Using AI Effectively in your Job Hunt

Handout: Unique Value Proposition (UVP)

You need to describe your unique value in many forms, the first being a very concise sentence that makes it crystal clear to whomever you are talking to exactly what you do. I refer to this as your “Unique Value Proposition” or “UVP”. Your one sentence UVP is composed of the following elements: • What Are You (job title) • Where Do You Do It • How They Benefit from You The third part is critical to how people react to you! It’s about the audience and not you. Here’s an example: • What Are You (job title): Director of Supply Chain • Where Do You Do It: Companies that manufacture discrete products (products assembled from parts, sometimes referred to as discrete product manufacturers) • How They Benefit from You: Optimize their supply chain resources so they can increase revenue and reduce costs leading to higher profits So, their UVP is: I am a Director of Supply Chain who helps discrete product manufacturers optimize their supply chain resources so they can increase revenue and reduce costs leading to higher profits.

My Notes

• Tip: Ask an LLM what interview questions to expect
  • From the interviewers perspective
    • The truth is most interviewers will be asking an LLM for those questions as well.
    • Interviewers are almost never trained on interviewing.
      • They’re trained by HR on what not to say so that they don’t get sued.
• How to answer a “Tell me about a time…” question (negative behavioral question)
  • Don’t give any information that you were not directly asked about
  • Formats:
    • STAR: Situation, Task, Action, Results
• Jim Rohn: “Don’t wish it was easier. Wish you were better.
• ⭐ You should answer, What do I do to create value?
  • What is my Unique Value Proposition
• Why network?
  • Hidden job market: There are so many jobs that are not publicly listed. (internal hires etc.)
  • You should be networking at least 50% of your time
  • You should be networking even after you have your job.
• Using AI in your job search:
  • Treat AI like an intern or an employee.
    • Double check for mistakes.
  • Prompt suggestions:
    • Use the phrase:
      • “This is cringe”
• LinkedIn optimization:
  • The worse thing is to be on LinkedIn with a bad profile. It’s worse than having no profile
  • the algorithm promotes those who publish weekly
  • Keyword optimization:
    • Does your content reinforce the kinds of jobs/opportunities you’re looking for?
  • Personal Branding:
  • Social Media Presence:
• Preparing for AI-based interviews and assessments:
  • Practice interviews:
  • skill assessments:
  • behavioral evaluations:
• Social Selling Index Score:
  • Social Selling Index LinkedIn Explained [SSI 2024 GUIDE]
  • As your score increases, the algorithm will be more likely to show your profile to recruiters.
  • A measurement by LinkedIn. Measures essentially how attractive you are to potential employers.
  • 4 components of your score:
    • The 4 SSI Components
    • Professional brand:
      • Do your headline, posts,
    • Find the right people:
      • Find people that match your personal brand
    • Engage with insights:
      • Posting personal content.
      • Post at least twice a week, connect to 5 new people, comment on 3 other people’s content
• LinkedIn Content suggestions
  • try to post content that involves video of yourself:
    • Anyone can generate text etc. using AI. But video of yourself is harder to fake.

AI Tools to try

• Gamma: Create presentations
• teal: AI resume builder
• Interview Warmup - Grow with Google
• Resume optimization
  • Jobscan
  • JobHero