3 AI Tools to Scale Career Services Impact

Remember when ChatGPT dropped and we all panicked about robots replacing career services? Plot twist: 18 months later, AI has become our secret weapon for supercharging student success. But here's the catch - recent research shows 58% of leaders lack AI training, leaving massive potential untapped for boosting and scaling career services impact. (HR Drive).

With the infamous "enrollment cliff" now here and resources tighter than a freshman's budget, career services teams are facing mounting pressure to deliver personalized support at scale (Ed Tech). Between student appointments, resume reviews, and tracking outcomes, finding time for meaningful career guidance can feel like searching for a parking spot during finals week.

3 AI Tools to Scale Career Services Impact

Enter AI – before you roll your eyes (I saw that), this isn't another "AI will revolutionize everything" pitch. Think of it as your department's personal assistant - available 24/7, handling repetitive tasks, and letting you focus on what matters most: meaningful connections with students.

By implementing AI, we've been able to see to career service departments triple their efficiency and save up to 50% of their time with 3 easy-to-use tools. Now it's your turn.

Here's our top 3 AI tool recommendations (that won't require a computer science degree):

1. AI Resume Analyzer & Feedback

Instead of spending hours reviewing basic formatting, implement and require an AI-powered initial review system that students must use before booking coach appointments. This ensures your team's expertise focuses on high-value guidance instead basic formatting issues.

Looking for an AI Resume Analyzer? Check out Prentus, Kickresume or Careerflow.

2. Automated Outcome Tracking

With 79% of leaders believing AI could replace some employee tasks in the next decade, smart automation of administrative work is crucial. Transform outcome tracking from a manual burden into an automated process to monitor career updates, automate data collection, provide real time dashboards, and enhancing reporting accuracy.

Looking for an AI Outcome Tracker? Check out Prentus AI LinkedIn Detector and Outcome Reporting.

3. 24/7 AI Career Coach

Let AI handle the 2 AM questions about initial career exploration and additional mock interview prep. Leverage AI to provide 27/4 support for basic career questions and initial mock interview prep to free up your time for when students really your meaningful insight.

Looking for an AI Career Coach? Check out Prentus, Jobiri, or Sherlock.

Getting Started with AI

The research is clear - while 54% of leaders encourage AI adoption, only 16% regularly offer AI training (HR Drive). Don't let your department fall behind. Here's how to begin:

1. Start Simple - Choose one tool to that is simplest integrated into an existing platform and/or tool stack.

2. Centralize Ops - Keep AI tools centralized to the existing and/or core career services platform and tool stack to increase department and student engagement.

3. Advocate for AI - Train team and provide resources to help team learn AI and become an advocate to promote and train AI to students.

4. Measure and Expand - Measure AI success and implement additional tools to expand career services for a more fast, fair, and fun job search for students.

Fine-Tune with Prentus

Ready to transform your career services department with AI? Not sure where to get started or how maximize your existing AI tool stack? Book a call with Prentus to see how our AI-powered platform can help you scale personalized support while saving valuable time.