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Get hired, get inspired with GenAI

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Generative Artificial Intelligence (Generative AI or GenAI) use amongst students is approaching near universal levels but do you really know how to make the most of these tools to help you with your career? Find out how to use Generative AI for your career and discover how it can help, from self-reflection and generating ideas, to helping you write a job application or prepare for an interview.

Take our 7-step challenge to using GenAI:

  1. Assess your career personality. Take a career personality test and reveal your career personality type, ideal roles, strengths and how these align with your current work.
  2. Generate career ideas. Gain insight into a career route by inputting a simple phrase such as ‘How to become a copywriter’.
  3. Research employers. Discover new potential career paths and employers based on your background, interests, or study area.
  4. Explore labour market trends. Summarising current job trends in your chosen industry or region.
  5. Learn how to present your skills. Identify your transferable skills from study and past experiences, to phrase them professionally and to match them to the person specification or job requirements.
  6. Create an effective CV. Enhance, edit, provide feedback and coach you to create a more targeted CV.
  7. Prepare for interviews. Complete research on your target organisation and help prepare you by suggest interview questions based on the role person specification.

Three more ways to strengthen your knowledge and skills in using GenAI for your career:

  1. Attend our live practical online workshop GenAI: level up your career hosted by the OU’s expert Careers and Employability Consultants. You’ll observe and practice Generative AI skills to power your career research, planning and applications. A recorded workshop is available if you can’t attend a live session or can’t wait to get started.
  2. Watch the short videos and try the quick activities in the OU Library’s ‘Being Digital’ collection: including introducing Generative AI, using effective prompts, thinking critically about AI, and ethical usage.
  3. Explore free, accessible courses in The AI Hub from Microsoft and The Open University to build your confidence and skills in artificial intelligence.

OU Careers Consultant LeighLeigh Fowkes is an OU Careers and Employability Consultant specialising in supporting WELS students. Leigh helps students navigate their futures, figure out their goals and build their confidence and skills to achieve them through one-to-one careers consultations and by designing career learning events and resources for the OU. Explore the rest of Careers Stories page for more articles from the Careers and Employability Services team.