AI & Digital Professionalism
Ethical & Professional AI Use
As AI technology continues to evolve, it is rapidly changing how we approach career development, from generating resumes or cover letters to preparing for interviews and exploring jobs. The Career Development Center encourages students to explore AI thoughtfully, maximizing its benefits while being mindful of its risks. While AI tools can support your career development and job search, they need to be used responsibly and with a commitment to professional integrity.
Appropriate AI Use
- Using AI to format and make recommendations for improvement to your resume and cover Letter
- Tailoring resume experience framing with AI assistance
- Practicing interview questions with or using AI
- Exploring or brainstorming career plans with AI
Inappropriate AI Use
- Submitting AI-generated content without proof-editing and personalization
- Sharing personal information (likely included in your resume) with AI
- Over-relying on AI tools and agents for your job search
- Cheating on technical interviews or using an AI script during behavioral interviews
AI can be especially useful for exploring different career paths, brainstorming job title keywords, and discovering new interests. Here are some starting prompts to get you started:
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Help me reflect on my top values and how they might connect to a future career. [ List your top values ]
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I have an [ List credentials, major, or certifications ]. I enjoy [ List interests and skills ]. I’m also interested in working in [ Target Industry ]. What careers should I explore?
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Compare being a physician assistant vs. a nurse practitioner.
Select a prompt to open and prefill ChatGPT directly.
It is important to note however, that AI may return outdated or outright false information. Do your own background research on generated companies and career paths. Some information AI occasionally gets wrong with these prompts include: niche company names, hiring trends, or industry-specific statistics.
If you’re interested in other AI-tools, also try Google’s Career Dreamer:
Explore Your Possibilities with Career Dreamer – Grow with Google
Discover your dream career with Career Dreamer. An AI-powered tool to help you uncover career potential and analyze your skills to suggest new career paths!
If you are looking to redo or make changes to your resume, generative AI tools can help you identify missing key skills, draft initial bullet points, or draft a short headline summary. Below are some prompts that might help your revisions:
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Write concise resume bullets for my role as [ Job Role ], where I [ List job responsibilities ].
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Turn my [ Personal Project ] into a resume bullet point and accomplishment.
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Which of my experiences should I include on a job application for [ Job Role ]? [ List your experiences ]
Select a prompt to open and prefill ChatGPT directly.
AI may falsify or over-exaggerate information. Carefully review the generated response before incorporating it within your personal resume. It’s also important to omit any personal or identifying information in your resume before pasting. Some information AI gets wrong when resume writing include: personal impact statistics, exaggerated job responsibilities, or specific tools used.
AI tools can help you quickly gather insights about an organization, the role you’re interested in, or simulate interview scenarios. These sample prompts could help you prepare for an interview:
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Turn my experience as [ Experiential Role ex. Team Lead ] into a STAR story that shows how I [ Experience Results/Responsibilities ].
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Using the uploaded job description, what are some interview questions relevant to ask candidates who are applying to be a [ Job Role ]. [ Paste Job Description ]
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How do I create a STAR story about my [ List desired skills ] skills based on [ Personal Project ]?
Select a prompt to open and prefill ChatGPT directly.
AI may fabricate or over-exaggerate information. Review the generated responses before practicing or attending your interview. Avoid using a script or using AI to cheat on technical and behavioral interviews. Generated information that may have been wrong include: past experiences, company information, or personal accomplishments.
If you’re interested in practicing a spoken interview, check out the following article:
How to Use ChatGPT for Mock Interviews
The best interview results come from combining your AI insights and results with your own reflection, practice, and self-awareness.
Trust People First: AI-Use General Precautions
- Fact-Check Information: Generative AI models can provide helpful insights and suggestions, but it may contain falsified or over-exaggerated information. Cross-check the information with official sources and tailor the content to fit your real-world experiences.
- Consider Contexts and Customization: AI offers great generalized career guidance and advice. For specifics and nuanced situations, consider consulting human professionals (your Career Counselor or mentors) who can offer their empathy and personalized advising.
- Avoid Over-Reliance: While AI can offer a great deal of support throughout your career development, don’t neglect human personalization in your applications (what makes you stand out) or base your major career choices solely per AI guidance.
- Maintain Privacy and Confidentiality: Avoid sharing sensitive personal data when using generative AI. Be mindful and review pasted items for personal information such as: phone numbers, emails, passwords, etc.
- Be Mindful of Bias: Generative AI reflects and amplifies biases present in the data it was trained on. When seeking career advice or exploring your options, consider gender, racial, or socioeconomic biases and assumptions.
The Role of AI in Modern Talent Recruitment
Today’s job market is rapidly evolving to incorporate more and more AI. Digital systems are being used by both employers and job applicants. Stay informed and up-to-date on how AI is being used in recruitment.
- ATS and AI-Powered Screening: Screening resumes for keywords and using AI to assess experiences, role fit, and potential performance.
- AI & Candidate Sourcing: AI-Use and Searching job boards and sites like LinkedIn to evaluate candidates and recruit for candidates that best match company positions.
- AI-Protored Interviews: Using AI to conduct initial behavioral interviews of job candidates and answering general questions.
- AI-Assisted Analysis: Analyzing applicant facial expressions, tone of voice and body language in video interviews.
Career AI Tools & Resources
The AI Resources Toolkit is a centralized resource hub designed to help career services professionals, educators, counselors, and workforce practitioners understand and responsibly integrate AI into career development work.
Discover career paths and find new jobs with the skills you already have
Free to Fresno State Juniors, Seniors, and Graduate Students. Quinncia is an AI-powered career tool that helps you improve your resume, practice interviews, and improve your LinkedIn profile.
Discover your dream career with Career Dreamer. An AI-powered tool to help you uncover career potential and analyze your skills to suggest new career paths!
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Edu, tailored specifically for the CSU system, provides advanced AI capabilities for employees and students. It offers needed privacy and data protection, and other enterprise security such as single sign-on (SSO).
