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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please don't just use AI for your resume and cover letters. It won't help your application stand out from other applicants.

If you want to be competitive in this insane job market, you gotta learn how to market yourself.

I recently got a job offer, so speaking from experience.[/quote]

Why not? It is pretty good in rewriting your resume to match a particular job description.  There is AI on the other side which is looking for certain keywords, matches.  [/quote]

Do tell me how to market myself. Before this year I sent out numerous resumes and heard nothing. I removed the last 20 years from my resume to appear younger. I'm a software developer approaching 60.

Has anyone applied outside DC?[/quote]

Anti AI poster that got recently hired here.

Ok. That's a start. Unfortunately, ageism is real.

Software engineer...first you need a portfolio to prove you can do the job. Do you have a website showing off your skills?

Do you have an active LinkedIn? Profile filled out with keyboards? Do you post weekly/monthly to market yourself? Do you comment on posts for companies you want to work in? Connect with people working where you want to work?

Other than that...your resume/cover letter (if asked) need to show accomplishments with metrics. Does your resume read like a job duty or tailored results related to the company and position you are applying to?[/quote]

Who has time to look at his website or LinkedIn posts. In fact, who has time to look at his and the other 299 applications for the position? It must go through some automated filters. Your advice to tailor the application to the position is spot on but AI can do it if you provide it with a detailed resume.  Of course, if you have an internal contact who can put your resume in front of the hiring manager it would be more effective than AI
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