How to Make AI Work for You in Your Career

Everyone is talking about how generative AI is likely to transform the way we work. It has the potential to hit the reset button on how we get our job done and create new opportunities for efficiencies that weren’t possible before. And those possibilities extends to our careers as well.

When it comes to getting noticed and showcasing your top skills and talents, AI is not likely to take your job, but it can help you in your career, for example on building your skills, finding your next play and connecting to opportunities —if you know how to use it.?

Want to get started? Here are three ways to take full advantage of AI in your career today.

Get Noticed with Personalized Writing Suggestions that Help you Stand Out

It’s not easy to summarize your entire professional experience in a resume. Don’t get stuck staring at a blank screen; rather, consider AI to provide a helping hand in helping you stand out. At LinkedIn, we’re starting to introduce personalized profile writing suggestions to help you optimize your profile with suggestions for the Headline and About sections. The tool—currently available for LinkedIn Premium subscribers—takes the existing content on your profile and transforms it into a standout digital summary that can elevate your skills and experience.?

All of this will help save you time for more job seeking. You can learn more here. But remember: adding a human touch is key.

Career Companion Callout: Whenever you use these tools, customization is crucial to let your voice and authenticity shine through. Allow AI to be your “first draft,” then using your unique voice to edit and weave the narrative to perfection.?

Get Matched to the Right Job Based On the Skills You Have

We know that recruiters want to quickly match your skills and experience to their job listings, so clearly outlining what you bring to the table is key. AI can empower you to do so.

For example, with the “skills match” insight available on nearly every job posting on LinkedIn, AI now helps to show you the skills needed for a particular role and how they match up with the ones on your profile. With this insight, you can quickly evaluate whether you should apply for jobs based on skill fit and potentially save time in your search or you can consider taking a learning course to gain that skill.

Career Companion Callout: While the technology will help infer skills, ensuring your skills are clearly shown in your Experience section descriptions helps to improve the match making.

And soon, you’ll be able to take this one step further by tagging skills to projects linked on your profile. Hirers can then quickly and easily see this context as they review your profile and job application.

Master your Interview Skills with Your AI Sidekick

Making your profile stand out is one thing, but how you manage the conversation during an interview is paramount. AI can help you there as well.?

For LinkedIn Premium subscribers, our interview prep tools can prepare you for commonly asked interview questions with quality videos that feature both tips and sample responses. The best part: They come from real hiring managers and recruiters. You can also get instant AI-powered feedback to your recorded practice on things like pacing, how many times you’re using filler words, and sensitive phrases to avoid. You can test this feature on our Interview Prep Landing Page.?

Make AI work best for you

If you're looking to learn more about how generative AI can help you in your current job and to expand your knowledge as you grow your career, LinkedIn is unlocking over 100 AI courses — available for free to all LinkedIn members through June 15, 2023. We’re also launching several new Generative AI courses. Learn more here.

Remember: it’s always important to bear in mind ethics and potential biases, especially when using emerging generative AI technologies. So, it’s critical to be aware of the risks and add a human hand any time you use these tools.

Whether you’re just starting out in your career or not, these courses and tools are designed to help you learn new skills to accelerate your career growth. Because as technology becomes ever more central to our workstreams, getting ahead means always being prepared for what’s next.?