Picture a Tuesday afternoon in a community college classroom. Twenty adults who signed up for a career development workshop are leaning over their tables, comparing assessment results with the person next to them. Someone laughs. Someone else says, "I never thought about it that way." The facilitator hasn't touched the slides in fifteen minutes, and nobody minds. By the end of the hour, every person in the room has three occupations to research and one step to take this week.

“What should I do with my life? What career path will make me happiest? Tell me what jobs in my city earn a lot of money.” People are increasingly turning to AI for answers to questions like these. And career development professionals are exploring how to use the technology in their own practice, too. In November 2025, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) reported that 76% of surveyed college career centers used AI as an assistive tool when working with i

Talent development starts with better conversations. Get a practical framework managers can use to turn career check-ins into retention and succession wins. Talent Development: How to Facilitate Better Career Conversations Career conversations work best when they’re intentional. This guide gives HR leaders and managers a practical framework for internal career conversations that build employee retention, surface succession candidates, and make talent development feel like