Want to earn more but don't know which career fits? Do the actual work first.
A WorkTrial is one simulated shift in a real-feeling job: a named company, a supervisor, coworkers, an inbox of decisions, work to review, and a deliverable to produce. Each trial takes about 20–30 minutes and is scored against a professional rubric — so instead of guessing which career suits you, you find out by doing it.
Honest scope: these are training exercises, not real employment and not a certification. Scores come from authored rubrics (and, for the writing deliverable, a deterministic checklist of what a professional work product must contain — shown to you in full). What you earn is evidence: a skill-gap report that names your strengths and gaps, points you at the CertSight exam prep that closes them, and builds your Skills Passport.
New here? The trials marked FREE below are the sample — a complete shift with real scoring and the full skill-gap report, no payment required. A WorkTrials score is practice performance measured against our rubric; it is not a verified professional credential, and we say so on the report itself.
🖥️ IT Support Specialist
Front-line help desk: triage tickets, talk real users through fixes, and keep a small company's systems running.
First Shift at the Help Desk
Brightpath Legal Group — a 40-person law firm (fictional) · Supervisor: Sandra Okafor, IT Manager · ~25 minutes · 9 scored tasks
Welcome to Brightpath Legal Group. You're the firm's new IT Support Specialist, and it's Monday of your first week. Your manager, Sandra Okafor, gave you one rule at orientation: "We're a law firm — our users bill by the hour and argue for a living. Be methodical, be honest about what you don't know yet, and never close a ticket on a guess."
Skills measured: Troubleshooting method · User communication · Systems & software · Security awareness · Documentation & escalation
📋 Project Manager
Run a real project week: stakeholders, a slipping schedule, a budget decision, and a team that needs clear communication.
Launch Week: Project Helios
Northwind Retail Group — a regional retail chain (fictional) · Supervisor: Daniel Reyes, Program Manager · ~28 minutes · 9 scored tasks
Welcome to Northwind Retail Group. You're the project manager for Project Helios, the relaunch of Northwind's online checkout — a 12-week project now in week 9, with a hard public launch date of Friday, November 20 that Marketing has already advertised. Your manager, Daniel Reyes, told you on day one: 'My job is to protect you from surprises. Your job is to make sure there aren't any — for me, for the sponsor, or for the team. Bad news early is a problem we can solve. Bad news late is a scandal.'
Skills measured: Scope & planning · Schedule management · Stakeholder communication · Risk management · Budget & resources · Quality review
🗂️ Administrative Operations
Keep an office running: calendars, records, vendors, written communication, and the details everyone else misses.
The Front Office Never Sleeps
Harborview Medical Offices — outpatient clinic group (fictional) · Supervisor: Grace Liu, Office Manager · ~25 minutes · 9 scored tasks
Welcome to Harborview Medical Offices, the administrative hub for a group of outpatient clinics. You're an Administrative Operations Specialist — the person who keeps calendars, records, vendors, and communications running for three clinic sites. Your manager, Grace Liu, set the tone on your first day: 'In this office, details are not small. A wrong date is a missed surgery prep. A careless attachment is a privacy breach. When you're unsure, slow down and check — nobody here gets in trouble for verifying.'
Skills measured: Organization & scheduling · Written communication · Records & data accuracy · Professional judgment · Vendor coordination
Your Skills Passport
Every completed WorkTrial — and every CertSight Simulation you finish — lands on your Skills Passport: scores, dates, the skills you demonstrated, and the actual work products you wrote. Share it with a public link when you're ready.
Your passport is private by default. The public share link is yours to control: you can revoke it or regenerate it at any time from your passport page, and a revoked link stops working immediately.