LinkedIn’s AI job coach can edit your resume and write your cover letter

Last year, LinkedIn began testing AI-powered tools for job seekers on its platform. Now, the company has added many new features for its premium subscribers, such as personalized resumes, artificial intelligence-powered cover letters and more interactive job searches.

These innovations aim to speed up the most tedious aspects of job hunting. For example, the revamped job search feature now lets you search for roles with queries like “find me a marketing job that is fully remote and pays at least $100,000 annually” or “find business development roles in biotech.” Simple descriptions like these show how difficult it can be to narrow down job postings with keywords, as anyone looking for a job on LinkedIn without AI knows.

Once you find a role you’re interested in, the resident assistant can provide feedback on your qualifications and help with your application. You can upload your existing resume and LinkedIn’s AI can give you clues about where it needs to be updated based on the job description. This may include suggestions to highlight certain experiences or rewrite certain parts of the document. Similarly, LinkedIn can create cover letters based on your experience and the job you’re applying for.

The company states that these tools should be a starting point for users. “We want to make it easy for people who are struggling to tell their stories or trying to type something while staring at a blank screen to at least get started,” says LinkedIn product manager Rohan Rajiv. But Rajiv adds that the company’s AI push is still in its early stages and may eventually automate more of the application process. “Can next horizon do it all for you?” says. “You can imagine people thinking of it like an agent and helping you get things done.”

LinkedIn’s new tools speed up the job search process, helping users tell their stories more easily and making job applications more effective. These artificial intelligence-supported tools provide a great advantage, especially for people who apply for many jobs at the same time.