I-Corps: Software platform to construct career resources for college students

这个I-Corps项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力是开发一个软件解决方案，解决大学生职业咨询和支持方面的关键差距。该软件旨在解决现有数字应用跟踪系统（ATS）的局限性。虽然有许多ATS工具可用于帮助候选人创建和分析简历，但它们往往无法生成准确展示候选人技能组合的简历，并提供全面的职业行动计划。 通过提供可访问的职业意识和规划工具，拟议的技术有可能赋予代表性不足的群体，促进公平，并通过提供全面的职业发展支持来提高公立高等教育的入学率。此外，它还可以满足高等教育和就业安置部门的需求，包括不断扩大的人才招聘软件市场，将早期代表性不足的候选人与专业人员联系起来，弥合当前平台存在的服务差距。通过利用这一软件平台，各机构和机关可以解决其具体的多样性招聘需求，并为来自边缘化社区的个人创造实现职业成功的途径。 这也可以为学生提供更好的职业意识，使当前的学生能够从早期阶段有效地规划自己的职业生涯。这个I-Corps项目是基于开发一个软件平台，以帮助个人创建和分析简历。 所提出的技术采用基于分类的大型语言模型（LLM）的自动提示，为个人生成个性化的职业资源，包括定制的简历，定制的职业规划和有价值的导师联系。此外，该技术旨在通过将所生成的资源与所需的简历格式、首选职位以及具有类似背景的成功专业人士的组合进行比较，来评估其质量。根据这一评估，该软件自动建立提示，目标领域的改进，提高所提供的职业资源的整体质量。 其目标是使个人，无论其背景或可用资源，作出明智的职业决策，并获得必要的工具和支持，在他们选择的道路上取得成功。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the development of a software solution that addresses critical gaps in career counseling and support for college students. The software is designed to address the limitations of existing digital application tracking systems (ATS). While numerous ATS tools are available to assist candidates in resume creation and analysis, they often fall short in generating resumes that accurately showcase the candidate's skill set and providing a comprehensive career action plan. By providing accessible career awareness and planning tools, the proposed technology has the potential to empower underrepresented groups, promotes equity, and enhance enrollment in public higher education by offering comprehensive career development support. In addition, it may meet the needs of higher education and job placement sectors, including the expanding talent acquisition software market, by connecting early-stage underrepresented candidates with professionals, bridging the service gap that exists in current platforms. By leveraging this software platform, institutions and agencies may address their specific diversity recruiting needs and create pathways for individuals from marginalized communities to achieve career success. This also may provide students with better career awareness, enabling current students to plan their careers effectively from an early stage.This I-Corps project is based on the development of a software platform to assist individuals in resume creation and analysis. The proposed technology employs auto-prompting of large language models (LLM) based on classification to generate personalized career resources for individuals, encompassing customized resumes, tailored career plans, and valuable mentor connections. In addition, the technology is designed to assess the quality of generated resources by comparing them to the desired resume format, preferred job positions, and a portfolio of successful professionals with similar backgrounds. Based on this assessment, the software automatically builds prompts that target areas of improvement, enhancing the overall quality of the career resources provided. The goal is to enable individuals, regardless of their background or available resources, to make informed career decisions and receive the necessary tools and support to succeed in their chosen paths.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.