In recent years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been aiding industries and businesses in providing innovative, time-saving solutions to a number of common, yet difficult tasks. However, jobseekers can also benefit from using AI software and programmes. Tom Leatham from SecsintheCity, the UK’s only specialist job site for Personal Assistants, advises how PAs and EAs could use AI to enhance their job applications…
Here are some of the ways that AI may be used in your job search
Improving use of language
AI programmes can help to tailor your CV and cover letters for specific jobs. Certain programmes analyse the language used in your writing and offer suggestions as to how to adopt a more professional or friendly tone, something that’s undeniably important when applying for PA or EA jobs.
Furthermore, other programmes can examine a given vacancy’s job description and then rewrite your CV and cover letter, highlighting your skills, experience and how you match the requirements of the job.
Providing insight
AI can look at public data on the given company and provide insights into their needs and expectations, which will undoubtedly become useful during the interview process. In being able to prove that you understand the culture of the company when being asked why you want to work there, you will stand out from other applicants who might not be as well-versed in the outlook and demands of the business.
Use AI to enhance your job applications and get past ATS
In terms of the recruitment process, many businesses use Applicant Tracking Systems, or ATS, to filter out any unsuitable applications. For instance, CVs and cover letters that do not contain keywords associated with the job will be filtered out as soon as the application is submitted, even if the applicant is a skilled candidate with proven experience as a PA or EA. With that in mind, using AI as an applicant can help to correctly use keywords in CVs and cover letters, thus increasing the chances of making it through the initial filtering stage.
Keep it human
However, while AI is undoubtedly a tool that can be utilised to great benefit for a jobseeker, it can also have some drawbacks. Like most writing produced by an AI programme, cover letters and CVs that are completely artificially-made often lack the personal touch and context that can make an application really stand out. Just as AI programmes can struggle to convey a human touch, so too can they find it di‑ cult to understand the finite details of a job description or application. Relying on generic language and broad contexts goes only so far, need for high[1]quality input from the user is a further limitation of the machine and a triumph for the human being. After successfully using AI tools and programmes to enhance your CV and cover letters, all that’s left to do is apply.
You can search for the latest PA and EA jobs across a range of industries on the SecsintheCity Jobs Page.
