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Is An AI-Generated Resume Good Enough?

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How good is an AI-produced resume?

HR and Hiring Managers already know the answer but it seems that jobseekers are still figuring it out.

A lot of folks are grabbing a template from Canva or going “high-end” with Etsy and then asking the robots to do the rest.

How effective are they?

Are AI-generated resumes good enough?

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It’s happening more and more.
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I had yet another client show up and they had an A I generated resume.
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This time it was a guy who was in the analytics industry, so I guess that’s not too surprising.
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He had a resume that he created through an A I program.
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And it wasn’t working.
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He’d been using it for about 3 months and this seems to be a trend I’m seeing now.
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People using a tool, there’s a lot out there building something, putting it to work and getting Zippo response, not including automated messages.
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Of course A I can do a lot of things and perhaps one day it will be able to create.
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A pretty good resume.
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But even then, even when it can gather the most information from the Internet possible, which is already a heck of a lot, and even though it can compose some really good senses, it’s actually quite good at writing, at creating nice long 3-4 line statements.
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But there is one place that a I cannot scavenge for information, and that is.
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Your head A I can’t reach in and pull out what you don’t know, what you’ve overlooked, what you haven’t thought about.
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So unless you’ve been journaling your life for the last 15 years and your career and writing down all your achievements and putting them up on a website, A I can help you with that.
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So just remember, you don’t know what you don’t know.
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And what you’re working with, what you’re giving A I may not be enough to impress people, to really get them to see who you are.
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And that, my friends, is why people show up to me with these beautifully written A I generated resumes.
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Looking for some actual results.
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So we redo the resume and of course that involves talking with them in depth for an hour, even longer, to really help them figure out what they’re all about and what they’ve forgotten.
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Then we build the resume off of that, and that is what makes the difference.

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Do I Have to Say When I Graduated?

Is a Graduation Date Necessary on a Resume?

Hiring managers love the math of graduation dates. It’s an easy way to figure out your age.

To be clear, you should never list your graduation date, unless Continue reading this entry »

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How To Write A Resume If You Have No Experience

Blank paper with pen and coffee cup on wood table

In my experience as a recruiter, career counselor, and professional resume writer, there’s no such thing as “no experience” — even for recent graduates and current students.

There’s plenty of other ways to fill space on a resume aside from listing paid work experience. Continue reading this entry »

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