We are all discovering the benefits (and pitfalls) of AI. It can shorten the path to finding information, but it can also add the dreaded third arm to an image of your colleague.
I asked ChatGPT to create a resume for me. It asked me 13 questions that a resume writer might ask and then gave me a pretty frothy document describing my career in search.
Starting anything with a blank page is often overwhelming, so if you can’t find an old version of your resume, then using an AI tool can help you get started.
But proceed with caution. Read what it creates very carefully. You do not want an interview panel to ask you a question based on something that AI decided you might have done. That’s pretty tough to recover from.
If you can put your hands on an old resume, you can give AI the details about what you have been doing for the last few years and have that content added to the older version. This requires a little less scrutiny, but still, exercise caution.
It is always worth the time to have someone who knows you (but maybe not your boss) take a look at your documents before you send them to a recruiter or hiring manager.
AI is a great tool for eliminating spelling and grammar mistakes that make you look silly or careless, but asking AI to create a resume and cover letter from scratch is the same as asking a stranger on a train. A few questions in the bar car will not give you a job-ready resume.
