LUCA, your AI careers companion
LUCA is Lancaster University’s AI-powered careers companion. It helps you improve your CV, tailor cover letters, explore employers, and practise interviews. It works alongside our Careers and Employability Service.
Our Initiative
The job market is competitive, so we've created a new service to give you the edge. Lancaster University Careers Assistant (LUCA) is a free tool to help you secure internships, work experience, and graduate jobs.
Meet LUCA
LUCA is an AI-powered careers tool that helps you prepare stronger applications and feel more confident about your next step after university. You can use LUCA to refine your CV, tailor cover letters, learn more about employers, and practise interview skills in your own time.
LUCA has been developed by the ISS Innovation Team in partnership with the Careers and Employability Service and student groups. It is being piloted within the university’s wider AI programme, which explores how AI can support teaching, research, engagement, and the wider student experience.
What LUCA can help you with
LUCA supports each part of the application journey.
- Job Advert Analysis
Upload any job description, and LUCA will analyse this and highlight what the employer wants, including key skills, competencies, tools, and experience the employer is likely to prioritise, helping users understand what the role requires and what to emphasise in their application - CV improvement
LUCA provides targeted guidance by CV section (such as skills, experience and education), informed by the job requirements. Feedback focuses on structure, clarity, relevance and impact, strengthening each area of your CV - Cover letter support
Using the job description, LUCA offers structured advice on how to create a high-quality, tailored cover letter. This includes guidance on content, tone and alignment with employer expectations, which you can apply in your own voice. - Mock interviews and feedback
Practise answering interview questions in text or video. LUCA gives feedback on clarity, structure, examples, and alignment to the role. Practice interview questions - in text or video format - that are representative of those commonly used by employers and relevant to the specific role. LUCA provides instant feedback to help refine answers, improve relevance, and build confidence ahead of interviews.
Designed to complement careers support
LUCA is not a replacement for careers professionals. Instead, it helps you prepare in your own time so that you arrive at appointments with stronger drafts and clearer questions. It also supports teaching teams and employability workshops by giving students practical tools between sessions.
Part of Lancaster’s AI programme
LUCA follows the university’s standards for security, privacy, and responsible AI. It is reviewed regularly and shaped by feedback from students and staff.
If you would like to be part of user testing, look out for updates from the Careers and Employability Service.