Month: October 2023

NEW INTERNATIONAL WEBINAR SERIES: CiCiChat – All Things AI and Careers

CareerChat (UK) is launching a new and very exciting interactive webinar series aimed at anyone with a keen interest in all things #AI and #careers. Each webinar is designed to empower and equip practitioners, managers, researchers and policymakers to feel confident, creative and competent in using AI in a career development context. The session will…
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AI for Higher Education: A student Journey Market Map

AI is on the rise! – This article touches upon some of the uses AI currently assists within higher education. Mary Curnock Cook, Network Chair, and Nic Newman, Partner, at edtech venture fund Emerge Education take a tour of AI tools currently available for universities, providing a ‘market map’ and emphasising the importance of data architecture to…
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CareerChat enters new R&D partnership with Exeter University Impact Lab

Development of updated artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language programming (NLP) model, with customised application programming interfaces taking forward ‘CiCi’ the 24:7 powerhouse that supports your career. CareerChat Ltd, the lead developer of CiCi the innovative careers chabot, powered by AI and machine learning, is pleased to announce a successful research and development (R&D) grant…
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CiCi the careers chabot features in a new International Labour Organisation (ILO) Digital Inventory of Career Guidance Tools

In this article in FE News Deirdre highlights the Digital Inventory of Career Guidance Tools in which CiCi the chatbot comes highly recommended. This brand new inventory of digital career guidance tools was first conceived by the ILO to showcase European and international examples of tools aimed at supporting the career development processes youth and adults. It…
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PWC: GREEN JOBS BAROMETER

The Green Jobs Barometer measures the relative performance of UK regions and industry sectors on their progress developing green jobs* over time. It aims to build an evidence base to assess and support a fair transition to net zero. “Left unchecked, green employment will grow in the most fertile spots, but not necessarily where they’re…
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RECORD LOW UNEMPLOYMENT GIVES NO CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION AMIDST ALARMING RISE IN INACTIVITY

This month’s labour market statistics present a complicated picture that hints at a difficult winter ahead.  Despite unemployment falling to lows not seen in nearly half a century, this quarter saw an alarming increase in the number of people who are out of work and not looking for a job due to long-term illness. Although…
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NEW REPORT: THE RELEVANCE OF AI IN THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE UK LABOUR MARKET

A new report has been launched by Lightcast entitled “Artificial Intelligence in the UK – The relevance of AI in the digital transformation of the UK labour market”. The report uses job postings data to examine demand for AI skills across the UK labour market in terms of how it compares internationally; which industries, regions,…
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SIX TIPS FOR IMPLEMENTING A CAREERS CHATBOT ETHICALLY AND EFFECTIVELY

The Times Higher Education Supplement (TES) has produced an article written by Caroline Toland, Head of Careers and Employability at Arden University, Dr Deirdre Hughes and Chris Percy of CarerChatUK Ltd, in which it offers advice and tips for the ethical and effective implementation of a careers chatbot. The article “Six tips for implementing a…
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