Career resilience for development professionals

Your development career, reinvented.

Upload your CV. Get your three best career pivot options in 90 seconds. Built by sector insiders, powered by AI, designed for the realities of a transforming aid sector.

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55 Role transitions mapped
100+ Private sector pathways
250+ Job titles indexed
90s To your first matches

Designed for professionals with backgrounds at organisations such as

FHI360 DRC UNDP GIZ Mercy Corps Save the Children IRC Tetra Tech Chemonics DAI UNICEF Plan International FHI360 DRC UNDP GIZ Mercy Corps Save the Children IRC Tetra Tech Chemonics DAI UNICEF Plan International
The new reality

The aid sector is being restructured. Your career doesn't have to be a casualty.

Funding cuts, donor withdrawal, organisational contraction, structural localisation. Thousands of experienced development and humanitarian professionals are confronting the biggest career transition of their generation. Reconversion Lab exists to help.

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Donor withdrawal at scale

USAID contract terminations. UK GNI cuts. Reductions across Germany, Netherlands, Scandinavia. The institutional funding base that sustained tens of thousands of careers is contracting faster than the sector can adapt.

02

Structural localisation

The shift to local leadership is real, overdue, and accelerating. For international professionals, it means roles that existed for decades are being redefined or eliminated entirely. The transition is right, but it's still a transition.

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Organisational contraction

Even healthy organisations are restructuring. Mergers, layoffs, project closures, hiring freezes. The sector that promised long, mission-driven careers is rewriting its own social contract with the people who built it.

How it works

Three steps to your next chapter.

No coaching jargon. No generic career platforms. A tool built specifically for the realities of the aid sector — and the markets where your skills are actually valued.

STEP 01

Upload your CV

PDF, Word, or plain text. Your CV is sent securely to our analysis server, processed by our AI provider, and used only to generate your report. We do not store CVs, sell data, or use uploads for marketing.

STEP 02

See your matches

Your top three career pivot options, ranked by fit score. Each includes target sectors, job titles to pursue, salary ranges in your new sector, and one quick win you can take this week.

STEP 03

Unlock the full report

Get all 10 matches, a complete CV rewrite optimised for your top pivot, a gap analysis, and a 90-day transition roadmap. Bundled with the Career Shift book for $29.

What we offer

A complete toolkit, built for professionals.

Free tools to get started. A premium bundle to go deep. Human coaching when you need someone in your corner.

Free, no email required

Skills Matrix

The reference resource for the sector. 55 international development and humanitarian roles mapped to every sector that values your skills. Searchable, filterable, freely shareable.

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Free top 3 matches

Career Analyser

Upload your CV and get personalised career pivot recommendations powered by AI. See your top three matches free, with detailed sector fit, job titles, and salary ranges.

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Best value — $29

Career Shift — Book + Tool Bundle

The full methodology book plus unlimited Career Analyser access. Complete CV rewrites, gap analyses, 90-day roadmaps. Lifetime updates as the sector evolves.

$29 book + tool
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From $150 / session

1:1 Coaching & Advisory

When you need a human in your corner. Personalised coaching sessions with sector insiders. CV review, interview prep, transition strategy. Individual and organisational options.

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Why us

Built from inside the sector.

Reconversion Lab isn't a career coaching brand that learned about international development. It's built by professionals with deep, substantive experience inside INGOs, UN agencies, donor implementers, and humanitarian organisations across MENA, Africa, and beyond.

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Sector practitioners

Methodology developed by professionals with senior experience across INGOs and donor agencies. Real career transitions, real sector knowledge.

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AI-powered analysis

Personalised career pivot recommendations powered by current AI models, trained on a sector-specific knowledge base built by practitioners.

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Privacy-first

Your CV is sent securely to our analysis server, processed by our AI provider, and the report returned to you. We do not store CVs or sell data.

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Your next career chapter starts here.

90 seconds. A free, personalised analysis. No email, no signup, no commitment. Upload your CV and see what's possible.

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