Looking for inspiration or more career ideas? AI can help you explore new directions and uncover connections between your interests, strengths, and values.
Use one of the prompts below to generate career ideas using https://chat.dartmouth.edu/ or your favorite LLM (Chat GPT, Gemini, etc), then meet with a Career & Life Design Coach to unpack your discoveries and explore next steps. This activity works best when you pair AI-powered brainstorming with real-world reflection and conversation.
💡 Career Discovery Prompt
Copy, paste, and adapt this prompt with your own details:
Based on my interests in [literary analysis, creative writing, theater and performance, social justice and activism, live music production]; my major(s)/academic interests in [English] and [Studio Art]; my values of [fairness, integrity]; my strengths in [leadership and public speaking]; my skills of [public speaking, organization, marketing], current career ideas including [role xxx in the field of yyy]; suggest 12 potential career ideas. Please weigh all aspects equally and consider how my transferable skills might align with each option. The suggested career ideas should be internally validated against the Occupational Outlook Handbook (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/a-z-index.htm). Include a range of sectors including corporate, non-profit, and others. For each career idea, provide a brief description, including common projects, tasks, duties, typical entry-level job titles, and typical organizations or contexts.
💡 “Expand Your Options” Prompt
Use this one to branch out from a role you already have in mind. Copy, paste, and adapt this prompt with your own details:
Suggest 12 career ideas similar to the role of [role] in the field of [field] that align with my top Strengths [one, two, three, four, five, etc.].
Additionally, integrate the following inputs to tailor the career suggestions:
My interests in [Literary analysis, Creative writing, Theater and performance, Social justice and activism, Live music production]
My major(s)/academic interests in [English] and [Studio Art]
My values of [fairness, integrity]
My professional experiences, as detailed in my resume [pasted below/uploaded]
Each suggested career idea must be internally validated against the Occupational Outlook Handbook (https://www.bls.gov/ooh/a-z-index.htm) and include:
- A brief description of the role
- Common projects, tasks, and duties
- Typical entry-level job titles
- Typical companies, organizations, or work contexts
Suggestions should span across multiple sectors, including corporate, non-profit, and other relevant fields.
Next step:
Please copy and adapt these prompts to your own details – then meet with a Career & Life Design Coach to reflect on the results, identify patterns, and design experiments to test what fits.
