This Ivy League college is thinking more like Google to help students and alumni find work they love in the AI economy
Executive Take
Dartmouth is building career matching data on its own students instead of renting it from vendors. That data asset, not the chatbot, is the real long-term advantage over schools using off-the-shelf tools.
Executive Summary
Dartmouth College hired a chief product officer, Kiley McEvoy, a former Google product manager, to build proprietary AI career tools rather than license outside vendors. The tool will question students repeatedly about interests and skills, suggest 12 potential careers, and match students with relevant alumni. NACE says 86% of U.S. colleges already use third-party AI in career services.
Why It Matters
HR and talent leaders should watch this because graduates trained on personalized AI career tools will arrive with sharper self-knowledge but also AI-polished résumés that may not match their actual skills. Learning leaders should note the shift from generic AI vendors to owned data platforms.