Squiggly Careers AI Skills Sprint: How To Design Your Future Career Using AI
Sep 19, 2025
The hosts dive into the unpredictable nature of modern careers and the importance of having multiple options for resilience. They introduce an engaging AI prompt to create mind maps of various career possibilities, ranging from safe bets to ambitious dreams. Listeners learn about an AI tool, Yoodli, designed for practicing curious career conversations through role play. Plus, a fun team activity inspires sharing personal role models, highlighting new paths and opportunities. Embracing change and creativity is key to navigating the squiggly career landscape!
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Careers Need Multiple Options
- Treat careers as branching possibilities rather than linear ladders to build resilience.
- Having many options increases control and reduces risk over a 40-year working life.
Create Opportunities Proactively
- Create opportunities rather than waiting for them by exploring ideas over time.
- Use curious conversations and small experiments to develop moves before applying for jobs.
Use AI To Generate A Mind Map
- Use an AI prompt to generate a broad mind map of career possibilities quickly.
- Ask for categories like obvious, ambitious, pivot and dream options to spark new directions.