Social media is nowadays used for various purposes. One remarkable aspect for me is the usage of Instagram for advertisement of own companies. An attractive one is companies who use AI for job applications. There is a company called Wonsulting that I came across and have been using frequently, which could also help many other people who are applying for a job. It is often difficult to make your past experiences sound valuable for the job you are applying for when it is actually not extremely relevant. This is when a resume revision tool becomes attractive. It is used as following:
You first type in the title of your position and describe what you have done within your employment period. Once you click generate, the AI tool will give you an extensive description of what you have done with partly fictive numbers about target that you can change by yourself:
Besides changing the generated resume, you can also click to generate new ones. This will basically give you a large scale of variety if you don’t prefer to first one that is being generated. Next to this tool, there is for example also an AI networking tool:
As you can see, you can choose what your exact goal is and the tool will generate results according to this:
You can also directly go to LinkedIn to send the generated message. It is an efficient way of networking. Both the AI for resume and for networking is an effective tool. However, the questions are how this is affecting the long term of your job application process. The fact that the resume or message is attracting the attention of the company is crucial, but it probably won’t help on the long term once you are having a conversation with the company in real life.
Hi Ayse! I found your blog post very interesting as I did not know about NetworkAI before. Usually, when preparing for job applications or interviews I use other tools like ChatGPT, but this one sounds way more appealing!
I think that the use of such tools is very helpful and valuable when applying to jobs as they can help find a competitive angle other candidates might not have. Especially during online applications, where the selection criteria are only CV- or cover letter-based, it is highly important to stand out to get to the next recruitment phase.
To tackle your argument about how tools such as NetworkAI help us to improve or even excel in our online application process but then ‘leave us hanging’ during the interview, in my opinion, depends on the interviewee. This means that, yes, the use of these tools can improve your cover letter/CV but the applicant should keep it realistic and not ‘decorate’ it too much. Otherwise, during the interview, the employer’s expectations will be higher than what they are really getting. Therefore, applicants should stay true to their actual value. Another solution could also be for these AI tools to additionally provide mock-up interviews and assessment questions. Like so, it will help the applicant to better prepare for face-to-face assessments and interviews.