In this week's blog I look at the hot topic of AI headshots. Headshots are a challenge for a lot of...
WIth most of the AI tools I have tested for this blog series, they are (to varying degrees) reasonably easy to use. So much so that you'd probably be better off just having a go, rather than reading this blog. Today's test of https://www.resumeworded.com/ is perhaps the best example of all. Very easy to use, free for the basic stuff, and takes only minutes to upload and improve your resume and LinkedIn profile.
But, if you just want to see how it went for me, here we go. Resume Worded uses AI to base recommendations on millions of successful resumés (how they determine success, I do not know). Simply upload your PDF resumé and in a matter of seconds it provides a score indexed against other users, and then diagnoses the weaknesses:
Seems my "Impact" is driving down the score. A little further drilling suggested that adding more concrete and quantifiable performance metrics was the key to improvement. To go a step further RR offers a "Magic Write" tool that uses GP4 copy capabilities and resume best-practices to rewrite sections. It offers one free bullet/paragraph rewrite in the free version, so I tried the first bullet in my resume which actually does include quantifiable metrics. But I have to be honest, I did prefer the second version the AI wrote!
More impressive than the resumé tool, is the LinkedIn profile fixer. First, you make a PDF of your profile (a couple of simple clicks in LinkedIn), and upload to the AI tool. I scored a 71 (coincidentally the same as my resume score). This time the biggest issues were counter-intuitive: I was being too brief!
I have to admit, I did get a kick out of the comparison to Barack Obama's headline! I had written my headline the way an article headline should be written, to be brief. What the tool tells us is that it should use as many of the permissible words as possible to improve searchability.
The same is true of my summary which I was very surprised to hear was also too short.
The best part about the LinkedIn tool is the ability to resubmit within the free version. So, having added a ton of keywords to my headline and summary, I resubmitted and saw my score go up to 78. Still 2 points shy of the "best profiles" but I will keep at it! Apparently my summary still sucks.
