Leveraging AI in the Job Search

Take advantage of the power of AI and apply this emerging technology to your job search! Get ideas for career paths, improve your resume and online presence, prep for interviews, and even evaluate job offers with these guided prompts. The content in this guide is adapted from Jeremy Schifeling’s “Career Coach GPT.”

Use Your AI Bot to Find a Path

PROMPT: "Generate 10 specific titles that could be a good fit for me based on: my favorite skills: [INSERT SKILLS], my interests [INSERT INTERESTS], and my resume [INSERT RESUME]"

Create a Targeted LinkedIn Headline

Prompt: "Generate a 220-character LinkedIn profile headline based on the following template, desired job title, and resume:

Here's a template: DESIRED JOB (List "Seeking" if the candidate lacks experience) | RELEVANT SKILLS FOR JOB

Here's the desired job title: [INSERT JOB], Here's the resume: [INSERT RESUME]"

Update Your Skills

Update your skills on LinkedIn by searching: "What are teh 20 most common skills listed on job descriptions for [JOB TITLE]?" and add as many of those skills as you can rightfully claim to your profile.

LinkedIn is not only interested in matching desire skills, but also the density of thsoe skills that are on your profile. To incorporate your skills more into your bullet points, run this prompt: "Please incorporate the following keywords into my existing resume bullet points. Keywords: [INSERT KEYWORDS], Bullet Points: [INSERT BULLET POINTS]"

If you need to acquire additional skills based on your queries, search: "What are the specific and fastest ways to learn [INSERT SKILL]?

Getting Found

Indicate that you are open to work on your profile either publicly or only to recruiters. Increase your network by adding personal contacts on LinkedIn. Ensure you are following employers of [INSERT JOB TITLE] in [INSERT INDUSTRY] in [INSERT LOCATION]" and ensure you are following these.

Use Keywords in Your Bullet Points

Use the following prompt to figure out what keywords are going to be most relevant for your role: "Generate the 20 most important keywords from across [INSERT ROLE] job descriptions."

Use these keywords when crafting bullet points that focus on the three N's: Numbers, Names and Notables. If you need some assistance thinking up accomplishments, try the prompt "What are some examples of eye-catching accomplishements that I could list on my resume for [INSERT ROLL] role?

And to wrap it all up, try the prompt: "Please combine this achievement and these keywords to make a great resume bullet point: Achievement: [INSERT ACHIEVEMENT], Keywords: [INSERT KEYWORDS]"