Best Practices Roundtable: Thanks ChatGPT - Am I Obsolete?

Presenters: Kimberly Lurie and Nora Salmon

Date: Wednesday, June 11th, 2025

Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST

Program Overview

In an era where AI tools like ChatGPT can answer career questions in seconds, what does it mean for co-op advisors, career counselors, and coaches?

Far from being obsolete, your role has never been more essential!

This interactive session explores the irreplaceable value of human connection in career advising, especially in a post-COVID world, where students and clients are experiencing record levels of isolation and mental health challenges. You’ll learn how to embrace AI—not as a competitor, but as a powerful tool that enhances your ability to support students and job seekers with empathy, nuance, and personalized guidance.

Together, we’ll:

• Learn why your roles in either co-opertive education or career advising are critical to support individuals, in a world where mental health issues are on the rise, and students are having fewer than ever human interactions.
  
• Share tools and techniques to integrate AI into coaching, co-op, and career development
  
• Explore ways AI can reduce bias and increase equity in hiring
  
• Encourage colleagues to embrace AI and use it to enhance current co-operative education, internship search, hiring practices, and to share AI best practices.
  

Kimberly Lurie: Kimberly Lurie is a Co-op Coordinator for Biomedical and Chemical Engineering at Northeastern University. She previously worked at Suffolk University. She has 7 years of experience lecturing and helping students identify their career goals and assisting them as they navigate their search and interview process. Additionally, Kimberly has over 25 years of experience working as an appellate attorney for the indigent. She holds her Bachelor’s degree in Management and English from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and her Juris Doctorate from Suffolk Law School. 

Nora Salmon is a Co-op Coordinator for Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northeastern University. She joined the College of Engineering from Northeastern’s Global Experience Office. She previously worked at Penn State University. Nora holds BA from the University of Connecticut in Psychology and a MA in International Education from the School for International Training. Nora’s experience includes working and teaching internationally, advising students, developing Northeastern programming, and supporting Global students.