right. Want to look at what is actually happening together?
CareerCanopyI'm thinking about changing careers entirely. Not sure if I'm being smart or running.
A person · considering a pivotBoth can be true. The question is whether a pivot solves the actual problem. If you would still be unhappy doing the same role at a different company, the pivot is worth examining. If the issue is the company, not the work, you may not need a new career. Let's name what is not working first, then look at where the options actually are.
CareerCanopyFor the morning you weren't ready for.
You just lost your job. Here is what comes next.
An AI career companion for the months after a layoff. Steady presence on the first day. A plan built from your background, not a template. Plain numbers on runway. One app, one purchase.
Most job searches take three to six months. The middle is the part nobody tells you about — when applications go out and nothing comes back. CareerCanopy is for the middle: an honest read on what is working and what to try next.
A pivot is not a panic move. CareerCanopy helps you separate what you do not want to do anymore from what you cannot keep doing. Same toolkit, different room — when that fits, and when it does not.
- TrueSolve LLC · privately held, US-based
- One-time purchase · no subscription
- No data sold · no recruiter funding
In numbers
- 50 long-form articles
- 12 scripts
- 3 free tools
- 50 state guides
- 10 metro guides
- 21 situation pages
- $79 one-time price
- 0 emails sold
- 0 recruiter contracts
Start here
Three quick questions. One page that fits where you are.
The site has 300+ pages. The wizard picks the one that fits the moment you are in. No signup, no email.
Or pick by moment
The shortest distance to the page you need.
Each one is a full page, written for a specific situation. Open whichever is closest. The rest will keep.
- It happened today
The first 24 hours after a layoff. Honest steps, in order.
- I work in tech
Software, product, design — what to do when your role is over-supplied.
- Three months in, no interviews
The middle of the search. What is breaking, and where to recalibrate.
- I am thinking of changing careers
A pivot, not a panic move. How to think about the next chapter.
- I am filing for unemployment
State-specific guides — California first, others rolling in.
Guides for the search ahead
Long reads for the parts of a layoff nobody warns you about.
Six categories, written for specific moments. Short answers at /faq; the full guides below.
- The first week
The first 24 hours. The first weekend. The first Monday. Honest steps before any strategy starts.
- The job search
Diagnostics for when the search is not working, and tactics for the parts that do.
- Interviews and offers
How to explain a layoff, what to say in the first ninety seconds, how to read an offer honestly.
- Changing careers
A pivot is not a panic move. What transfers, what does not, and what timeline to expect.
- Money and runway
Plain numbers you can act on. Severance, COBRA, ACA, runway, side income.
- Identity and grief
The shame, the silence, the muscle memory of a job that ended. What helps. What does not.
Latest
Recently updated.
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Changing careers
How to go from corporate to startup after a layoffMoving from corporate to startup after a layoff works when you bring judgement, complexity tolerance, and vendor management — and accept that process expectations, prestige signalling, and large-team scale do not transfer. Test the founder's honesty, the runway, and the role definition before you sign. Most corporate-to-startup moves that fail do so because one of those three was unclear and the candidate signed anyway.
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Changing careers
How to break into tech after a layoff from another industryThe realistic paths into tech from another industry in 2026 are operating roles — program management, operations, customer success, and sales — not engineering unless you have already coded. Bootcamps no longer deliver the entry-level engineering job for most graduates. The pivots that work are adjacent moves where your existing function exists at tech companies. Lateral first, then climb.
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Changing careers
How to change careers after 50Changing careers after 50 works best as a deliberate narrowing, not a clean restart. The pivots that close at this stage route around age bias by using your existing network, smaller companies, and roles where seniority is an asset — consultative, regulated, public sector, healthcare. Mass applications to large companies are the path most likely to surface bias. Targeted, referred conversations are the path most likely to close.
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Changing careers
How to write a resume for a career changeThe right format for a career-change resume is chronological with a strong summary framed around the target role — not functional, not a hybrid. Functional resumes look evasive and get screened out by both humans and ATS systems. The work is rewriting each bullet so it describes an outcome the new industry recognises, and adding a four-line summary that names the role you're targeting and the three skills that map to it.
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Changing careers
Should you start a business after being laid offStart a business after a layoff only if you can answer three questions honestly: is there a customer who would pay you tomorrow, do you have at least 12 months of personal runway, and are you running toward something or away from a search you would rather not run. If any of the three is uncertain, the right move is usually to find a job first and build the business slowly while employed.
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Changing careers
Skills that transfer across industriesThe most portable skills across industries are the ones AI cannot yet replace: judgement under uncertainty, persuasion, working through ambiguity, managing real-world complexity, and decoding incentives inside organisations. These survive any title change because they solve problems every industry has. The work of a career change is naming them in the new industry's language and proving them with two or three specific stories — not listing them on a resume.
Unemployment, by state
Where you'd file.
Hover (or tap on mobile) for the weekly amount and duration. Click for the full filing guide. Color intensity tracks the maximum weekly benefit — darker means a higher cap.
How it works
Three steps. The first two are about fifteen minutes apart.
- 01
Tell us where you are
Specific questions about what you have done, what you are good at, and what is true about your runway right now. About fifteen minutes — no personality test, no quiz.
- 02
See your plan
A plan built around what you said — three time horizons, specific to your background. The first sixty days are visible the moment the plan is built.
- 03
Land somewhere better
Use the companion when you need it — not on a schedule. The goal is your next role, not your time on the app.
Inside the app
What the companion actually does.
- AI Companion
- A steady voice on the days the search gets quiet. Available at 2am, with no script.
- Career Plan
- Three time horizons, built from your background. The first sixty days are visible right away.
- Skill Translation
- What your skills are worth in industries you may not have considered. Same toolkit, different room.
- Story Builder
- A narrative for résumé, interviews, and outreach that sounds like you — not like a job posting.
- Resume Translation
- Your résumé rewritten for the specific company and role you are applying to. As many times as you need.
- Financial Runway
- What you have, what it covers, and where it changes. Plain numbers, this week.
What we are not
What CareerCanopy is not.
We said no to a lot of features to do this one well.
- Not a job board. We do not connect to LinkedIn or Indeed.
- Not a therapy app. We provide care, not clinical treatment.
- Not a generic AI assistant. Every message is anchored to your background.
- Not a subscription. One purchase, full access, no upsell.
Pricing
$79
One time. No subscription.
Structured this way on purpose — your incentive and ours line up. You land somewhere better, faster.
No card on file. No upsell.
What you get: the AI companion, your three-horizon career plan, skill translation, story and résumé translation, financial runway guidance, and crisis resources — full access, no add-ons.
What people pay now
What you pay to get unstuck.
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Career coach
~$150–250 / hr × 4 sessions
$600–1,000
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Outplacement firm
industry average
$2,500
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ChatGPT Plus
$20 / mo × 6 months
$120
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CareerCanopy
one-time, full access
$79
Rates from public listings on coach directories, outplacement vendor pages, and OpenAI's published pricing. Updated May 2026.
About
About CareerCanopy
An AI career companion for the months after a layoff. One product, one job, one purchase.
For the person reading the email at 6am — and for the person three months in who feels like nothing is working.
Built by TrueSolve LLC. Privately held, US-based. We do not sell user data. We are not paid by recruiters. The product makes money one way: a one-time $79 purchase from people who decide it is worth it.
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