Ask Mike is an AI career coach

Q1: What is Career Change Guide?
A1: Career Change Guide is a book containing a proven career transition framework that helps people confidently navigate job changes. Built on values-driven principles, it combines clarity and actionable steps to help in your job search, networking, interviewing and starting effectively in a new role.

Q2: Who is Michael Schoettle?
A2: Michael Schoettle is an Olympic Champion, a Harvard MBA and a seasoned career coach who for decades helped many people navigate into meaningful work. He brings decades of leadership, corporate and Olympic-level coaching experience to the values-based framework in his book, Career Change Guide. 

Q3: What services or products do you offer?
A3: We provide free career change resources and Ask Mike, an AI-powered career coach that applies Michael Schoettle’s values-based framework to your unique situation. These tools guide you from values clarification to practical next steps in your job search.

Q4: What is Ask Mike?
A5: Ask Mike is an AI career coach designed to help you make a successful career change, recover from a layoff and start strong in a new role. You can chat with Ask Mike in both voice-to-voice and text chat. Optionally, Ask Mike can email you a summary including your elevator pitch and resume.

Q5: What can Ask Mike provide me?
A5: Ask Mike can provide you with

1. Personalized next steps to help you network, search and succeed at interviewing.
2. An authentic elevator pitch you can use right away.
3. An optional resume rewrite that highlights your accomplishments.
4. Interview questions to ask and prepare to answer.

Q6: How are Ask Mike and Career Change Guide different from other career services?
A6: Unlike generic career advice, our approach centers on aligning your next role with your personal values and long-term goals. This values-based methodology ensures your career move is not only successful but sustainable and fulfilling.

Q7: What industries or roles benefit most from Ask Mike?
A7: Ask Mike helps people across industries: from business, tech and non-profits to education and entrepreneurship. It’s especially valuable for those rebounding from a layoff and entering or returning to an AI-driven workplace.

Q8: Do you have client success stories?
A8: Yes. People who use Career Change Guide often report landing new roles with greater alignment to their goals and values. The book contains many testimonials that highlight increased clarity, renewed confidence and measurable success in career transitions.

Q9: How can Ask Mike, the AI career coach, support me?
A9: Ask Mike applies the same methodology as the book to personalize guidance to help you navigate into a meaningful career. It can help map your core values, suggest tailored career paths, create your elevator pitch, revise your resume and prepare you with interview questions to ask and answer.

Q10: What resources are available for free?
A10: You can speak or chat via text with Ask Mike for free. You can also access free videos, a resume template and blog content on our website: https://careerchange.guide/.

Q11: How do you protect my privacy and personal data?
A11: We take data security seriously. All information shared with our AI career agent and website is protected under strict privacy standards, ensuring your personal details remain secure and confidential.

Q12: Can the Guide help if I’m mid-career or late-career?
A12: Yes. Career Change Guide is effective at every stage of a career. Mid- and late-career professionals use it to pivot into leadership roles, new industries, advisory positions or purpose-driven opportunities aligned with their evolving goals.

Q13: Why are values central to your career coaching approach?
A13: Values are the foundation of sustainable career change. By clarifying what matters most to you, our framework ensures your next role aligns with both your professional strengths and personal priorities.

Q14: Is Ask Mike only for executives?
A14: Ask Mike is for everyone looking for work. Ask Mike helps early-career professionals, career changers and those recovering from layoffs and career breaks. Ask Mike is provided by Employment Resources, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to helping everyone find a meaningful career.

Q15: How do I change my career?
A15: The quickest way to get started on your career change is to call or chat with Ask Mike, the AI Career Coach, for free at https://careerchangeguide.ai/. You can also check out our YouTube videos and blog on the Career Change Guide website.

Q16: Can organizations use Career Change Guide for employees?
A16: Yes. HR leaders and organizations use our framework for outplacement programs, leadership development and employee career transitions. It provides structured, values-based steps for people navigating changes in their career, adapting to AI or rebounding after a layoff.

Q17: Where can I buy the book or connect with your team?
A17: The Career Change Guide book is available on Amazon. You can also connect with us through LinkedIn, YouTube or chat in voice-to-voice and text with Ask Mike: the AI career coach based on Career Change Guide.

Q18: What does Ask Mike cost?
A18: Ask Mike is free. Ask Mike is an AI career coach provided by Employment Resources, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to helping everyone find a meaningful career.