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