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Career Bridge
A survey that asks Massachusetts workers how they use AI at work and asks employers what the job needs.
Built for the Human Edge Studio datathon by SG+I, where it won 3rd place. Job ads show what employers ask for, not what people in the job do with AI, so Career Bridge asks them and publishes only totals.
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The gap
About 526,000 Massachusetts workers are in jobs where AI overlaps with much of the work, yet under 1% of job ads for those jobs mention AI skills. These figures come from the Lightcast AI Exposure Index, 2025 job ads and BLS worker counts.
Ads can’t tell the difference between a job that doesn’t need AI and one where people already use it and nobody is asking. Asking people can.
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The survey
Workers take five minutes to mark which work activities they do in a typical week and whether AI helps with each. Employers take three to say what the role needs and what is becoming more important.
The activities come from O*NET, so answers line up with federal data, plus three AI activities O*NET doesn’t track yet. It starts with three jobs: administrative assistants, customer service representatives and retail salespeople.
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Results and job pages
Results show only totals by job and region, and hide any group with fewer than 10 responses. The page points out where workers and employers differ, which shows who could use AI training.
Career counselors can look up any job for pay, growth, training, how much AI is already used on the work, and nearby jobs with similar skills. Every number names its source.
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Status
Career Bridge is a working prototype, and all survey results in the demo are sample data. It’s an independent student project, not affiliated with MassHire, Lightcast or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
