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What AI Does Not Know About Your Career Could Cost You

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It was exactly 2 PM on a Sunday, and the only sound that filled the house was the humming of the fridge.

My laptop was on the table; all the job board tabs were still open. I had spent the night rewriting my CV and tailoring it to multiple applications. My phone kept buzzing, and the only messages coming through were from Safaricom. Meanwhile, I sat there quietly wondering if I was good enough and what I would do after another month without a job.

From the outside, I seemed put together.

Inside, I felt completely invisible, even with 5 years of experience.

I knew how to manage financial records. Produce balanced statements and cash flow reports. I had been doing that for five years now, and I knew I ticked all the boxes, or so I thought. I had no idea why I was getting zero replies.

For a while, I thought the answer was the new AI tool that was released. So, I took my documents and fed the prompt to it. I kept tweaking my duties, and honestly, I loved my documents afterwards.

So. I started sending it out, hopeful now that I would be shortlisted.

It didn’t take long for my hopes to be shattered. I expected my phone to be ringing, yet all I got was silence, not even an automated rejection email.

Then I learned a lesson I wish someone had told me when I started. AI is not to be trusted when it comes to writing your CV. So, I did the one thing I had been avoiding. I sent my CV to CSS and asked someone else to look at it.

Rose, the person who called me, asked questions no one ever asked in five years. What my day looks like. What I have achieved so far. An afternoon later, I barely recognized my CV. It sounded like me and not a template. Two weeks later, my phone rang with good news. Shortlisted. First time in months.

If you are someone who feels invisible and overlooked even with experience and skills to back you up, then this is for you. Click here to connect with our CV experts. The sooner you start rethinking your job search strategy, the less often you will find yourself having a staring contest with your email inbox.