Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming like a genie that you can ask anything you wish, and it will do its best to give you the best answers. Generative AI include chatbots such as ChatGPT 4.0, Claude, Dall-e, Pi, and Gemini. Individuals’ career portfolios can be maximized using the opportunities offered by text-based chatbots. Often times, career portfolios can be difficult to develop from scratch. However, nowadays, with the help of generative AI, one can easily develop and enhance one’s career portfolio using generative AI technologies. We’ll review several strategies to use generative AI to enhance one’s career portfolio to maximize one’s job options.
Career Planning
Generative AI can be helpful in the career planning process. For instance, a prospective employee can find the future trends of any industry by interacting with generative AI such as ChatGPT. Future trends can include topics such as whether a specific career is likely to exist 25 or 100 years from now. Or, the type of skills or certifications that are needed to get hired at a specific job. If individuals are unsure of what career to pursue, generative AI can provide information on a variety of careers based on students’ major. Prospective employees can also investigate the average salaries of various jobs, which can place them at an advantage when negotiating during job offer interactions.
Sample prompting questions to use on any generative AI tool involving the career planning process:
- What are the future trends of a career in ____?
- What type of skills or certifications are recommended to be hired in ____?
- Tell me the pros and cons of a career in ____.
- What career options does a student majoring in ____ have?
- What resources are available to learn more about a career in ____?
- What are the average salaries of this specific job title: ____?
- What factors do I need to consider during the career planning process?
Job Search Optimization
Individuals can also optimize the job search process using generative AI. Individuals can provide their skills and interests and match them to specific job search opportunities. As a career coach, generative AI can help identify job boards and professional organizations that can help you find relevant jobs to any specific industry. Also, generative AI can be used to understand and analyze job description advertisements to develop better job application materials.
Résumé Development
Generative AI can also guide you in developing your résumé. There are several websites such as resume.io, resumeai.com, teal, or rezi.ai, which provide a variety of templates relevant to one’s career. These websites will help prospective employees draft or improve a current résumé by providing immediate feedback on writing, organizing, editing, and formatting. For instance, one can use it to develop a specific job objective, write a professional summary, or use better words to describe work-related skills.
Cover Letter Writing
Writing a cover letter can be one of the most challenging parts of one’s career portfolio. However, generative AI can also be helpful in writing a cover letter. Generative AI can help individuals brainstorm and describe one’s skills and prior work experiences more effectively. It can help tailor the cover letter to target job ads by suggesting language modifications. Generative AI can also catch common grammatical or writing errors. This can help ensure that the cover letter is well-polished before sending it forth.
Interview Preparation
Generative AI can also help you during the interview preparation process. Generative AI can provide you with common interview questions relevant to specific jobs. Individuals can write out responses to questions and practice answering them before the interview. Further, an individual can engage in a mock interview with generative AI and obtain immediate feedback to one’s answers. From AI’s feedback and recommendations, individuals can improve their overall interviewing skills and confidence.
Summary
In sum, generative AI is a valuable tool that can be useful during the career development process. While AI is not perfect and it can make mistakes, it can help individuals develop and improve their career portfolio. With generative AI as an individualized career coach, it has never been easier to develop a quality career portfolio. This should make it easier to find and obtain your ideal job.
