Tailor Your CV With AI: Don’t Let It Write From Nothing

Tailor Your CV With AI: Don’t Let It Write From Nothing

The most common mistake I see in AI-assisted job hunting is also the most tempting one: pasting a job advert into ChatGPT and asking it to write your CV. It feels productive. It is actually the fastest way to produce an application that fails, because it gets the job...
How to Decode Job Adverts With AI Before You Apply

How to Decode Job Adverts With AI Before You Apply

Job adverts are badly written documents. They mix genuine requirements with wish-lists, HR boilerplate, and, if you know how to read them, clues about what is actually going on inside the team. Most candidates skim twenty adverts, apply to whatever looks close enough,...
Scheduled Copilot Agents Need an Operating Model

Scheduled Copilot Agents Need an Operating Model

Microsoft 365 Copilot users can now schedule recurring prompts to declarative agents such as Analyst and Idea Coach. At first glance, this looks like a small productivity feature. Instead of asking an agent to prepare the same report every Monday morning, review a...