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mySkills myFuture — a CareerOneStop website for skills-transfer career planning - myskillsmyfuture.org

· 1 week ago

US workers changing careers should use it: free, government-run, and genuinely useful for mapping skills to new occupations. Skip it if you want funded courses, team training, or you actually mean Singapore's myskillsfuture.gov.sg.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~20 public sources; direct product reviews are scarce — most forum chatter covers Singapore's similarly named SkillsFuture portal.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of useNo usability evidence in reviewed sources
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityOnly a contact form; no quality evidence
  • Security posture

Pricing

$0

Everything

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes

Best for

  • US career changers
  • Dislocated workers
  • Career counselors at American Job Centers
  • Self-guided skills-gap mapping

Not for

  • Singaporeans seeking SkillsFuture credit — wrong site, that's.sg
  • Employers buying team training or an LMS
  • Anyone expecting funded courses, enrollment, or provider accountability
  • Non-US users — occupations and training data are US-only

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Not the Singapore SkillsFuture portal — Singaporeans must use.sg for credits and courses

medium

No funding or enrollment; you still pay training providers separately and handle complaints yourself

low

Occupation matching is keyed to O*NET codes; niche job titles get coarse matches

low

Legacy .aspx architecture; verify data freshness before relying on salary or certification listings

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Free website from the US Department of Labor for planning career changes
  • Compares your current skills against target occupations with gap analysis
  • Lists certifications and training options for target careers
  • Recommended in dislocated-worker and workforce program resource lists
  • Part of CareerOneStop, the DOL's official career toolkit

Cons

  • Built for Americans; not useful outside the United States
  • Easily confused with Singapore's.sg — a different product
  • Directory only: no enrollment, funding, or course booking
  • Legacy .aspx pages suggest a dated interface and slow iteration

Sources & method

- 9 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x5review x2security x1news x1

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • $0

    Starting price

  • 9

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. Completely free, government-funded, no upsells
  • Ease of use. No usability evidence in reviewed sources
  • Feature depth: 3/5. Skills-gap matching, certifications, training search; nothing more
  • Support quality. Only a contact form; no quality evidence
  • Security posture: 4/5. DOL-run, covered by federal vulnerability disclosure policy
  • $0 Price Free US government website
  • US Dept. of Labor Operator Part of the CareerOneStop program
  • c. 2011–2012 Cited as early as Appears in 112th Congress Senate hearings

Pricing

Everything

$0

  • Skills transferability matching
  • Certification and training search
  • Skills-gap comparison tools

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

Direct user reviews are scarce; retrieved forum threads largely discuss Singapore's similarly named SkillsFuture portal rather than this US site.

Alternatives

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Full analysis

Based on ~20 public sources; direct product reviews are scarce — most forum chatter covers Singapore's similarly named SkillsFuture portal.

Free US DOL skills-transfer tool: great for career changers mapping skills, useless for course funding or Singapore SkillsFuture users.

Methodology

Based on ~20 public sources; direct product reviews are scarce — most forum chatter covers Singapore's similarly named SkillsFuture portal.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. Are My Skills Transferable? CareerOneStop.org's Free Website Helps Americans Plan Career Changesbusinesswire.com
    news
  2. mySkills myFuture — WorkforceGPS resourceworkforcegps.org
    official
  3. DOL VETS Annual Report to Congress FY2014dol.gov
    official
  4. Vulnerability Disclosure Policy | U.S. Department of Laborbeta.dol.gov
    security
  5. Contact Us | mySkills myFuture | CareerOneStopmyskillsmyfuture.org
    official
  6. Dislocated Worker Program Helpful Website Linksmft59.mn.aft.org
    review
  7. mySkills myFuture: A Career One Stop Websitemyskillsmyfuture.org
    official
  8. MySkillsFuture course portal (Singapore)courses.myskillsfuture.gov.sg
    official
  9. Skillfuture credit.. have you used it? (HardwareZone)forums.hardwarezone.com.sg
    review

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