Career Compass AI

# Career Compass AI AI-Powered Career Guidance & Personalized Learning Roadmap System Career Compass AI is a Django-based AI platform that helps learners discover suitable careers and become job-ready through personalized learning. It analyzes skills, interests, education, and work preferences to recommend the top 5 career paths. The platform provides career assessment for both CS and non-CS learners, transparent weighted career matching, AI-powered skill-gap analysis using Google Gemini, personalized 4-week learning roadmaps, practical projects, verified learning resources, an AI Career Navigator for career and certification guidance, and a progress dashboard for tracking learning milestones. It also includes AI fallback, response validation, caching, and offline support for reliability. The platform is built using Python, Django 6.0, Google Gemini API, Bootstrap 5, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, SQLite/PostgreSQL, Crispy Forms, Whitenoise, and Pillow. Its recommendation engine evaluates skill matches, education fit, and interest overlap to present the five most suitable career paths for each learner. Future enhancements include AI-generated resumes, mock interview preparation, job and internship matching, mentor matching, mobile applications, multilingual support, and institutional analytics. Team: AI WITH GENZ — Nimra Manzoor & Zainab Asif Submitted to: AI Factory — Native.builder Hackathon