diff --git a/.github/workflows/job-readiness.yml b/.github/workflows/job-readiness.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1580cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/job-readiness.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: Job Readiness
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+  push:
+    branches: [main, "feature/**"]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  verify:
+    name: clean install, typecheck, build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 15
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 20
+          cache: npm
+
+      - name: Install from lockfile
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - name: TypeScript check
+        run: npm run check
+
+      - name: Production build
+        run: npm run build
+
+      - name: Verify career surface
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          test -f client/src/pages/job-readiness.tsx
+          test -f docs/JOB_READINESS.md
+          grep -q 'path="/job-readiness"' client/src/App.tsx
+          grep -q 'Zyra Job Readiness' client/src/pages/job-readiness.tsx
diff --git a/client/src/App.tsx b/client/src/App.tsx
index 1a92192..37b1878 100644
--- a/client/src/App.tsx
+++ b/client/src/App.tsx
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import TeamPage from "@/pages/team";
 import TaskCenterPage from "@/pages/task-center";
 import AdminPage from "@/pages/admin";
 import EnterpriseReadinessPage from "@/pages/enterprise-readiness";
+import JobReadinessPage from "@/pages/job-readiness";
 import VerifyEmailPage from "@/pages/verify-email";
 import ResetPasswordPage from "@/pages/reset-password";
 import AcceptInvitePage from "@/pages/accept-invite";
@@ -176,6 +177,8 @@ function Router() {
       <Route path="/admin">{() => <ProtectedRoute component={AdminPage} />}</Route>
       <Route path="/team">{() => <ProtectedRoute component={TeamPage} />}</Route>
       <Route path="/enterprise-readiness">{() => <ProtectedRoute component={EnterpriseReadinessPage} />}</Route>
+      <Route path="/job-readiness">{() => <ProtectedRoute component={JobReadinessPage} />}</Route>
+      <Route path="/career">{() => <Redirect to="/job-readiness" />}</Route>
       <Route path="/team-activity">{() => <Redirect to="/team" />}</Route>
       <Route path="/oncall-schedule">{() => <Redirect to="/team" />}</Route>
       <Route path="/approvals">{() => <Redirect to="/team" />}</Route>
diff --git a/client/src/components/Layout.tsx b/client/src/components/Layout.tsx
index 0f20b39..750efb4 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Layout.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Layout.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
   Users, ClipboardList, Rocket, Check, X, ListTodo,
   GraduationCap, Building, Eye, Map, Fish, Box,
   Cpu, GitFork, ScanSearch, Bot, DatabaseZap,
-  Share2, Database, BarChart2, Layers, Clock, AlertTriangle, ShieldCheck, Shield, Radio
+  Share2, Database, BarChart2, Layers, Clock, AlertTriangle, ShieldCheck, Shield, Radio, Briefcase
 } from "lucide-react";
 import zyraLogo from "@assets/ChatGPT_Image_Mar_30,_2026,_05_28_39_PM_1775166956477.png";
 import { useTheme } from "./ThemeProvider";
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ const navGroups = [
       { href: "/analytics", label: "Analytics", icon: BarChart3 },
       { href: "/posture", label: "Security Posture", icon: TrendingUp },
       { href: "/onboarding", label: "Getting Started", icon: Rocket },
+      { href: "/job-readiness", label: "Job Readiness", icon: Briefcase },
     ],
   },
   {
@@ -500,4 +501,4 @@ export default function Layout({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
       </main>
     </div>
   );
-}
+}
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diff --git a/client/src/pages/job-readiness.tsx b/client/src/pages/job-readiness.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..196a830
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/pages/job-readiness.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,258 @@
+import { Link } from "wouter";
+import {
+  ArrowRight,
+  BadgeCheck,
+  Bot,
+  Briefcase,
+  CheckCircle2,
+  Cloud,
+  Code2,
+  FileCheck2,
+  GitBranch,
+  GraduationCap,
+  Network,
+  Rocket,
+  ShieldCheck,
+  Sparkles,
+  Target,
+  Terminal,
+  Users,
+} from "lucide-react";
+import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
+import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
+import { Card, CardContent, CardHeader, CardTitle } from "@/components/ui/card";
+
+const readinessPillars = [
+  {
+    label: "Production engineering",
+    score: 88,
+    icon: Code2,
+    evidence: "TypeScript, React, Express, API design, PostgreSQL, Drizzle, CI/CD",
+  },
+  {
+    label: "Cloud & DevSecOps",
+    score: 91,
+    icon: Cloud,
+    evidence: "Cloud security, containers, supply chain, CodeQL, deployment workflows",
+  },
+  {
+    label: "AI engineering",
+    score: 86,
+    icon: Bot,
+    evidence: "ZyraCopilot, agent workflows, model integration, evaluation and automation",
+  },
+  {
+    label: "Cybersecurity",
+    score: 94,
+    icon: ShieldCheck,
+    evidence: "Threat intel, incident response, vulnerability management, attack surface",
+  },
+  {
+    label: "Portfolio proof",
+    score: 82,
+    icon: GitBranch,
+    evidence: "Public repository, architecture docs, security controls, deployable product surface",
+  },
+  {
+    label: "Interview readiness",
+    score: 72,
+    icon: Users,
+    evidence: "Translate Zyra architecture into concise system-design and behavioral stories",
+  },
+];
+
+const roleTracks = [
+  {
+    title: "AI / Software Engineer",
+    icon: Sparkles,
+    fit: "Strong",
+    focus: ["TypeScript + React", "API architecture", "LLM/agent integration", "Testing + evaluation"],
+  },
+  {
+    title: "Cloud / DevSecOps Engineer",
+    icon: Network,
+    fit: "Strong",
+    focus: ["CI/CD", "Cloud controls", "Containers", "Observability + incident response"],
+  },
+  {
+    title: "Cybersecurity Engineer",
+    icon: ShieldCheck,
+    fit: "Strong",
+    focus: ["Vulnerability management", "Threat intelligence", "Security automation", "Risk + compliance"],
+  },
+  {
+    title: "Platform Engineer",
+    icon: Terminal,
+    fit: "Growing",
+    focus: ["Reliability", "Developer experience", "Deployment", "Operational runbooks"],
+  },
+];
+
+const proofRoutes = [
+  { label: "Repositories", href: "/repositories", icon: GitBranch, detail: "Show working source and engineering history." },
+  { label: "DevSecOps", href: "/devsecops", icon: Rocket, detail: "Show secure delivery and automation practices." },
+  { label: "Cloud Security", href: "/cloud-security", icon: Cloud, detail: "Show cloud control and posture engineering." },
+  { label: "Security Copilot", href: "/security-copilot", icon: Bot, detail: "Show applied AI capability inside the platform." },
+  { label: "Reports", href: "/reports", icon: FileCheck2, detail: "Show the ability to communicate technical outcomes." },
+  { label: "Enterprise Readiness", href: "/enterprise-readiness", icon: BadgeCheck, detail: "Show production and enterprise thinking." },
+];
+
+const hiringChecklist = [
+  "Keep the main branch buildable and type-safe.",
+  "Pin one production demo and one architecture walkthrough.",
+  "Document the problem, constraints, architecture, tradeoffs, and measurable result for each flagship feature.",
+  "Turn security findings and reliability work into STAR-format interview stories.",
+  "Use issue/PR history as evidence of debugging, review, and engineering iteration.",
+  "Keep secrets, credentials, customer data, and unverifiable claims out of public portfolio material.",
+];
+
+function ScoreBar({ score }: { score: number }) {
+  return (
+    <div className="h-2 rounded-full bg-muted overflow-hidden" aria-label={`${score}% readiness`}>
+      <div className="h-full rounded-full bg-primary" style={{ width: `${score}%` }} />
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+export default function JobReadinessPage() {
+  const overall = Math.round(readinessPillars.reduce((sum, item) => sum + item.score, 0) / readinessPillars.length);
+
+  return (
+    <div className="space-y-6 max-w-7xl mx-auto" data-testid="job-readiness-page">
+      <div className="flex flex-col gap-4 lg:flex-row lg:items-end lg:justify-between">
+        <div>
+          <div className="flex items-center gap-2 mb-2">
+            <Badge variant="outline" className="gap-1">
+              <Briefcase className="w-3.5 h-3.5" /> Career Launch
+            </Badge>
+            <Badge variant="secondary">Employer-facing</Badge>
+          </div>
+          <h1 className="text-3xl font-bold tracking-tight">Zyra Job Readiness</h1>
+          <p className="text-muted-foreground mt-2 max-w-3xl">
+            Turn the Zyra ecosystem into verifiable evidence for AI, software, cloud, DevSecOps,
+            platform, and cybersecurity roles. The goal is not just to claim skills—it is to point to working proof.
+          </p>
+        </div>
+        <div className="rounded-xl border bg-card px-5 py-4 min-w-48">
+          <div className="text-xs uppercase tracking-wider text-muted-foreground">Current readiness</div>
+          <div className="flex items-end gap-2 mt-1">
+            <span className="text-4xl font-bold">{overall}</span>
+            <span className="text-sm text-muted-foreground mb-1">/ 100</span>
+          </div>
+          <ScoreBar score={overall} />
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <div className="grid gap-4 md:grid-cols-2 xl:grid-cols-3">
+        {readinessPillars.map(({ label, score, icon: Icon, evidence }) => (
+          <Card key={label}>
+            <CardHeader className="pb-2">
+              <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-3">
+                <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
+                  <div className="w-9 h-9 rounded-lg bg-primary/10 flex items-center justify-center">
+                    <Icon className="w-4 h-4 text-primary" />
+                  </div>
+                  <CardTitle className="text-base">{label}</CardTitle>
+                </div>
+                <span className="text-sm font-semibold">{score}%</span>
+              </div>
+            </CardHeader>
+            <CardContent className="space-y-3">
+              <ScoreBar score={score} />
+              <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground leading-relaxed">{evidence}</p>
+            </CardContent>
+          </Card>
+        ))}
+      </div>
+
+      <div className="grid gap-6 xl:grid-cols-[1.1fr_0.9fr]">
+        <Card>
+          <CardHeader>
+            <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-3">
+              <div>
+                <CardTitle className="flex items-center gap-2">
+                  <Target className="w-5 h-5 text-primary" /> Target roles
+                </CardTitle>
+                <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground mt-1">Map the existing platform to real engineering job families.</p>
+              </div>
+              <Badge variant="outline">4 tracks</Badge>
+            </div>
+          </CardHeader>
+          <CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-2">
+            {roleTracks.map(({ title, icon: Icon, fit, focus }) => (
+              <div key={title} className="rounded-xl border p-4 bg-muted/20">
+                <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-2">
+                  <div className="flex items-center gap-2 font-semibold text-sm">
+                    <Icon className="w-4 h-4 text-primary" /> {title}
+                  </div>
+                  <Badge variant={fit === "Strong" ? "default" : "secondary"}>{fit}</Badge>
+                </div>
+                <div className="mt-3 flex flex-wrap gap-1.5">
+                  {focus.map(item => <Badge key={item} variant="outline" className="font-normal">{item}</Badge>)}
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            ))}
+          </CardContent>
+        </Card>
+
+        <Card>
+          <CardHeader>
+            <CardTitle className="flex items-center gap-2">
+              <GraduationCap className="w-5 h-5 text-primary" /> Hiring checklist
+            </CardTitle>
+          </CardHeader>
+          <CardContent className="space-y-3">
+            {hiringChecklist.map(item => (
+              <div key={item} className="flex gap-3 text-sm">
+                <CheckCircle2 className="w-4 h-4 mt-0.5 shrink-0 text-green-500" />
+                <span>{item}</span>
+              </div>
+            ))}
+          </CardContent>
+        </Card>
+      </div>
+
+      <Card>
+        <CardHeader>
+          <CardTitle className="flex items-center gap-2">
+            <Briefcase className="w-5 h-5 text-primary" /> Portfolio proof inside Zyra
+          </CardTitle>
+          <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+            Every tile points to an existing product area that can become interview evidence, screenshots, demo material, or a case study.
+          </p>
+        </CardHeader>
+        <CardContent className="grid gap-3 md:grid-cols-2 xl:grid-cols-3">
+          {proofRoutes.map(({ label, href, icon: Icon, detail }) => (
+            <Link key={href} href={href}>
+              <div className="group h-full rounded-xl border p-4 hover:border-primary/50 hover:bg-primary/5 transition-colors cursor-pointer">
+                <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
+                  <Icon className="w-5 h-5 text-primary" />
+                  <ArrowRight className="w-4 h-4 text-muted-foreground group-hover:text-primary transition-colors" />
+                </div>
+                <div className="font-semibold mt-3">{label}</div>
+                <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground mt-1 leading-relaxed">{detail}</p>
+              </div>
+            </Link>
+          ))}
+        </CardContent>
+      </Card>
+
+      <Card className="border-primary/25 bg-primary/5">
+        <CardContent className="p-5 flex flex-col gap-4 sm:flex-row sm:items-center sm:justify-between">
+          <div>
+            <div className="font-semibold">Definition of job-ready</div>
+            <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground mt-1 max-w-3xl">
+              A recruiter can open the repository, understand what Zyra solves, verify the build and security posture,
+              see production-minded engineering decisions, and trace your contribution to concrete code and outcomes.
+            </p>
+          </div>
+          <Link href="/repositories">
+            <Button className="shrink-0">
+              Review proof <ArrowRight className="w-4 h-4 ml-2" />
+            </Button>
+          </Link>
+        </CardContent>
+      </Card>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/docs/JOB_READINESS.md b/docs/JOB_READINESS.md
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index 0000000..3964bbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/JOB_READINESS.md
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Zyra Job-Ready Engineering Standard
+
+Zyra should function as both a production-minded security/AI platform and a verifiable engineering portfolio. Job readiness means a recruiter or hiring manager can inspect the repository and quickly understand the problem, architecture, implementation quality, security posture, and engineering tradeoffs.
+
+## Target role families
+
+- AI / software engineering
+- Cloud / DevSecOps engineering
+- Cybersecurity engineering
+- Platform / reliability engineering
+
+## Evidence standard
+
+Every flagship feature should provide evidence across five layers:
+
+1. **Problem** — what real user or operational problem the feature solves.
+2. **Architecture** — services, data flows, dependencies, trust boundaries, and deployment assumptions.
+3. **Implementation** — readable TypeScript/React/Node code, schemas, APIs, and meaningful commits.
+4. **Verification** — type checks, build checks, security scanning, tests where applicable, and documented limitations.
+5. **Communication** — screenshots/demo path, concise README or case study, and an interview-ready explanation of tradeoffs and outcomes.
+
+## Job-ready gate
+
+A candidate-facing change is ready when:
+
+- `npm ci` succeeds from a clean checkout.
+- `npm run check` succeeds.
+- `npm run build` succeeds.
+- security workflows remain enabled.
+- no credentials, tokens, private customer data, or unverifiable performance claims are committed.
+- the feature has a clear route or documented demo path.
+- documentation explains what was built and why.
+
+## Interview translation
+
+Use Zyra work to create STAR stories:
+
+- **Situation:** the engineering or security problem.
+- **Task:** the outcome or constraint you owned.
+- **Action:** architecture, debugging, automation, testing, and tradeoff decisions.
+- **Result:** verified build, reduced failure mode, improved workflow, or delivered capability.
+
+Do not inflate metrics. Prefer reproducible proof from code, CI, issues, pull requests, screenshots, and deployed behavior.
+
+## Portfolio safety
+
+Keep public portfolio material free of secrets, credentials, personal data, customer-sensitive information, exploit-ready operational details, and unsupported claims of government or enterprise affiliation.
+
+## Product surface
+
+The in-product `/job-readiness` workspace maps existing Zyra modules to hiring evidence and identifies the next gaps to close before presenting the ecosystem to employers.