Career Pivot Playbook · 12-week experiment

Do the work. Watch the evidence.

Two workstreams. Activity tells you whether you are executing the plan. Results tell you whether the plan is working.

MONDAY ONLY: update the facts, accept the automatic assessment, make one deliberate change only if the evidence says to.

Current position

Employed

AI / adoption first, selective public-sector and design roles
Activity
Complete review
Have you done enough of the controllable work?
Results
Not enough data
Are applications converting into movement?
Monday ruleEnter the facts first. Strategy comes afterwards.

Self-employed

Handyman / local home and garden service experiment
Activity
Complete review
Are you creating enough chances for work to happen?
Results
Not enough data
Is the market giving you evidence of demand?
Monday ruleEnter the facts first. Strategy comes afterwards.

Monday review

About 5 minutes
Monday review is open
Enter facts, including zeros. Do not score yourself.
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EMPLOYED · Tasks completed
Target: 5+ per week
Target: 2+ meaningful actions
EMPLOYED · Results
Recruiter screens count
Moved to a later stage
SELF-EMPLOYED · Tasks completed
Target: 3+. Ads, outreach, referral asks, quote follow-ups
SELF-EMPLOYED · Results
Genuine potential customers
Completed or firmly booked paid work
Strongest proof of customer value
Optional, gross £ for the week
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Automatic logic: weekly Activity is judged against the targets above. Results use the most recent four weeks so a quiet single week does not trigger a strategy change.

12-week evidence

EA = employed activity · ER = employed results · SA = self-employed activity · SR = self-employed results

Gateways

The dates matter more than individual bad days
Plan C stays in the background. Temporary local work is an income bridge, not a weekly score. If the main routes have not produced sufficient traction by the late-November gateway, activate it deliberately rather than drifting into it.
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