Using AI as a Career Coach

Check out these excellent prompts published by Khan Academy to help with career growth. You could use ChatGPT or another AI tool to explore this topic.

Looking for other roles that may be a good fit?

Generate 10 specific job titles that could be a good fit for me based on: 

My Favorite Skills: [insert your skills]
My Interests: [insert your interests]
My Major: [insert your major-NOTE: IF APPLICABLE] 
My Resume: [copy/paste your resume-NOTE: REMOVE PERSONAL DATA]

What types of jobs suggested from the prompt above do you want to know more about?

Please tell me about a typical day for each of these job titles and the kinds of people who tend to enjoy them: [insert the job titles]  

Are you having trouble figuring out if these jobs align with your career goals?

Rank these jobs [insert job titles] based on my: 

Career Goals: [insert your career goals] 
Qualifications: [insert your skills and credentials-NOTE: REMOVE PERSONAL DATA]

What's even better than AI? Talking to people who actually hold these jobs! Search LinkedIn for people who hold the jobs you're interested in. Write a personalized 300 character message to accompany your connection request. If they accept your connection and agree to speak with you or engage in an email exchange, you can use the below prompt to help you brainstorm questions to ask.

Generate a list of 10 informational interview questions to help me discover if this person’s role would be a good fit for me. Here is their job: [insert job title]

As a reminder, AI is a great tool to gather information and help you brainstorm ideas, but it doesn't replace personalization or human connection. 

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