Source-led candidate guidance

Help people find their next step—without pretending the assistant decides it.

Careers Assistant is a bounded demonstration from Simple Things. It helps visitors explore approved careers information, makes its source boundary clear and directs people to authoritative next steps.

It does not rank candidates, decide who should be hired, promise outcomes or claim live vacancy coverage.

Built around accountable answers

Source-led

Answers should be grounded in reviewed careers information and point to an official route.

Clear about limits

It should identify uncertainty rather than turn incomplete information into a confident answer.

Easy to leave

People need accessible non-chat routes and an obvious human or official escalation path.

Questions this guide answers

• What are LLMs in recruitment for?
• What is good candidate experience?
• What makes a careers assistant trustworthy?

Evidence and updates

Published 26 July 2026. The guides cite NIST, W3C, the UK ICO, the European Commission, the EEOC and the UK Government Service Manual. They are educational materials, not legal or employment advice.