Resume Building Tips Empowered by AI

When professionals feel intimidated by the idea that AI will be a major part of the future of work, it usually stems from a fear of what that means for them. If AI is able to learn how to do things faster than them, then won’t their jobs be at stake? Ultimately, generative AI is a tool. It can’t do a job, but it can help you do a job faster. Even better, it can also help you learn how to do a job faster and build your resume faster in the process. Used correctly, platforms like ChatGPT are some of the most powerful learning resources at the disposal of any professional working today. They can help you find resources, generate learning material, and even help you discover the skills you’ll need to succeed in the future. The best part? It’s much easier to use AI to learn than you might think. In fact, with the help of resume building tips from these AI learning experts, you can get started right now: Designing a skill development plan With the help of ChatGPT, all you need to put together a plan for developing a skill is the right prompt. For example, you could ask ChatGPT what is required to learn how to code in Python, or how you should go about learning graphic design. ChatGPT would automatically populate a summary of where you should get started and why. A few prompts later, you could ask the platform to organize this feedback in the form of a customized, week-to-week lesson plan. “ GenAI can identify relevant topics and create learning materials from presentations to videos and simulations that are engaging and interactive,” says Dr. Terri Horton in her course on Meeting the Challenges of Learning and Development with Generative AI. “Use GenAI to kickstart the process of identifying training topics to drive agility and responsiveness. Let it analyze survey, performance and productivity data to identify topics.” As long as you engineer the right series of prompts, you can very quickly construct an overview of how to begin learning the skill you’d like to add to your resume. From there, you can follow up on your initial prompts to further personalize your lesson plan. You could even ask it to provide resume building tips of its own based on what you need. Personalized skill gap assessment & training One of the best ways to use ChatGPT for your learning and development is to have it help you cover your skill gaps. As you develop your new skill, you may notice you’re better at some aspects than others. You can use ChatGPT to design your own personalized practice plan for whatever you’re struggling with. Dr. Horton shared a great example: “Let's say that a new customer service rep is generally meeting performance metrics, but when dealing with challenging customers, they struggle with empathizing. They could use Gen AI to design a learning pathway centered on customer experience, emotional intelligence, listening and conflict resolution, matched to their preferred learning style, infused with simulations and role-playing exercises in harmony with performance metrics.” If you’re unsure of which aspects of the skill you need to work on, you can always ask Gen AI to help you determine that, as well. For example, Dr. Horton explains, if you’re a salesperson who wants to assess your active listening ability, then “you can ask Gen AI to generate a list of game-based assessments tied to active listening and incorporate elements of game design. Use timing, scoring, badges and rewards [to monitor progress].” Accelerated skill development using AI Of course, GenAI isn’t just transforming how you learn skills; it’s also transforming the skills themselves. Ricardo Vargas sums it up perfectly as he opens his course on Leveraging Generative AI for Project Management by saying “Generative AI will not replace project managers, but project managers who know how to use it will replace those who don’t.” Right now, experts across industries are experimenting with how to use GenAI in their own disciplines. LinkedIn Learning already features courses on making use of deep learning in practices as diverse as illustration and design, cybersecurity, digital marketing, business leadership and more. This is one more advantage of learning with AI: whatever you’re teaching yourself, you’re learning how to use AI at the same time. At each stage of your learning, consider how you could use AI to make the process you’re learning more efficient. How could you use AI to speed up your data analysis, or your copywriting? How can you leverage these efficiencies to become better at the skill you’re developing, faster? How can what you’ve learned from your experience help you implement these resume building tips faster when you need the next new skill? Generative AI is still a new technology, but the learning possibilities it offers already seem limitless. With the right prompt and a little expert guidance, GenAI could be poised to make skill development and resume building more accessible than ever.