Recruitment openDoors close May 25, 2026

The Career Purpose Challenge

Compete. Co-Create.Reposition Your Careerin the AI Age.

A 4-week challenge to beta-test and co-create the most promising AI career app, shape its future, and walk away with real assets for yours.

100% online Free to join Open to all EU university students No experience required
See how it works

Takes 60 seconds · Spots are limited

A challenge by Vocating × Planetir · Free for Cohort №01 · Powered by RedPill Platform

You experience the journey. You tell us what works. You design a strategy to scale it. The best strategy wins real prizes, and gets implemented with you involved.

Five weeks. Three deliverables. Profiles that stand out.

01 · The bigger picture

Career positioning is broken.
You're part of the fix.

AI is reshaping every career path, and it's getting harder than ever to explain what makes you irreplaceable. You feel it: the pressure, the uncertainty, the gap between what you studied and what employers actually want.

We're building an AI-powered app that closes that gap, and we need real students to test it, break it, and make it better. Your feedback ships in the next version. Your name stays on the product. This isn't a survey, it's co-creation.

Ready to join?

Start before the cohort closes.

Secure your place now and come back to the details after.

The app you'll test

Meet Vocating.ai

Coming soon

The app experience is taking shape.

Vocating is an AI-powered career positioning app built on years of academic research. During the challenge, you'll be among the very first people to use it.

Vocating app shown on an iPhone

What you'll get inside the app

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3 guided sprints

Structured self-discovery: explore your strengths, test them in real scenarios, and refine your career positioning step by step.

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Your Working Vision Card

Way more useful than a CV. A sharp, personal document that captures who you are, what you bring, and where you're headed.

AI-powered guidance

A career coach available anytime, built on real methodology from career science. It helps you articulate what makes you unique.

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Your feedback shapes it

This is a beta. Every bug you flag, every idea you share goes straight into the next version. You're a co-creator.

Why a beta? Because the best products are built with the people who use them. Your generation deserves career tools designed by your generation.

What you can win

Compete for prizes money can't buy.

Access, mentorship, visibility, and a real professional opportunity. Designed to launch your career, not just reward a competition.

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Standout Profile

The Career Launcher

Real access, real visibility, and a real professional opportunity.

  • Sponsored internship (2 months) at Vocating or a corporate partner
  • 90-minute 1-on-1 deep-dive career strategy session with Florian Kemmerich
  • Signed copy of On Vocation with a personal note from Florian
  • Featured interview on Vocating & Planetir LinkedIn
  • Permanent invitation to the Pioneer Layer as a co-builder
  • Maximum RedPill Reputation Points
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Distinguished Profile

The Visibility & Access Pack

Mentorship, recognition, and early access to the platform.

  • 45-minute 1-on-1 session with a senior Vocating team or jury member
  • Signed copy of On Vocation
  • Featured spotlight on Vocating LinkedIn
  • 6 months free access to Vocating premium at launch
  • High RedPill Reputation Points
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Notable Profile

The Recognition Pack

Public credit and early access to what you helped build.

  • Signed copy of On Vocation
  • Public recognition across all Vocating & Planetir channels
  • 3 months free access to Vocating premium at launch
  • RedPill Reputation Points

Ready to join?

Want the prizes? Join the cohort first.

The challenge is free, online, and built for students ready to move.

What everyone gets

Everyone Walks Away Augmented.

Win or not, every participant leaves with tangible assets for their career.

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Working Vision Card

Something more useful than a CV. A sharp, personal statement of who you are.

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Vocating Pioneer Certificate

Permanent proof you were part of the first cohort. Ever.

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RedPill Reputation Points

Quantifiable merit that follows you across the platform.

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Permanent Co-creator Credit

Your name stays on the product you helped build. Always.

How It Works

5 steps, 5 weeks

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01Apply

Apply and get selected

April 20 to May 14

Submit the form. We review your profile and notify selected participants.

02Join the community

Join the WhatsApp community

As soon as you apply

Meet your cohort, follow updates and get ready before the challenge starts.

03Go through the 3 sprints

Reposition your career in 3 sprints

May 26 to June 15

For 21 days, Flo guides you through discover, test and build sprints.

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04Submit your work

Send your final submission

June 15 to June 22

Send your UX audit and your scaling strategy.

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05Results announced

Discover the winners

July 1

Top profiles are announced publicly. Every finisher receives proof of participation.

Your 3 missions

Test. Audit. Propose.

Deadline: June 22, 2026 · Submit on RedPill Platform

01🗂️

Working Vision Card

Something more useful than a CV. A sharp, personal statement of who you are, what you bring, and where you're going. Built through the 21-day journey.

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UX Audit

Not a survey. A co-creation brief. Honest, specific feedback on the platform. What clicked. What didn't. What you'd change. Your notes ship in the next version.

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Scaling Strategy

The standout proposal gets implemented. With you. 1 to 2 pages. Your strategy for bringing the Vocating methodology to your university or a company you care about.

Ready to join?

Your first step takes 60 seconds.

Claim your spot and continue to the confirmation page.

Judging Criteria

How we'll evaluate you

30%

Did you actually get it?

Your Working Vision Card is the proof. Specific, honest, built for the real world.

25%

Can your strategy scale?

Bold is good. Viable is better. Something that could genuinely happen at your university or inside a company.

25%

Is your feedback useful?

Sharp, specific, and honest. The notes that make us say "we need to fix this."

20%

Did you show up?

Every sprint. Every week. In the community. Consistency counts.

The Jury

Who's reviewing your work

Florian Kemmerich

Florian Kemmerich

Founder, Vocating.ai

Author of On Vocation (Routledge)

Daphne Laan

Daphne Laan

Co-Founder, Planetir

Former Head of Technology, Google

Randall Zindler

Randall Zindler

Co-Founder, Regenerative Alliance

Chairman, YPO Planet Action Network

Results Timeline

June 22 → July 1

Jury assessment

July 1

Standout profiles revealed

After July 1

Rewards & points distributed

FAQ

Got questions?

07 · Your move

The challenge is ready.
Are you?

4 weeks. 3 sprints. A leaderboard. Real prizes. Zero cost.

No experience needed. No career plan required. Just curiosity.

The app takes care of the rest.

Recruitment closes May 14 · After that, the cohort is locked

A challenge by Vocating × Planetir × RedPill