Virtual career mentor that considers skills and trajectory

A computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to identify a position a user wishes to achieve in a request for a personalized career recommendation;
• program instructions to compare a user profile of the user to a marketplace profile for the position to determine whether there are one or more gaps in the user profile that would prevent the user from achieving the position;
• responsive to determining there is a gap in the user profile, program instructions to assign the user a task to address the gap in the user profile;
• program instructions to generate a performance score using a reinforcement learning model, wherein the performance score is based on an evaluation of the user completing the task;
• and
• responsive to updating the user profile with the performance score, program instructions to generate a recommendation using machine learning, wherein the recommendation includes a series of actions the user may take to achieve the position identified and an appropriate timeline.

A computer system comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• one or more computer readable storage media;
• program instructions collectively stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the stored program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to identify a position a user wishes to achieve in a request for a personalized career recommendation;
• program instructions to compare a user profile of the user to a marketplace profile for the position to determine whether there are one or more gaps in the user profile that would prevent the user from achieving the position;
• responsive to determining there is a gap in the user profile, program instructions to assign the user a task to address the gap in the user profile;
• program instructions to generate a performance score using a reinforcement learning model, wherein the performance score is based on an evaluation of the user completing the task;
• and
• responsive to updating the user profile with the performance score, program instructions to generate a recommendation using machine learning, wherein the recommendation includes a series of actions the user may take to achieve the position identified and an appropriate timeline.