PeopleHawk - Online Career Guidance Platform

Sep 18, 2026

PeopleHawk is an AI-powered online career guidance platform designed to improve students’ career mobility. It creates a skills-focused digital career profile that students share with member schools, colleges, universities, and employers. The platform draws on bios, academic records, work experience, and scientifically validated assessments to uncover career potential. Its EPIC career journey (Explore, Prepare, Inspire, Connect), AI skills matching, gamified cognitive assessments, persona-based outputs, video rehearsal tools, and an integrated job board support effective, efficient, and more equitable guidance across countries including the UK and Ireland.

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PEOPLEHAWK: ONLINE CAREER GUIDANCE PLATFORM PeopleHawk is an AI-powered platform for career mobility that creates a “skillsfocused” digital career profile. Students can share this profile with colleges, universities, and employers to accelerate their career outcomes. The platform leverages each student’s unique background (biography, academic record, work experience, etc.), as well as insights from scientifically validated assessments such as personality, cognitive, and transversal skills, to unearth and digitally showcase their career potential. PeopleHawk’s features and tools are framed by an EPIC (Explore, Prepare, Inspire, Connect) career journey, which makes it easy for students to progress in their personal development. Resource overview Website: PeopleHawk Published on the 23/11/2023 • Launch year 2019 •Countries United Kingdom, Ireland •Age groups Lower-secondary (ages 12 to 15) | Uppersecondary (ages 16 to 18) • Keyword Career guidance online platforms | Labour Market Information | Job fairs & career talks | Work-related learning | Career conversations | Skills assessment | Student portfolios | Preparation and reflection • How many schools are currently making use of it? 11-50 •Technology Video streaming | Artificial Intelligence | Gaming | Social media •Other tags Is informed by research | Free of cost •Technology Artificial intelligence | Gaming | Social media | Video streaming O D I C Y C A S E S T U D Y L I B R A R Y • 1 • [www . oecd. org / stories / od icy](www . oecd. org / stories / od icy) – © O EC D 2 0 2 3 P e o p l e Haw k : O n l i n e ca r e e r g u i da n c e p latf o r m Students can join PeopleHawk either as part of a Member School or as an Individual Member. Member Schools use the platform to support the delivery of employability programmes and manage careers guidance and advice. Each school has abespoke front-end to establish year groups, classes and cohorts of students based on pathways. Career Advisors have access to each student’s digital career profile, including the results of their assessments. This means Career Advisors can develop and deliver customized learning which meets the unique needs of each student. Schools are further supported by a series of Lesson Plans •Career development Online platforms | Job fairs & career talks | Career conversations | Student portfolios | Preparation & reflection | Labour Market Information | Work-related learning | Skills assessment •Age group Lower-secondary (ages 12 to 15) | Uppersecondary (ages 16 to 18) •Countries and Audio Courses which dove-tail with the digital platform. Because the platform is available in the cloud, students are able to learn both inside and outside of formal classes. Students can sign up to the platform directly, free of charge and complete their EPIC (Explore, Prepare, Inspire Connect) career journey. They can use the AI-backed features to unearth their skills and create high-impact tailored career assets, such as Personal Statements, CVs and Elevator Pitches. The platform’s video app enables students to develop and rehearse answers to interview questions for any job. Students use the platform’s integrated Job Board to share their profile with employers on live opportunities. For a more comprehensive understanding of PeopleHawk, you can watch this informative video. Description of technology PeopleHawk utilises the following technology: ◦ Artificial Intelligence – the platform’s AI Skills Intelligence Engine and proprietary algorithms help students understand their transversal skills. It then matches them to careers that best suit them, develop tailored career assets such as CVs etc. ◦ Gaming-a set of nine (gamified) cognitive assessments help students practice and test skills like logical reasoning, mental flexibility and working memory. These games mirror how students may be assessed by large corporates in their application processes. ◦ Socia

FAQs

How do students use PeopleHawk to build a career profile?

Students join either through a Member School or as an Individual Member, then complete their EPIC career journey and AI-backed skills and personality assessments. They use the platform to generate tailored career assets such as personal statements, CVs, and elevator pitches.

What technology does PeopleHawk use for skills assessment?

The platform uses an AI Skills Intelligence Engine and proprietary algorithms to understand transversal skills and match them to suitable careers. It also includes gamified cognitive assessments and assigns persona types supported by artwork and short mission statements.

How does PeopleHawk help students prepare for interviews and job opportunities?

A video app helps students develop and rehearse answers to interview questions and prepare elevator pitches. Students can share their profiles with employers through the integrated Job Board for live opportunities.

Sep 18, 2026

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