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Career Reshaped Episode 26: This Is How I Would Use CHAT GPT To Get A Job!
What if advancing your career isn’t just about chasing the latest job trends but truly understanding the realities behind recruitment and self-presentation?
In this Career Reshaped episode, Zvi Azimov, a recruitment strategist with 20 years of experience across Australia and Asia, reveals the truth behind common job market myths. He dives into how AI-generated resumes are changing the landscape but also why many people—and even recruiters—still struggle to market themselves effectively. Zvi shares candid insights into what makes resumes stand out and the critical mistakes candidates often make.
You’ll learn why focusing on authenticity over buzzwords matters more than ever, how understanding recruiter perspectives can boost your chances, and why tailoring your application is key in a competitive market. Zvi also highlights the gaps between job seekers’ expectations and recruiters’ realities, offering practical advice to bridge that divide.
This discussion is perfect for anyone frustrated with their job search, curious about the real impact of AI on hiring, or ready to sharpen their personal brand to get noticed. It’s a straightforward guide to navigating recruitment with confidence and clarity.
If you want honest perspectives and actionable tips to reshape how you approach your career search, this talk will empower you to stand out for the right reasons.
🎧 Tune in for a no-nonsense look at recruitment and job hunting in today’s evolving market.
Discussion Overview
Many believe AI-generated resumes guarantee success, but that’s not true. Overreliance on AI often leads to generic, buzzword-heavy resumes that lack personal achievements and clarity. Recruiters may struggle to interpret these documents because they don’t reflect the specific skills or impact hiring managers want to see.
Candidates often miss what recruiters prioritize by using vague language, jargon, or sending the same generic resume for different roles. This lack of customization and clear messaging makes it difficult for recruiters to identify why a candidate is a strong fit.
Focus on clarity and relevance by showcasing specific achievements and skills tailored to the job. Avoid clichés and buzzwords, use measurable results, and customize each CV to the role so recruiters quickly see your fit and value.
Job seekers may expect recruiters to look past vague resumes or infer their full potential without evidence. Recruiters, however, review many applications and need quick, clear proof of skills and experience. Poorly crafted resumes frustrate both parties and reduce interview chances.
Use AI to generate ideas or draft structures, but always personalize your CV with specific examples and tailor it for each job. Avoid submitting generic or templated content by adding authentic achievements and clear relevance to the role.
Podcast Transcript:
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| 00:05 | just be mindful of you know the technology that's being used to scan |
| 00:09 | your document and um and also don't pay at lip service don't do it just for the |
| 00:14 | sake of doing it i I'm I'm often quite surprised by some of the people that I |
| 00:20 | deal with whose job it is to create sales documents that have a rubbish CV |
| 00:25 | and I'm just like dude you you create this for a living do yourself don't do |
| 00:30 | yourself a disservice and pay this lip service and just whack some words on a |
| 00:34 | page this is a sales document where you are selling yourself to a potential |
| 00:40 | employer as a solution to their problem and take that approach hey it's Natasha |
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| 01:06 | my.career.angels the thing is that um a resume is a very unique document there's |
| 01:12 | nothing like a resume out there and it's just like a job interview as soon as |
| 01:17 | people feel like they got to talk about themselves in in a very different |
| 01:22 | way they change who they are so you're right it's a sales document is no really |
| 01:28 | no different from any other sales document other than just the way it's |
| 01:32 | laid out and even though a person might be amazing at creating doc documents and |
| 01:37 | sales documents suddenly when it comes to the CV they fall apart same can be |
| 01:42 | said for an interview you can meet with someone and you have good uh rapport and |
| 01:47 | banter and they're really personable and as soon as they step into an |
| 01:51 | interview you environment they morph into somebody else they freeze up they |
| 01:56 | can't speak but it's just another conversation agreed agreed and and look |
| 02:01 | don't get me wrong you know when I built my large recruitment agency at our peak |
| 02:05 | were about 20 staff and I was interviewing recruiters on a regular |
| 02:09 | basis when I was building my team and I I was shocked personally ally at how |
| 02:14 | many experienced recruiters had absolutely rubbish CVs i was like really |
| 02:21 | you do this for a living you have seen hundreds or thousands of CVs how is this |
| 02:25 | what you've come up with each to their own and and what have you but um you |
| 02:29 | know that's why it's important to make sure that you do have a very well |
| 02:32 | ststructured CV as a matter of fact I had to create my own CV i had to um |
| 02:37 | format and create my own CV when I was looking to expand into Japan and and I |
| 02:41 | set up a Japan office in 2019 um part of the requirements for me to get a |
| 02:46 | recruitment license in in Japan was that I had to provide my CV to the department |
| 02:52 | of uh employment or whatever it's called over in Japan so that they could look at |
| 02:57 | me and go okay is this person uh worthy if you like of receiving a license right |
| 03:04 | so you know even I had to go through that process and how did it go did you |
| 03:08 | struggle I did I did right so you know make make no mistakes I did struggle But |
| 03:13 | at the same time the fundamentals were there it was it was role |
| 03:17 | responsibilities achievements and accomplishments roles responsibilities |
| 03:20 | achievements and accomplishments condense make it look nice and send so |
| 03:25 | you know just writing director of this business what the business does and then |
| 03:30 | you know owner of this business what the business does it just doesn't cut the |
| 03:33 | mustard when you're going through an interview process and and looking to |
| 03:36 | actually get a job obviously what I was looking to do was just simply give a |
| 03:39 | very high level understanding as to why I qualify for a license but um again it |
| 03:44 | was a sales document they could have if I oversimplified it they may have |
| 03:47 | rejected my application and then I you know would be in in a more precarious |
| 03:52 | position so u like I get it so a lot of people then seek help for writing a |
| 03:59 | resume you know they come to coaches resume writers but they also at times |
| 04:04 | use chat GTP GT yeah gt GPT yeah uh GPT thank you so can you tell when someone |
| 04:12 | hasn't written their own when then you talk to them like this is not the same |
| 04:17 | language you used or it doesn't feel as authentic or genuine not really to be |
| 04:21 | honest um you know I' I've never paid much attention to the formatting and you |
| 04:26 | know because the reality is as a recruiter um well at least in my |
| 04:32 | indust as a head hunter because I'm targeting people um I I sort of I know |
| 04:37 | what to expect from that CV and then I'm putting context around it so as long as |
| 04:41 | it's given me the basics and the things that I need it's okay um if if I was |
| 04:46 | putting job ads up and screening CVs would I notice it i don't I don't know |
| 04:50 | that I would for many many many years long before chat GPT and similar type of |
| 04:57 | um tools are out there there was always a a particular format of CV that you |
| 05:02 | would just see consistently you know and you look at go oh yeah it's another one |
| 05:05 | of those format you just visually it looks identical to hundreds of other |
| 05:10 | ones so they must be using some sort of template some sort of format that's put |
| 05:14 | in the details and it will spit spit it out using this format the trick like I |
| 05:18 | said is to have the right information and data in there um the right keywords |
| 05:22 | in there and then the rest comes down to conversations before we get into the |
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| 05:54 | personally don't mind chat to chat GPT um I find that um it knows what it's |
| 06:04 | talking about in a very basic um way it doesn't necessarily go into a |
| 06:11 | lot of detail so you still obviously need to fill in the gaps the important |
| 06:17 | thing is is that you know what information is needed and where and the |
| 06:23 | output really is only as good as the input jtpt can only give you the right |
| 06:28 | stuff and the good stuff is if you feed it the right information but if you |
| 06:32 | don't know what information to feed then you are going to be still limited so |
| 06:36 | it's that's 100% correct it's a large language model right it's it's inputs |
| 06:40 | outputs it's data in data out i would recommend if somebody is a good LinkedIn |
| 06:44 | user but doesn't have a CV then you can absolutely feed your LinkedIn profile |
| 06:48 | into Jack GPT and say you're using this LinkedIn profile please format and |
| 06:52 | create a CV for me and it will spit out just about what you've got on your |
| 06:57 | LinkedIn profile and again if you've done a good enough job with a LinkedIn |
| 07:00 | profile the CV should be good but again um look I've used Chat GPT to write job |
| 07:04 | ads for example right um when I've posted job ads in the past what it spits |
| 07:09 | out is not specifically what I what I'm going to put out there but it does give |
| 07:14 | me a framework it does fill in some of those gaps but you know for me |
| 07:19 | personally and and people that are using it for their CV aren't going to be using |
| 07:22 | it the way that I do for example you know if I was to you know with with chat |
| 07:26 | GPT and those sorts of large language models you you can teach it to learn |
| 07:31 | your style your in intonations all of those different things that eventually |
| 07:36 | it'll get to a point where it will spit it out the way you spit it out right um |
| 07:41 | but if it's using it for a CV it's a single-use application so it's just not |
| 07:45 | going to do that you just can't train it to spit out your CV it takes too long |
| 07:48 | you may as well just write the CV i do find it somewhat limiting like I do use |
| 07:52 | chat GPT for like ideas and you're right it is a great framework like I've used |
| 07:57 | it um for our online courses for example i'm like what do I call it and I want it |
| 08:01 | to be really creative really catchy and I just my mind you know so I asked chat |
| 08:07 | GPT to give me some names ideas and I don't like them i said no give me |
| 08:11 | another list comes up with another list slightly better don't like it and it |
| 08:15 | just starts repeating the same information so it still is going to be |
| 08:20 | somewhat limited and basic in the language and in the information you can |
| 08:25 | give there still needs to be your personal creativity that comes into it |
| 08:30 | and so then you can use some of those words that could trigger something your |
| 08:35 | imagination it's there is something still to the human touch the human mind |
| 08:41 | because I can see a very like a pattern with the way it communicates the |
| 08:47 | language it uses and the it's not creative i would be honest with you so I |
| 08:54 | think that if you do want your resume to stand out in terms of someone that does |
| 08:58 | read the resume like you said earlier you've got some of your clients that |
| 09:03 | want to see your resume and will judge others that don't mind so the thing is |
| 09:08 | you don't know who's really reading it and what's going to be relevant to them |
| 09:14 | so it is better to have a good resume a resume that represents you so that also |
| 09:20 | means the way you communicate obviously in a professional way and invest that |
| 09:25 | time in there and have it not read then spit out a very basic something that |
| 09:33 | chat GPT has given you and then someone reading it and be like I've seen this |
| 09:38 | before like you were saying I've seen this template I've seen this and to my |
| 09:42 | point from before chat GPT isn't going to know again looking at a saleserson |
| 09:47 | they're not going to know your sales targets your achievements against |
| 09:49 | targets your your key accounts the data and information that I mentioned |
| 09:53 | for technical people it's not going to know what are your technical skills what |
| 09:57 | are you know what's your tech stack can it can it build a um you know a |
| 10:01 | technology matrix or a skills matrix it can't do any of that cuz it doesn't have |
| 10:05 | that information so again you know those sorts of those sorts of tools are good |
| 10:09 | tools to create a framework for what does it look like what how do we |
| 10:13 | separate the roles and what have you and then you can go in there and actually |
| 10:16 | make it usable |
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