Comparison
CairnCareers vs Career Mirror.
Career Mirror describes itself as career intelligence for people who are growing, switching, or building. CairnCareers is narrower on purpose: students and recent graduates choosing a first path. The biggest difference is not the audience, though. It is whether you can see where the numbers came from.
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| Feature | Career Mirror | CairnCareers |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | People who are growing, switching, or building, according to its homepage.5 | College students and recent graduates choosing a first path. |
| What it does | Helps you understand your skills, map your path, and navigate what comes next.5 | Scores each path you are weighing for AI exposure, shows pay and growth as context, and hands you a term-by-term roadmap toward a first job.3 |
| Where the numbers come from | We did not find a methodology page or a list of data sources on careermirror.ai on the date checked.5 | O*NET occupational task data, the Eloundou et al. (2024) exposure framework in Science, and METR's capability trend. Every source is named and linked on the methodology page.1 |
| Can you check a number | Not that we could find. | Yes. Every number on the dashboard carries a numbered footnote with a source link, and pay and growth data are kept separate from the exposure score.1 |
| The plan | A mapped path.5 | A term-by-term roadmap, each term closing one evidence gap, plus resume, LinkedIn, network, and interview modules built from the same records.3 |
| Invented numbers | Not stated. | Never. The coach asks for the figure and shows where it belongs, and falls back to an honest scope description if you do not have one. |
| Price | See careermirror.ai for current plans.5 | Free tier. Pro at US$6 a month. Premium at US$11 a month.2 |
When Career Mirror is the better fit
- You are mid-career, switching fields, or building something, and you want a broad read on your skills rather than a first-job plan.
- You do not need to show anyone the source behind the result.
When CairnCareers is the better fit
- You are a student or recent graduate and the plan needs to fit an academic calendar.
- You want an AI-exposure score you can defend, with every source one click away.
- You want the record you enter once to show up as a resume bullet, a LinkedIn line, and an interview answer.
Sources
- CairnCareers methodology page: the three sources behind the score (O*NET, Eloundou et al. 2024 in Science, METR) and the 0 to 100 scale.
- CairnCareers pricing: Free, Pro at US$6 a month, Premium at US$11 a month, on the pricing section of the homepage.
- CairnCareers sample roadmap: the term-by-term plan, one evidence gap per term.
- Career Mirror homepage, as described there on the date checked. No methodology or data-source page was found on the site on that date.
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