You must use AI to complete this project.
Pick any AI tool — ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, Perplexity. Free versions are fine.
File 1 — Research report (.docx)
Create a Microsoft Word document, with the AI of your choice, about a career field you want to enter after graduation. This is your chance to research something you are genuinely curious about — a job title, an industry, or a profession you have been considering. Your document should be created exclusively with AI and should be 3 to 4 pages long, written in a professional but conversational tone. Microsoft Word only — not Google Docs, not Pages. Save your file as .docx before uploading.
Start here — paste this prompt into your AI tool:
"I am a college student researching [YOUR CAREER FIELD] as a potential career. Please give me a detailed overview covering: what professionals in this field do day to day, current job market conditions including demand and geographic concentration, salary ranges at entry level, mid-career, and senior level, how AI is currently changing this profession with specific examples, and what skills are becoming more or less valuable as a result. Be specific and current."
Now paste your results from AI to your five sections in Word:
Section 1: Career Overview — What do professionals do day to day? What industries hire them? What does the career path look like?
Section 2: Job Market Conditions — Is this field growing or shrinking? Where are the jobs? How competitive is it to break in?
Section 3: Salary Data — Entry level, mid-career, and senior salaries. Must match your spreadsheet. AI salary figures are frequently outdated — verify them.
Section 4: AI's Impact on This Field — Which tasks are being automated? What skills are becoming more valuable? Be specific. "AI will change everything" is not an answer.
Section 5: Personal Takeaway — What surprised you? How does this change your career plans? This section cannot be written by AI. If it could apply to any student in any career, rewrite it.
File 2 — Data spreadsheet (.xlsx)
Create a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, with the AI of your choice, that analyzes salary and career data for your chosen field. Your spreadsheet should be created exclusively with AI and contain two worksheets as described below. Excel only — not Google Sheets. Save your file as .xlsx before uploading.
Start here — paste this prompt into your AI tool:
"I am a college student creating an Excel spreadsheet about careers in [YOUR CAREER FIELD]. I need two worksheets. Worksheet 1 called Salary Data: A table with at least 5 specific job titles in this field. For each job title include the role name, industry or employer type, entry level salary, mid-career salary, and senior level salary. All salaries should reflect current 2025-2026 U.S. market data. Below the table tell me exactly what Excel formulas to type to calculate: the total of all entry salaries using SUM, the average entry salary using AVERAGE, the highest senior salary using MAX, and the lowest entry salary using MIN. Tell me which cells to put each formula in. Worksheet 2 called Career Comparison: A table comparing 3 to 5 job titles in this field with the top 3 skills required for each role, the average salary, and the 5-year job growth outlook. Give me the data in a format I can copy directly into Excel."
Sheet 1 — Salary Data: A table with at least 5 job titles in your field. For each role include entry, mid, and senior salary. Below the table add these four formulas: =SUM, =AVERAGE, =MAX, =MIN on the salary data.
Sheet 2 — Career Comparison: A table comparing 3 to 5 job titles with top skills required, average salary, and 5-year growth outlook.