From answers → experiences → insights

Career Compass

What if your career choices could tell you more about yourself than your answers?

Academic Team Project

UX Research · UI/UX Design

Figma · Claude · Code · Blender

10 Weeks

It's an interactive career exploration platform that helps students understand themselves through exploration, decisions and simulated career experiences.

THE PROBLEM

A career decision begins long before a student chooses one.

Self-Awareness

Students may know what subjects they enjoy, but struggle to translate those interests into real work preferences or career possibilities

Lack of Exposure

Knowing that a career exists is different from understanding what working in it actually involves

Decision Pressure

Career decisions are shaped by uncertainty, confidence, risk and external expectations not just interests

Guidance Gap

Students need support throughout exploration, not just a recommendation at the end

Stats on vocational training

Background & Context

Primary Research

Secondary Research

From chaos to

clarity

THE DIFFERENCE

Most career guidance helps students find an answer. Career Compass helps them explore, experience and evolve.

❌ What Exists

Career discovery remains fragmented, static and disconnected from real-world experience.

❌ One-time tests label, don’t guide
❌ Counselors focus on admissions, not career fit
❌ Generic, non-personalized information
❌ Parental & peer pressure override aptitude
❌ No real career simulation or experience
❌ No clear link: interests → skills → income

✅ With Career Compass

A connected system for exploring yourself, experiencing possibilities, and building your career direction over time.

✅ Evolving, continuous guidance, AI profile based on behaviour, not just answers
✅ Deep self-discovery (cognitive, emotional, behavioral)
✅ Clear income & growth pathways
✅ Real-world career simulations before committing
✅ Safe space to explore unconventional paths