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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.

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## 🚀 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.

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## 🛠 How to Use

1. **Choose a Role:**  
   Select from a wide range of professional roles or create a custom internship.

2. **Set Up Your Profile:**  
   Enter your experience, learning goals, and select your preferred difficulty.

3. **Enter Your OpenAI API Key:**  
   (Required for AI mentorship and feedback; key is only stored in your browser.)

4. **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.

5. **Chat with the AI Assistant:**  
   For instant guidance, use the chat bubble at any time during a task.

6. **Get Evaluated:**  
   After completing all tasks, receive a full AI-generated performance review, skill radar, and badges.

7. **Reflect & Plan:**  
   Write a career reflection and get AI-driven advice on next steps for your professional journey.

8. **Start a New Internship:**  
   Reset and explore different careers, skills, and pathways as often as you wish!

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## 👩‍🏫 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.

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## 👨‍🎓 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.

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## 🔐 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.**

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## 📄 License

Licensed under the [Apache License 2.0](./LICENSE).

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## 🧠 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

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## 🙌 Contributing

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!*