here's why most ChatGPT outputs are a waste of time for job Seekers let's use this example from the awesome prompts GitHub page a very reputable collection of prompt examples at first glance this cover letter prompt looks great it includes the author's previous experiences their technical skills and their future aspirations but there are two issues here first this prompt is all about me me and me and we know the best cover letters start with an interesting hook that talks about them the company we're applying for so this prompt fails to take the reader into account second
this is an example of a single prompt where you're asking ChatGPT to Output a lot of information at once with a single prompt whereas a dual prompt or multi-prompt approach is shown to give better results so here's what you do instead step one based on this job description what is the biggest challenge someone in this position would face day to day go to the job description copy and then paste enter all right now we know their biggest pain point we want to use this to spark a connection with the reader who's usually the recruiter or
hiring manager and you do this by step two you're currently working as a sales account manager in the retail industry obviously replace this with their own experiences and you're applying for this product manager position at Apple write an attention grabbing hook for your cover letter that highlights your experience and qualifications in a way that shows you empathize and can successfully take on the challenges of the product manager role consider incorporating specific examples of how you've tackled these challenges in your past work and explore creative ideas or ways to express your enthusiasm for the opportunity keep
your hook within a hundred words the output is not perfect but it should give you lots of interesting ideas on how to write a good hook for your cover letter worst case this beginning paragraph shows a reader you understand the pain points of the role you're applying for so they know you did your homework step three you're writing a cover letter applying for the product manager roll at Apple here's what you have so far paste the hook that was previously generated and ideally that you've actually edited like so finish writing the cover letter based on
your resume and keep it within 250 words here's your resume and then paste your resume sometimes ChatGPT will rewrite the beginning paragraph and it's usually worse than before so ignore this and use the hook from before but the remaining paragraphs are now tailored to your experiences I recommend making adjustments based on the main challenge ChatGPT identified for us at the very beginning for example here the biggest challenge would be managing coordinating internal external teams when we're bringing new products to the market right so I would highlight one of my experiences to show how I've dealt
with this challenge specifically and I'll delete all the other paragraphs to keep my cover letter short and to the point the result I now have a cover letter that first hooks the reader in by showing them I get their pain point and second keeps them reading by telling them how I'm uniquely positioned to solve that pain point if you want to Deep dive on how to write the perfect cover letter I'll link the full video down below and if you want to support this channel you can subscribe to my paid productivity newsletter also linked down
below by the way just in case my colleagues are watching I came across this product manager roller Apple completely at random I'm totally not considering quitting my current job and applying for this one I love my job I love my company I love a manager move on to your resume I do not recommend doing the bare minimum and just copy pasting the job description and asking ChatGPT to tailor your resume for that role do this instead step one use role prompting you are an expert resume writer with over 20 years of experience working with job
Seekers trying to land a role in Tech replace this with the industry you're going for highlight the three most important responsibilities in this job description paste the job description all right now you know what the responsibilities are step two great based on these three most important responsibilities from the job description please tailor my resume for this product manager role at Apple do not make information up here is my resume and paste your resume step three list out the differences between my original resume and your suggested draft in table format with two columns original and updated
be specific and list out exactly what was changed down to the exact wording step three is extremely important because it allows us to easily catch hallucinations or lies for example it changed my job title from a Senior Management Consultant to a product manager I can highlight transferable skills from being consultant to a product manager but I can't change my title so two key takeaways here number one the final output tells you what changes you can make to your current resume so that you're speaking the same language as a recruiter and hiring manager number two the
steps one two and three I went through just now takes advantage of a prompt engineering skill called knowledge generation and knowledge integration this is where you first prompt the chatbot to generate information about a given topic then you use that output or integrate that output to help the chatbot answer the question more accurately applying the same logic to your resume bullet points step one you are an expert resume writer with over 20 years of experience here's a bullet point I have in my resume no action needed for now if you understand please respond with yes
here's my bullet point and paste your bullet point step two rewrite this bullet point using this structure I accomplish X by the measure y that resulted in Z which by the way is bullet point best practice as mentioned in my resume video for example I lowered Hospital mortality rate by 10 by educating nurses in new protocols which translates to 200 lives saved per year use compelling language and keep the bullet point within 50 words this works because of another prompt engineering technique called few shot prompting you basically give a chatbot an example and ask it
for an output using that example as reference Pro tip the most common mistake I see in resumes is candidates describing what they do instead of quantifying their impact and the most common excuse I hear is oh but my role doesn't have a quantifiable impact you won't be able to use that excuse anymore thanks to this tip first use the initial expert resume writer prompt we showed at the beginning then type in your bullet point with no quantifiable metrics okay press enter now literally tell the ChatGPT you don't know how your success was measured give you
suggestions where and how you can add quantifiable metrics in this bullet point and there you go and just to prove my point that anything can be qualified try this in the initial prompt uh for the bullet point part just right I fetch coffee every day for three months right I did some basic data input but didn't do much else okay press enter and then now tell ChatGPT to give you some ideas and boom quantify the amount of coffee you prepared mention the number of Records you were able to input in a given time frame and
before you laugh this off and say it's unrealistic I had something similar in my actual resume after a summer internship just remember the reader cares more about you knowing the importance of measurement than the actual numbers themselves moving on to preparing for your interviews the one question you will always get asked is tell me by yourself or walk me through your resume so step one you are a season hiring manager with over 20 years of experience you're responsible for this job posting highlight the three most important responsibilities in this job description and then paste your
job description step two based on the three most important responsibilities help me structure an answer to tell me about yourself interview question based on my resume use the present past and future framework start with the present what I'm doing right now then talk about a few select work experiences I've done in the past and end with the future why I want to work in this new position keep the answer within 300 words here's my resume and paste your resume overall this is a great first draft but there are two problems first this is too long
you want your answer to be within two minutes so you want to edit this down to be within 300 words and second the future section here is way too vague this can apply to any company right so you actually want to follow up with this prompt the future section is too vague based on the job description please give me one specific example why working at Apple would be a great fit for me based on my previous experiences include keywords from the job description where appropriate prioritize unorthodox lesser known advice in your answer do not make
information up here's a job description and you paste the JD the output is now tailored for the role specifically clean this up and you have a strong answer to tell me about yourself to see why present past and future framework is so powerful check out the full video down below to find out other interview questions you should be preparing for do this step one you are a seasoned hiring manager with over 20 years of experience you're responsible for this job posting based on this job description what are the 10 most common interview questions you will
ask job applicants here's the job description paste it JD now you have the list of questions here's how to come up with a perfect answer each time I'm preparing for an interview I'll share the job description the interviewer is going to ask me the question and let's pick a question from above and just paste it right here please list out the three main reasons why the interviewer is asking this question and give me three corresponding tips on how to structure my answer I'll put this in a two column table format three main reasons on the
left-hand column and the three corresponding tips in the right hand column here is the job description and you paste it down here so I actually recommend going through this table so you understand why the question is being asked then based on these tips and my own resume write me an answer to the interview question and paste the question in from before which I believe is this one use one specific example from my work experiences use a CARL answer format context project background action what I did results include qualifiable metrics and learning what I learned from
the project here's my resume and you paste your resume awesome I'm actually so impressed with ChatGPT and and myself of course uh two things first uh your answer should still be between two and three minutes so make adjustments accordingly and second I recommend using a Google doc and compiling all your questions and answers in one place for easy reference this video is part one on how to use ChatGPT for job search we went through cover letters resumes and how to find and prepare for interview questions in part two we'll go over how to use ChatGPT
to network and land interviews in the first place how to identify smart questions to ask the interviewer and how to follow up correctly after an interview so make sure you're subscribed for that video as a reward for those of you who stayed until the end I've listed out all the prompts mentioned in this video on a single page so make sure to bookmark that link since I'll be making updates regularly let me know your experiences down in the comments below check out my common interview questions and answers playlist see you on the next video in
the meantime have a great one
