Boise State University Career Guide - 2025 - Flipbook - Page 24
USING AI IN YOUR JOB SEARCH
Common Mistakes and What to Do Instead
Depending on how you use it, AI can help you communicate your qualifcations more efectively, or it can get your
application eliminated. Here are some ways to use AI more strategically in your next job or internship search.
RESUMES
Avoid these mistakes:
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Asking AI to write an entire resume at once
Using the generic task and skill statements it
generates without adding details specifc to
your experience
Not giving it the job description for the
position you're applying to
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Focus on using AI to help you write strong
bullet points that connect your experience to
the job you're applying for.
Work on one bullet or one experience at
a time so you can provide more detailed
prompts.
Paste a line from the job description, explain
what you've done that relates to it, and ask AI
to write a bullet using language from the job
description.
Add details to everything it generates to
provide context, quantify your experience,
and include outcomes of your work.
COVER LETTERS
Avoid these mistakes:
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Assuming the employer won't be able to tell
it was written by AI
Not customizing it to your own voice and
writing style
Making claims in your letter that are not fully
backed up by your resume
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INTERVIEWING
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Avoid these mistakes:
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Using AI during a phone or video interview to
answer questions
Reading from or memorizing answers
generated by AI
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Use AI to help you prepare for types of
questions and how to respond.
Paste the job description and ask it to identify
skills the employer will be looking to evaluate
in the interview, and what types of questions
they may ask to evaluate those skills.
Ask it for tips for responding to those
questions.
Type out how you might respond to a
question and ask for feedback.
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Use AI at the beginning and end of the
writing process - to brainstorm ideas and
create frst drafts, and to help clean up your
fnal draft.
Paste the job description and your fnished
resume and ask it to identify the most
important points to highlight in your letter.
Tell AI the reasons you're interested in the
job and company and ask it to translate that
into statements that showcase the value you
would bring to the company in this role.
Make sure the content is genuine, what you
really want to say, and sounds like you.
More AI job search resources
Scan the QR code or go to
boisestate.edu/career/
ai-career-development
