My friend swore by that AI resume builder and I thought it was a scam until I used it for 3 job apps in Chicago

So my buddy Mike from college kept pushing this one AI tool (Jasper or something? No, it was Teal) for tailoring resumes to job descriptions. I told him no way a robot can replace actually reading the job posting and rewriting it yourself. I gave in after 6 months of unemployment and tried it on 3 applications last month. Got callbacks on all 3. I still think it's weird to trust an algorithm with my career, but the results are hard to argue with. Has anyone else had a bad experience with these tools that I should watch out for?

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drew_bennett241mo ago

Heard a recruiter say they can spot AI resumes a mile away.

amy_coleman211mo ago

Everyone's talking about the language or formatting being too perfect, but nobody mentions the lack of tiny, dumb personal quirks. Real people accidentally use the wrong "there" or type "definately" instead of "definitely" in a cover letter. Recruiters notice when every single verb is strong and there's zero awkward phrasing from a late-night writing session. If your resume says you "efficiently managed cross-functional teams" instead of something clunky like "I was the one wrangling the marketing people and the IT guys," it screams AI. They also look for the same three bullet point structures copied from LinkedIn templates, which is basically just AI with extra steps.

wadem8911d agoMost Upvoted

Holy crap, "definately" in a cover letter? That's wild. I guess it makes sense though. If you're rushing at 2am to get an application in and you hit send without proofreading, that's going to happen. Real people don't have perfect grammar when they're tired. But I never thought a recruiter would actually see that as a good thing, like a sign you're human. It's crazy that being sloppy somehow makes you more hireable now.