Google is launching a new experiment that uses AI to help people explore more career possibilities. The company announced in a blog post on Wednesday that a new “Career Dreamer” tool can find patterns between your experiences, educational background, skills, and interests to connect you with careers that might be a good fit.
With Career Dreamer, you can use AI to draft a career identity statement by selecting your current and previous roles, skills, experiences, education, and interests. Google notes that you can add this career identity statement to your résumé or use it as a guide for talking points during an interview.
Career Dreamer lets you see a variety of careers that align with your background and interests via a visual web of possibilities. If you’re interested in a specific career, you can delve deeper into it to learn more about what it entails.
The tool also lets you collaborate with Gemini, Google’s AI assistant, to workshop a cover letter or résumé and explore more job ideas.
It’s worth noting that unlike popular services like Indeed and LinkedIn, Career Dreamer doesn’t link you to actual job postings. It’s instead designed to help you simply explore different careers in a quick way so you don’t have to conduct a series of different Google Searches to find a fit for yourself.
Career Dreamer is currently only available as an experiment in the United States. It’s unknown when or if Google plans to bring the experiment to additional countries.
“We hope Career Dreamer can be helpful to all kinds of job seekers,” Google wrote in its blog post. “During its development, we consulted organizations that serve a wide range of individuals, such as students navigating their first careers, recent graduates entering the workforce, adult learners seeking new opportunities, and the military community, including transitioning service members, military spouses and veterans. If you’re ready for a career change, or just wondering what’s out there, try Career Dreamer.”
In its blog post, Google points to a report from World Economic Forum that states people typically hold an average of 12 different jobs throughout their lives and that Gen Z is expected to hold 18 jobs across six different careers.
Google notes that it can be hard to frame your previous experiences into a cohesive narrative, especially if your career path is less traditional, which is where Career Dreamer can help.
Plus, Google believes that the tool can help people better express how the skills they already have align with other jobs.
