About NextChapter
The leading job transition platform
NextChapter is the leading job transition platform for white-collar workers, and it gets people back to work faster. Our AI runs the job search, shows people which careers fit, and points them to the retraining that actually gets them hired. Employers, workforce boards and outplacement firms use NextChapter to move their people into new jobs at scale.
The problem
Losing a job is common. Finding the next one takes too long.
AI is changing which jobs exist and how people get hired, in many industries. People who are out of work for six months or more find it harder to get hired with every month that passes. Workers over 50 face age-related unemployment. Parents returning from parental and family leave have to explain the gap on their résumé.
Most career help is a résumé review and a few coaching calls. It doesn’t tell people which jobs they can actually get, what training is worth their time, or how to run a search that produces interviews. NextChapter does.
What we do
AI, career education and workforce tools in one platform
AI job search
AI agents run the search
They find matching roles, track every application, response and rejection, and tell you what to do next.
Career exploration
Know which jobs you can get
The Market Reality Assessment shows how employers read your background and which roles and titles fit.
Education & retraining
Train only where it pays off
Career pathways that show the skills and credentials employers are hiring for, and nothing extra.
Workforce development
Move people into jobs at scale
Outplacement firms, workforce boards, non-profits and employers manage cohorts and report placement results.
Education technology
Workforce technology for retraining, reskilling and upskilling
NextChapter is an education technology and workforce technology company. Its AI platform handles retraining, reskilling and upskilling: it compares each person’s skills with the roles employers are hiring for, finds the gaps, and recommends a personalized curriculum of AI skills courses and credentials to close them. Workforce boards running WIOA programs, outplacement and staffing firms, training providers and employers use NextChapter for workforce development, career transition and placement, with outcome reporting for funders and leadership.
Who we serve
People in transition, and the organizations behind them
For people in transition
- Laid off, or watching AI change your job
- Out of work for six months or more
- Experienced, and hearing “overqualified”
- Returning from parental or family leave
- Exploring a real career change
Joining is free, always. How it works
Founder
Justin Kulla
Founder & CEO, NextChapter
Justin on LinkedInJustin is a serial founder who has spent nearly 20 years as an investor, founder and operator in education technology.
He founded BusinessBlocks, a venture-backed education company for small businesses, and led it as CEO through a successful exit to AmTrust Financial, a Fortune 500 company. At AmTrust he became SVP and Head of Global M&A and Venture Investments.
He is a Partner at TZP Group, where he leads impact and education investments. He was a founding member of Weld North, where he invested in Imagine Learning, The Learning House and Performance Matters, and served as CTO of Edgenuity. He started his career in technology at Credit Suisse and Google.
He holds an MBA from MIT, a Master of Public Administration from Harvard and a master’s in Information Systems Management from Carnegie Mellon, and is a lecturer at Stanford and MIT.
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