# The Compass

> Free, bilingual (Arabic/English) career platform for professionals in the UAE navigating job loss, sponsorship gaps, or career pivots. Provides urgent job listings, skill adjacency maps, pivot stories, and AI-powered career tools.

The Compass is designed for individuals facing career uncertainty in the UAE. All tools are free. The platform covers job search, career direction, skill development, and emotional support through a calm, trustworthy companion tone.

## Core Tools

- [Job Feed](/app): Live UAE job listings updated daily. Filter by industry, location, and skill match. Bookmark roles and track applications through a pipeline.
- [Career Fingerprint Quiz](/app/quiz): 15-question RIASEC-inspired quiz mapping UAE professionals to 13 career archetypes with role recommendations, salary ranges, and UAE-specific transition advice.
- [Skill Adjacency Explorer](/app/explore): Discover which roles your current skills transfer into. Maps 200+ UAE role transitions with confidence scores and skill gap analysis.
- [Pivot Stories](/app/stories): Real and community-submitted career pivot stories from UAE professionals. Filter by current role, sector, and situation.
- [Market Intelligence](/app/market): UAE industry hiring heatmap, resilience scores, hidden market signals, and sector momentum data.
- [CV Gap Checker](/app/gap): Paste a CV summary; AI compares it against live UAE job listings and returns language gaps, missing keywords, and a proof-of-skill prompt.
- [10-Day Career Launch Plan](/app/plan): AI-generated 5-phase, 10-day action plan for transitioning between roles in the UAE job market.
- [Uncertainty Navigator](/app/navigator): Guided multi-step flow producing AI-powered personalised career direction suggestions with match scores.
- [Beacon Interview Coach](/app/interview): Conversational mock interview coach with CV/JD input, voice support, and STAR-based feedback.
- [Runway Calculator](/app/runway): Financial runway tracker helping users understand how many months they can sustain their job search.

## SEO Pages (Fully Rendered)

- [Career Archetypes](/archetype/the-strategist): 13 UAE career archetype profiles with role lists, salary ranges, and transition tips.
- [Industry Intelligence](/industry/technology): Per-industry hiring status, resilience scores, and role recommendations.
- [Career Transition Paths](/skills/marketing-manager-to-brand-consultant): Specific role-to-role transition guides with skill maps.

## Employer Intelligence

- [Employer Dashboard](/employer): Public talent intelligence for UAE hiring teams. Aggregated candidate signals: archetype distribution, declared interests, seniority, values, and function background.

## Sitemap

- [XML Sitemap](/sitemap.xml): Full list of indexed pages including archetype, industry, and skill transition pages.

## About

The Compass is built for the UAE market and supports both English and Arabic. It is free for all job seekers. Data is aggregated anonymously. The platform ingests live job listings from multiple UAE and remote-friendly job boards daily.