I am currently on a job search and attended a zoom panel with a few career coaches. One of them said that if you’re not currently using LLMs on the job search right now, you should be, and she gave a few cursory examples like customizing responses and notes, but I’m still not entirely sure what the actual applications are beyond making translating your emails into glib redditese. At the same time, bullshit still appears to still be king, and, if ChatGPT confers a competitive advantage, it doesn’t make sense to tie an arm behind my back. So has anyone used an LLM to help land a job, and, if so, how?
In 2023 I used it to crank out cover letters. It made a difference. But in 2025… I dunno, it’s got tells and there’s a million letters that sound the same on the hiring managers desk.