{"id":119633,"date":"2025-10-06T23:03:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T23:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arielle.com.au\/?p=119633"},"modified":"2026-02-27T08:55:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T08:55:17","slug":"can-ai-write-my-resume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arielle.com.au\/can-ai-write-my-resume\/","title":{"rendered":"Can AI Write My Resume For Serious Roles In 2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 6<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\n

Outsourcing the nauseating task of writing your resume to the robots sounds like a godsend. After all, you suck at writing about yourself. Can’t you get AI to write your resume?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You get excited, thinking it\u2019ll be a five-minute job. You upload your job description and your old resume into ChatGPT. Give it a prompt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Push “Generate”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A page of generic corporate fluff appears on the screen.<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Your new “resume” is stuffed with corporate platitudes and boilerplate statements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your brain switches into “reality check” mode – was using AI to write your resume a good idea?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Probably not. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let me show you why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Related: How To Write A CFO Resume<\/a>).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why AI Creates Boring Resumes.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

AI writing tools reflect patterns they\u2019ve learnt from other content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-director of Wharton Business School\u2019s Generative AI Labs, Ethan Mollick, explains<\/a> that the Generative AI writing tools like ChatGPT, Bard and Claude “are based on prediction, trying to predict what happens next.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like a fancy version of autocomplete, and that\u2019s basically how AIs work.\u201d \u2014 Ethan Mollick, Wharton<\/em><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

At first, LLMs were pretty average writers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\u2019ve advanced in power incredibly quickly, which has made them more useful. They\u2019re especially strong on general knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But using AI to write your resume is an area where its usefulness remains dubious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Related: How To Write The Best Resume Objective Statement<\/a>).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why AI Won’t Help You Stand Out.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s say you\u2019re applying for a management role. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can input your previous job titles and employment dates and give ChatGPT a list of keywords and skills mentioned in the job description, such as \u2018applies data to make decisions\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tool will almost instantly produce text formatted in resume style, with a dot-point list of professional-sounding achievements under each role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s an example of the kind of achievement ChatGPT spits out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Applied data-driven insights to refine operational policies, resulting in measurable improvements in team compliance and engagement.<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s so vague, it\u2019s meaningless. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That sentence could literally apply to any<\/em> candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And given that everyone can use the same free tools, your bot-written resume could literally look almost identical to the resumes of other candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Related: Can ChatGPT Write A Resume That Doesn’t Suck?<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associate Professor in ICT Policy at Concordia University, Fenwick McKelvey points out<\/a> that ubiquitous access to AI tools is a corporate strategy to lock in market share, as companies seek to justify massive valuations and billions of dollars being poured into AI models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Important!<\/h3><\/div>

A productivity tool designed for the masses isn\u2019t the best way to differentiate yourself. It\u2019s like trying to get a competitive advantage by using a spell-checker.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Why You Must Never Use AI Output As A Final Draft.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Knowing AI\u2019s limitations, you may be tempted to use the tools to refine – rather than generate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, providing the AI tool with a long version of a previous resume and asking it to cut it down to a one-pager for a specific role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the tendency for AI to churn out waffle or make stuff up means you\u2019ll still need to massage the results further with additional prompts, and\/or verify and personalise every line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Did You Know?<\/h3><\/div>

Even the most current version of ChatGPT, GPT-5, hallucinates almost 5% of the time<\/a>. And the longer you go back-and-forth with the AI assistant, the worse it can get \u2013 because the model \u201cstruggles to maintain context.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I get it, job hunt is tiring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than half of jobseekers polled in a recent survey<\/a> said they\u2019d aborted a job application halfway through due to overly complicated or time-consuming requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And if recruiters are using AI to screen resumes, why shouldn\u2019t you be able to streamline your processes too?<\/em><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

But if you really care about landing a particular job, you can\u2019t escape the need to spend time polishing your resume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The danger of starting<\/em> with AI is that you won\u2019t bother, and submit something sub-par. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which almost guarantees your resume will get ignored if the competition for a role is fierce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why AI Resumes Annoy Recruiters.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Another issue with using AI to write your resume is that most recruiters can spot them, and it\u2019ll stop them in their tracks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For all the wrong reasons, because:<\/p>\n\n\n\n