AI is useful, generic AI output is a liability. Here's the practitioner version.
Use AI for: thinking, not writing.
Summarize a JD into its 3 core signals
Brainstorm parallels between your experience and a role's needs
Identify keywords you might be missing
Generate questions to ask in interviews
Practice articulating your story
Don't use AI for: final language.
Cover letters (write yourself, AI sameness is filterable)
Resume bullets (AI flattens distinctive voice)
Thank-you notes (template-readable)
LinkedIn posts (your real voice is the differentiator)
The 5-step AI workflow that works:
- Paste JD into AI: "What are the top 3 things this role wants? Be specific."
- AI summarizes the role's needs.
- You write a list of 5 outcomes from your career that match those 3 things.
- AI: "Help me phrase this outcome with strong verbs and specific impact." (One outcome at a time.)
- You take AI's suggestions and rewrite them in your own words.
The AI accelerates thinking. You write the words that land. That separation is what produces applications hiring teams remember.
What's your AI workflow?
— Dr. Hosney Adel