3 Simple Ways to Use AI in Your Job Search

Between the Trapezes - On Job Search! | April 2024

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April 2024

Spring: lilacs, baseball, church holidays and events...

Spring holidays in many cultures talk of renewal and starting over, and hope. I found myself in Dallas for business and other tasks, and for the April 8th eclipse of the sun, a stunning event that somehow leaves everyone who sees it, with new hope. Perfect for spring!

Need renewal, especially with your job search? Try something new: use AI (artificial intelligence) tools. You can start out very simply. I was kind of skeptical until I saw what these AI tools can find for you. Give it a try: See the "beginners" article, below.

Joanne

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3 Beginner Ways to Use AI in Your Job Search

Are you new to the artificial intelligence tools that everyone’s talking about?

If so, maybe you consider it all hype. Or something to be feared. Or tools for plagiarizing. Or only for programmers.

It can be none of those or all of them.

My colleagues and I who are professionals in career and job search coaching are all exploring these tools, and there’s a lot of sharing going on. We do recognize these are powerful tools worth exploring further. And their impact on YOUR job search can be profound.

First, a random list of some of these AI tools includes:

Gemini (a Google product)
ChatGPT, free or paid, from OpenAI
BingChat
Grammarly
Perplexity.AI (I like it because it shows you the sources of the info it’s using, so you can go to the original source of info; also less verbose than other such tools)

There are MANY more. Some are free, others charge a monthly fee.

Second, one of the words you’ll see right away if you are curious about these tools is “prompts”. Prompts are an interaction between a user and the AI tool. This could be a statement, a question, or similar.

Third, here are 3 beginner ways to use any of these:

Research – Like Google, use these for searches. Best companies to work for in my city, common job requirements for a typical Operations Sales Manager, how to network into Ecolab…use these to find data.

Matching – This is where the true power of these tools comes into play. You could ask the tool you’re using: “Using my current resume [copy your resume into the question area of the page], am I a keyword match for these Financial Marketing Manager roles [copy several job descriptions in the space allotted]?”

What Ifs – Ask the tool, “What if I apply for this job [copy the job posting in] – what are some interview questions they may ask me based on my resume [copy your resume in]?”

Those are some simplified queries you can execute while playing with various tools. It won’t take you long to decide which are your favorites to use, and to explore in how to use them more.

This is a hot topic and will only continue to grow in the coverage we coaches give it, as we explore and experiment with them, learning how they can help you our clients. I now incorporate custom prompts as I work with each client so they can expand their searches. So stay tuned to this space for more.

At least the material above will get you started on using AI tools in your job search! Let me know what you think.

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