Google’s ‘Career Dreamer’ Claims It Can Help You Find a Job That Matches Your Skills
Artificial intelligence may threaten to take your job away , but technology can also help you find a new one, says Google: It just unveiled a new AI-powered tool called Career Dreamer, which uses AI algorithms to help you identify roles that match your skills and experience.
Google says it worked with groups including students, recent graduates, adult learners looking to change careers and veterans to help develop the tool. It’s part of a broader Grow with Google portal that offers a variety of tools and guides for job seekers and businesses, many of which use some form of artificial intelligence.
It’s not a full-fledged all-in-one job application app, but rather a way to explore jobs that you’ll do well with and that you might not have otherwise considered. In her blog announcement, Grow with Google’s Lisa Gevelber, she cites a World Economic Forum statistic: Workers now hold an average of 12 different jobs during their lifetime, and that number is growing.
“The less traditional your career path, the more difficult it can be to weave your previous experiences into one cohesive narrative or understand which career fits your specific skills and strengths,” Gevelber writes.
Career Dreamer can connect the dots for you, and you don’t have to spend a lot of time or effort—just tell the tool a little about your experience, past work, and interests. From there, you can switch to Gemini to take the next steps, such as writing your cover letter. You can try Career Dreamer for free here .
How to use Career Dreamer
Click the Start button and the first prompt will ask you to share your current or previous role.
As you go through the various screens that help Career Dreamer learn a little about you, you’ll be asked about specific tasks you’ve completed and skills you’ve acquired along the way, so researching technology trends and articles written would be two examples from my own career.
Eventually you’ll get to a Career Identity Statement, which sums up your career path to date – from here you can add more previous roles and existing skills, your educational history and any additional (work-related) interests. You can continue to update your career identity statement as you go, although it always sounds quite generic (and similar to what you often see on Linkedin).
Click the Explore Paths tab and you’ll get a list of roles you might be interested in – some pulled from recruitment databases and others created by AI. You can click on any of the results to get more information about the job and narrow your selection based on your experience, education, skills and interests.
Since artificial intelligence will soon be able to tell you how to manage Windows notifications or how good the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold is , I decided to launch Career Dreamer myself and see if there were any alternative career paths I could take outside of tech journalism.
I didn’t find these suggestions all that inspiring; these were the usual obvious alternatives to tech journalism—public relations, technical writing, web development, editing—but your experience may vary. Everything is wrapped up in a nice interface and is easy to use, even if the end results are quite generic.
This tool gives you the opportunity to move to Gemini , where you can learn more about potential positions, update your resume, and explore different career paths. It’s not possible to log into Career Dreamer, but the site should remember your previous session, identifying your browser and device if you leave and return.