Pathwise AI

What Next After School? Pathiwse AI is here to revolutionize Career Discovery for the next generation.

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Inspiration

After applying to numerous Internships & Job posts as a uni student and getting the same response -"We appreciate you considering for this position but we won't be able to continue with your application....". My team and I decided to have a meeting, we were really worried as to why we were unable to get any opportunities, and so we analysed the situation, and two things kept coming up as to why we couldn't get the jobs:

1) We were Underqualified: We realized that each of the companies we applied to wanted us to have deep understanding of certain Frameworks and Databases- in which we didn't have.

2) We didn't meet up with the Requirements: For every job posts that we saw, they all wanted a different stack. This company wants you to be able to use Javascript, React and Tailwind, another wants you to be able to use Js, Angular and Node Js. It was tiring. It was this Lack of Clarity and Confusion that we saw. But we didn't only see it in ourselves, we saw it in University students as well. So in order to confirm our suspicion and the problem we thought we alone had, we sent out a google form to university students to fill concerning this problem. And in less than TWO days we received over 100 Responses from students claiming that they needed Something or Someone that could give them a Clear Roadmap to their DreamCheck Project Images.

Something that could guide them, by giving them the necessary Skills and Resources to be learnt in order to fit into the Industry Standards. An app, a Unique one at that, that carefully analyzes students courses and provides them with deep insights into the different job sectors and roles that are available for the course they are studying, carefully preparing them for the most common saying: "What next after School?"

And so my team and I(Alpha Builders) went to work, and we decided to create this master piece called Pathwise AI. The first of it's kind, Web Application Powered by Artificial Intelligence, ready to guide Students, Graduates, Self Learners - Step by Step to their Dream Job.

What it does

Pathwise AI is an EdTech platform that provides personalized career roadmaps for students, undergraduates, and graduates. It uses AI to:

Align academic background and career interests with industry skills.

Generate step-by-step career roadmaps.

Recommend tailored learning resources (YouTube tutorials, documentation, etc.).

Offer AI feedback and mentorship support.

How we built it

We designed and built Pathwise AI by combining:

A backend powered by AI models for roadmap generation.

A user-friendly interface for students to input their academic details and career goals.

Curated datasets of industry requirements across different fields gotten from National Bureau of Statics(Nigeria).

A recommendation system for learning resources.

Challenges we ran into

Collecting reliable industry-standard requirements across multiple career fields.

Ensuring the AI-generated roadmap was simple and actionable(This was stressful 😪).

Designing for non-tech students as well as tech students, Yes we are targetting Every Course out there.

Time constraints in building a functional prototype in just a week.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Building a working prototype of Pathwise AI in such a short time.

Validating the problem through market research with 100+ student responses.

Creating a unique solution tailored to the Nigerian education-to-industry gap.

What we learned

The importance of teamwork under pressure.

How deeply the career direction problem affects students in African Countries like Nigeria.

Practical ways AI can be applied beyond just tech fields, to guide career development.

The value of simplifying complex data into clear, usable outputs for students.

What's next for Pathwise AI

Expanding the roadmap database to cover more courses and industries.

Adding premium features like live job data, CV/resume review, and mentorship programs.

Partnering with universities and companies to make the platform more impactful.

Scaling beyond Nigeria to other African countries facing similar challenges

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