CareerBuilder’s New Parachute Tool ‘Helps’ You Find Related Jobs

Once again we are astounded by Careerbuilder’s total fail.

The site has launched a quiz at Careerpath.com called the Job Discovery Wizard. It’s supposed to help jobseekers transfer their skills to a new industry.

We filled in our profile as honestly as we could, because we were curious if CareerPath could get us out of dying journalism and into something a little more comfortable.

The first result the site suggested?

Biological Technician.
Followed by computer systems architect, machine tool setter, and economist.

Don’t you, uh, need skills in biology for one of those jobs? Or a master’s in economics?

To be fair, the sixth result down said we’d make a good broadcast news analyst. Which is closer than any of these other results.

We’d stay away from this product if we were you, though.

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