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The Future of the Resume: 7 Ways AI Has Changed It When asked, What is the future of the resume, you might very well get this response…
By Nancy Schuman, CSP
hat prediction comes from Lloyd Staffing President Jason Banks. It is a bold statement, T especially considering the résumé has survived for more than 500 years. Historians often point to Leonardo da Vinci’s 1482 letter seeking employment with the Duke of Milan as the world’s first résumé. More than five centuries later, job seekers are still using some version of the same concept: a document designed to communicate experience, skills, accomplishments, and value. So is Jason right? Will artificial intelligence finally accomplish what typewriters, fax machines, job boards, applicant tracking systems, and LinkedIn could not? Perhaps. But before we start planning the résumé’s funeral, it may be worth examining what is actually changing —and what isn’t. 1. AI Has Become Everyone’s Resume Writer Not long ago, writing a strong résumé was a skill unto itself. Today, candidates can ask AI to create accomplishment statements, rewrite summaries, tailor content for specific positions, optimize keywords, and even build an entire AI resume in minutes.
Leonardo da Vinci is often created with creating the first resume in 1482.
“The résumé will be gone in two years or less.” For many job seekers, this is a positive development. Qualified candidates who struggle to write about themselves now have access to tools that help them present their experience more effectively.
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