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🎓 Enhanced Virtual Internship Simulator with AI Chatbot
Developed by Shift Mind AI Labs
A fully open-source, browser-based simulator for exploring diverse careers through realistic, AI-powered internship experiences. This tool allows students to select or customize virtual internship roles, complete authentic workplace tasks, receive AI mentorship, and build career skills—all in a privacy-first environment.
🚀 Features
- Realistic Career Roles: Choose from 18+ roles (STEM, business, healthcare, creative, sustainability, more), or create your own!
- Customizable Tasks: Complete step-by-step tasks tailored to each profession.
- AI-Powered Mentorship: Get targeted, friendly feedback and practical guidance at every stage with GPT-4o-mini (user provides API key).
- Chatbot Assistant: Access a built-in AI chat assistant for any task or question—instantly!
- Skill Radar & Badges: Visualize your professional skill growth and earn badges for achievements.
- Career Reflection & Planning: Reflect on your experience and receive personalized career development advice.
- Client-side Privacy: All processing and key storage happens in your browser; no data leaves your device.
🛠 How to Use
Choose a Role:
Select from a wide range of professional roles or create a custom internship.Set Up Your Profile:
Enter your experience, learning goals, and select your preferred difficulty.Enter Your OpenAI API Key:
(Required for AI mentorship and feedback; key is only stored in your browser.)Complete Tasks:
Work through a series of real-world tasks for your chosen role. For each task:- Write your response or solution.
- Submit to receive AI-powered feedback.
Chat with the AI Assistant:
For instant guidance, use the chat bubble at any time during a task.Get Evaluated:
After completing all tasks, receive a full AI-generated performance review, skill radar, and badges.Reflect & Plan:
Write a career reflection and get AI-driven advice on next steps for your professional journey.Start a New Internship:
Reset and explore different careers, skills, and pathways as often as you wish!
👩🏫 For Teachers: How the Simulator Supports Educators
- Career Exploration:
Integrate virtual internships into STEM, humanities, business, or PBL courses to expose students to a broad range of careers. - Authentic Assessment:
Use task submissions and AI feedback for formative or summative assessment of 21st-century skills. - Differentiated Learning:
Students can pick their own roles or create custom internships for maximum relevance. - Safe, No-Login Platform:
No student data leaves the browser—suitable for privacy-conscious classrooms. - Reflection & Growth:
Supports career planning, self-awareness, and metacognition with built-in reflection and skill radar.
👨🎓 For Students: Benefits & Learning Outcomes
- Real-World Skills:
Practice authentic workplace tasks and problem-solving in a risk-free environment. - Personalized Mentorship:
Access instant, AI-powered advice and encouragement tailored to your goals and responses. - Agency & Voice:
Choose or create your own virtual internship—design your learning pathway! - Recognition:
Visualize your growth and earn achievement badges for every completed internship. - Reflection:
Receive professional feedback and career advice to guide your future decisions.
🔐 Data Privacy
- All logic runs in your browser.
- Your OpenAI API key is only saved to your local storage.
- No data or submissions are collected or shared with Shift Mind AI Labs or Hugging Face.
📄 License
Licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
🧠 About Shift Mind AI Labs
Shift Mind AI Labs develops ethical, open-source AI tools to empower learners and educators worldwide.
🌐 https://shiftmind.io
✉️ info@shiftmind.io
🙌 Contributing
Pull requests, issues, and suggestions are always welcome. For partnership, integration, or school pilots: info@shiftmind.io
Empower students to discover, reflect, and build their futures with the Virtual Internship Simulator!