Not Sure What’s Next For Your Career? Ask AI

WSJ Your Money Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Business News

3.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

AI tools from companies like Salesforce, LinkedIn and Google claim to help frustrated job hunters with career pivots. Wall Street Journal reporter Lindsay Ellis joins host Julia Carpenter to talk about what these tools get right— and what still needs tweaking. Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Amazon offers term time working to their employees, like Anton,
0:05.0	who's home to look after his daughters during their holidays.
0:10.0	Hello!
0:11.0	To him, this is the best sound in the world.
0:13.0	Daddy!
0:14.0	Actually, maybe that's the best sound of all.
0:23.2	Now that's term time working.
0:24.6	Offered at Amazon.
0:26.9	Ten weeks off guaranteed per year.
0:29.0	Mix of paid holiday and unpaid time off.
0:29.9	Conditions apply.
0:35.5	Here's your money briefing for Monday, May 5th.
0:37.7	I'm Julia Carpenter for the Wall Street Journal.
0:42.0	Back in the day, frustrated job seekers might have turned to a mentor or a career coach
0:48.3	when they needed some direction. But these days, workers are tapping a few buttons to
0:53.5	see what career advice artificial intelligence can offer up.
0:57.0	AI could potentially help job seekers because they might need assistance in how to pitch themselves for a job,
1:05.0	to be able to say, help me highlight the overlapping skills here and show a hiring manager that,
1:10.0	even if I haven't had this exact
1:12.1	job title, that my relevant experience can be helpful. Companies like Salesforce, LinkedIn,
1:18.3	and Google are already experimenting with these tools. We'll talk with Wall Street Journal reporter
1:23.6	Lindsay Ellis about what they get right and what still needs a human touch.
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