The free virtual assistant that helps young people look for work arrives: here's how it works

A unique digital platform AppLI, which through the use of artificial intelligence, will help young Neet to orient themselves in the labour market, indicating which skills and profiles are most in demand by companies in real time, responding to the characteristics and aspirations of workers. With the assistance of this platform, they will be able to improve their CVs, simulate an interview, orient themselves in the world of work and explore training and job offers related to the desired profession.

 The Ministry of Labour and Inps presented AppLI, describing it as a virtual assistant targeting a potential audience of approximately 1.4 million Neet young people between 15 and 29 years of age (almost 1 in 5 of the young people in that age group), who are not studying, not in education or training and not working (the acronym is Not in Employment, Education or Training).

AppLI is a platform that is accessed through a dedicated link. Although a mobile application is not yet available, the platform will also be fully usable from mobile devices, with an interface designed to ensure an effective user experience even from smartphones. From mid-September 2025, interested users will be able to apply for access to AppLI by contacting their local Job Centre. In the first phase, priority will be given to Neet young people: the target audience is expected to be up to 120,000 young people, via the Job Centres. AppLI differs from other job search tools, thanks to the use of generative Artificial Intelligence: it offers a customised experience, a virtual assistant available H24, which will be integrated into the functionalities of the Siisl digital platform, supporting the operators of the Job Centres, to create a single ecosystem of regional and national services.

The platform provides a tailor-made orientation, based on individual needs and objectives, allows users to learn about and reason about job opportunities relevant to their skills in the reference territorial areas, presents the training opportunities available on the Siisl platform, explores labour market data and trends through integration with the Labour Market Intelligence platform created by Sviluppo Italia, supports the creation and optimisation of Curriculum Vitae, assists in writing a cover letter and simulates job interviews, and encourages continuous learning through short and targeted sessions (microlearning). The same platform provides useful information on self-employment and self-employment, and accompanies users in the complete management of their applications.

The web coach implemented by the Ministry of Labour is an experimental project focused, at the moment, on the needs of Neet. The current version is the result of the use by about two thousand young people who, thanks to the involvement of the Regions and the active collaboration of more than 200 operators of the Job Centres, have used AppLI to improve their CVs, simulate an interview, orientate themselves in the world of work and explore the training and job offers related to their desired profession.