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The linkedin playbook: platform rules on writing

Hints at what makes a good linkedin copy for your profile

Before you start optimizing your linkedin profile with the help of chatgpt, figure out…

Four+ chatgpt prompts for your linkedin headlines

Revamp your linkedin about section with chatgpt

The experience section of your linkedin profile - 175% more enticing with chatgpt

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+20 Useful ChatGPT Prompts to Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile for the Dream Job


It's been a while since you opened your LinkedIn profile, but desperate times call for desperate measures. 


*Insert the tune from "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" here.*


Preparation for finding a new job includes the open-to-work frame in your profile photo...


.... the "I'm ready to begin a brand-new chapter of my career" plastered all over your headline, summary, +30 posts, and various DMs.


Yet those "pesky" recruiters seem to be avoiding you like the plague.


Where are they when you need them?! And why are your profile views below 100?! Why aren't recruiters doing their job to headhunt you?!


Hold it right there, partner!


Think about what is your reason to be on LinkedIn in the first place.


As the #1 social media: 



where not only recruiters, but CEOs (ranking amongst the likes of Ryan Reynolds and Russel Branson) hang out;

of content creators, who rise from the ashes of Rome, to spread wisdom and knowledge;

or the birthplace of that modern legend: of the Underdog turned manager due to a hiring decision…



…what is the value your desperate cry out for a new job brings to the platform?


Zero.


LinkedIn is definitely a worthy investment for you to be active as both a professional and a candidate. Not just when you’re on the job market.


But while some may have the gift of words, you may struggle to write separate sections of your LinkedIn profile. What is more, you don't happen to have the time to hire a fancy LinkedIn writer to optimize your profile.


In this case, you can count on ChatGPT. Or Open AI's artificial intelligence chatbot that has been taking the world by storm.


Built on large language models, ChatGPT is fine-tuned by supervised and reinforcement learning techniques. Basically, you provide it with prompts - in the form of questions or requests. 


The chatbot refers to an online database to spin out answers in the form of templates, poems, recipes, and lyrics. 


You name it, ChatGPT can and will write it. 
Within this guide, you'll learn:


the best guide to optimizing your LinkedIn profile and writing rules for the platform;

using ChatGPT prompts to make your headline stand out in just under 220 characters;

why storytelling should be part of your LinkedIn about section and the J.K. Rowling (“Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi”) prompt;

reframing your LinkedIn experience using ChatGPT;

various LinkedIn profile sections, which you can optimize with AI's help for the best results.


The linkedin playbook: platform rules on writing

Before we get into the fun bit about optimizing your LinkedIn with ChatGPT, let's set some ground rules.


Or what works - and subsequently doesn't - on this infamous platform.

LinkedIn Rule of Thumb #1: Know your audience!

Before you even consider putting your best foot forward on the platform, know what your reason for being on LinkedIn is. Or - to be more precise - who you'd like to connect with.


If you want to network with recruiters (or potential employers) - think about their mindset with a focus on what:



impresses them;

resonates with them; 

gives your credibility.



The quicker you know who you're talking to, the easier it'd be to set up your LinkedIn profile.

LinkedIn Rule of Thumb #2: Keywords all the way!

You may have the "best" LinkedIn profile out there, but if it doesn't include at least two or three industry keywords, you have lost your chances.


Even though the likes of #sustainability and #machinelearning are all over the platform, be specific in integrating key skills for the industry in your profile.

LinkedIn Rule of Thumb #3: Stay linked in!

This platform deals in engagement - meaning the more content you like, the more it learns about you as a creator or user. As might be expected, the AI mirrors the behavior of all its users.


So you want to connect with more recruiters in data science? Start spending at least 15 minutes a day liking, commenting, sharing, or resharing content.
LinkedIn Rule of Thumb #4: Stay up-to-date!

It has been decades since you've checked your LinkedIn profile (which you created for a university assignment, back in the early 2010s). For the past six years of your career, that profile has been gathering dust.


Newsflash - whatever happens through your career, that's worth sharing - could and should be part of a digital portfolio of your choice.


And as your digital resume - make sure that your LinkedIn profile stays relevant. Score extra brownie points by aligning it to your actual resume, when applying for jobs.

LinkedIn Rule of Thumb #5: Be authentic

Many people are on LinkedIn to show off their "dream, digital nomad lifestyle" or their awesome 401(k).


You don't have to be one of those people to succeed on the platform.


Instead, keep your professional integrity by staying true to your values and what matters to you as a professional and to your industry.


Because your experience - as little or junior as it may be - is actually what makes your journey unique.
Hints at what makes a good linkedin copy for your profile

When applying for a job, all of your copies have to be written using clear and concise language.


While figuring out your professional narrative, you'd ultimately include on both your resume and LinkedIn:



relevant industry keywords;
strengths and major achievements - what makes you stand out? What sort of unique value do you bring about? What sort of challenges can you solve?
KPIs and impact via quantifiable results (numbers, metrics, and data);
specifics, examples, and, potentially, narratives (e.g. personal stories that have helped you attain soft skills).
While writing a resume, you have to ensure you're professional at all times (as they're often times assessed by the Applicant Tracker System (-s)), LinkedIn provides you with an entirely different visual experience.


Resumes have a pretty standard one- (to two-) page formatting with limited "real estate". 


There are character limitations on LinkedIn, you have a bit more freedom to:



experiment with emojis in key profile sections;

play around with paragraphs that vary in length;

include more blank spaces in between paragraphs.



Apart from building your personal brand and voice on LinkedIn, aim for making your readers' experience a more pleasant one.

Before you start optimizing your linkedin profile with the help of chatgpt, figure out…
…who you’re writing for

Now, ChatGPT may not have access to actual LinkedIn user profiles, but it could help you imagine what your target audience’s (a.k.a. recruiters) demographics; goals and motivations; challenges; preferred channels; and key messaging are like.
…relevant industry keywords 

While ChatGPT’s latest version assesses data only up to 2021, it may be a good starting point to provide you with relevant industry keywords. 

Once you have your list, always double-check the keywords’ relevance within the platform by doing a simple search within posts to see who is posting what on the topic.

… your tone of voice

Perhaps you have references as to your writing style and want to maintain its consistency through your full digital presence.


Here’s how you could use ChatGPT to figure out your tone of voice via your resume:

These keywords could also be integrated as soft skills through your profile, as long as they’re relevant to the job you’re applying for.

Four+ chatgpt prompts for your linkedin headlines

LinkedIn profile headlines are actually quite similar to your resume ones, in the sense that it's a good idea to list within them:



skills and accomplishments;

industry keywords;

potentially - the role you're seeking to land.



Let's start off with a simple, yet effective prompt you could use with ChatGPT.

Here's one insider's scoop on how recruiters use LinkedIn when searching for candidates.


If they decided on doing their search via keywords, your profile is featured only with the first 70 characters of your headline.


So, make sure you are using this space wisely:

Some of the best LinkedIn headlines out there embody the specific role or professional.


They are:



concise and specific;

conversational in tone, yet professional;

feature advert keywords;

highlights or your unique value proposition.



Let’s look at a prompt that could help you achieve all of those things in roughly 220 characters.

More to the point, if you want to make your headline a bit more of a personalized experience for all recruiters, focus on



what problems you can solve with your current skill set (think of the main ones);
something interesting that you enjoy doing outside of work.
Now, this headline may include way too many clichés for your taste. Whatever you write with ChatGPT, always make sure to double-check that the outputs meet your standard of writing and tone of voice.


And here’s what we were able to achieve with this prompt:

Finally, if you happen to have your resume ready to go, you could feed it into ChatGPT to produce a detailed headline.
Revamp your linkedin about section with chatgpt

It is difficult; actually, very difficult. To summarize your whole personality and career in about 2000 characters, while trying to rank within LinkedIn's algorithm.


You may have done something similar before - for your resume summary. But LinkedIn as a platform has its specifics.


This section of our guide will provide just that - a window of opportunity to write your LinkedIn About section.

Excellent LinkedIn About sections catch the reader's attention and set the tone of your whole profile. 


An outstanding one could be a brief summary of your professional background, state key skills, and/or notable accomplishments. 


Alternatively, there are a couple of popular frameworks that could do an excellent job for you.

Popular LinkedIn About frameworks

1. One of the best frameworks you could use for your LinkedIn About is the narrative one.


Basically, the career journey you embarked on to reach the heights you are at today.


Any good LinkedIn story can follow one of the most basic outlines used in storytelling:



Kicks off with the main character (a.k.a. you): what would make audiences sympathize with them?

What is the main character's goal/vision/ dream in life (in their career)?

Obstacles (the big "Oh, No" moment): how did they challenge the character to grow?

What are the lessons learned?

Where is this main character now?



ChatGPT could assist you to write the narrative LinkedIn about:

2. Another pretty strong framework you could use is the: "What I can do vs How I can help you" one.


It focuses on setting you apart from other professionals with the unique value you bring about.


This LinkedIn About is an up to four-paragraph affair that intertwines your experience, skills, and best achievements with LinkedIn's SEO.


The "What I can do vs How I can help you" framework is perhaps one of the best choices if you're trying to make an excellent impression on recruiters.


Test it out for yourself:

Writing your LinkedIn About should entirely reflect your personality and be about you as a professional. 


You could potentially:



start off your introduction with a few (possibly cheesy) icebreakers/ dad jokes;

kick it off with a wise quote that has inspired you to be the professional you are today;

build up your paragraphs based on three -to-four values and the soft skills you have to support them.



Get creative, and find what works best for you.


And for the fun part, we have prepared seven more ChatGPT prompts you can experiment with to write your best LinkedIn About.

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This one could be pretty useful if you happen to have a couple of keywords/ key skills, that you’d like to integrate into your LinkedIn About.
The “Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi” mirror prompt

Perhaps, you’d like to mirror your own, or somebody else’s writing style in your LinkedIn About section. These small tweaks could be pretty useful in building your digital identity.


This one is just for fun, but we decided to mirror J.k. Rowling’s writing style for this LinkedIn About.

Now, this may be a little too “magical” and “enchanting” for your taste, so don’t forget to edit all ChatGPT outputs.

Spice it up

You have your LinkedIn About ready to go, yet each tagline sounds a bit dull.
The experience section of your linkedin profile - 175% more enticing with chatgpt

How do you select the best of your experience to feature on your LinkedIn profile?


Refer to just how relevant your role is to the job you're applying for.


For more recent positions that completely align with the desired role requirements, you could include more details in the experience section of your LinkedIn profile.


While with more back-dated work experience items, focus on the skills' relevance to your current career goals.


When listing your experience items, focus on both achievements and skills. Always remember to quantify them with relevant success metrics (e.g. numbers, data, performance review scores, etc.)


Let’s see how ChatGPT can help you adapt your resume experience for LinkedIn.
Linkedin’s most important social proof currency: references

Any LinkedIn strategist will highlight the importance of references in your profile. The more you happen to have from different sources - the more plausible and authoritative your experience will be deemed by recruiters.


But here’s the thing about LinkedIn references - they’re very often the case of “you scratch my back, I scratch yours”. You’d need to be able to provide such for colleagues, mentors, team leaders, and even managers.

ChatGPT can help beat your writer’s block by providing you with a basic frame for your reference. 


As a first step, ask the person (to whom you’ll be giving the reference) to provide you with either their resume (it’d be excellent if it’s in Google Docs format) or key skills that they would like to have highlighted.


Next, paste in this prompt:
Other useful linkedin profile sections you can fill out with chatgpt

The next four LinkedIn profile sections are nice to have - to possibly fill in some gaps in your experience or perhaps further build-up your professional narrative.

Volunteer

When writing about your volunteer experience, ensure that you’ve highlighted your responsibilities and achievements. 


If you’ve worked on any bespoke projects or initiatives, they could also make their way into the volunteer section.
Publications

The rule of thumb for writing about your publications on LinkedIn is to always include a clear summary of what your work is about and what its relevance is to the industry.


The description of your publication has to be up to 2,000 characters long.

Popular Projects

What was the purpose of the project you participated in last summer? Were you able to achieve what you set out to do?


The LinkedIn projects’ description should also include any noteworthy achievements, your role in the venture, and the end results.

Education

For your LinkedIn education section, you may decide to paint the full picture with more information.


In the 1000-character limit, you can mention notable academic achievements and honors.

Linkedin messages - chatgpt can help with those

Your whole job search strategy is based on who you know, so you’ve decided to take the time to build a sustainable LinkedIn network.


And one key player within your network would be adding relevant recruiters. Now, these professionals receive plenty of requests per day.


To stand out from the crowd, include a personalized message with your connection request.
Key takeaways


Before you start optimizing your LinkedIn profile, learn a bit more about your target audience; to get the recruiters’ attention, you need to research relevant keywords, ensure your profile is updated, and take the time to network.
ChatGPT can be a useful instrument in allocating keywords, understanding the behavior/ activity of recruiters, and devising your tone of voice.
Apart from keywords, focus your LinkedIn profile on your strengths and achievements (both quantifiable with data); credibility (in the form of references); and authentic narrative you’d intertwine.
ChatGPT prompts can be used to support you in writing various sections of your LinkedIn profile; from headline and about to volunteer, education, etc.
ChatGPT’s outputs should serve as frameworks which you’d personalize. Remember that your most authentic self is what’d win you the job in the end of the day.

Is it ethical to use chatgpt to write your cover letter?

Six cover letter structures to experiment with

How to use chatgpt for cover letter writing

Using chatgpt to write various sections of your cover letter 

Edit your cover letter writing style with this chatgpt prompt

Three different cover letters based on seniority

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21 ChatGPT Prompts to Get You to Start Writing Your Cover Letter


Sorting through hundreds of applications for that most coveted role of Senior Network Engineer, you've found three candidates that fit the bill.


All have the relevant experience, yet:



the first submitted just a resume;

the second - an impersonal cover letter, solely written by the likes of an AI (e.g. ChatGPT);

the third candidate has taken the time to study your organization and to align it with their unique skill set.



Highlighting that all three candidates have the same amount of experience...


...wouldn't a well-written cover letter sort of bias you to choose the one that shows the most care (and in some cases - enthusiasm) toward the job and company?


If you're applying for a job, hear us out! 


The cover letter isn't just a professional narrative, but the greatest asset to demonstrate your:



unique value and how your skills match the job;

interest in the company and role;

confidence in your abilities.



Your cover letter allows you to shape how your potential employers see your experience. It further highlights what you want them to remember from your resume.

The choice of writing a cover letter is entirely up to you.


But here's where an ethical question comes in. 


What if you simply can't write your cover letter (and can't afford to hire an experienced cover letter writer to help you out)? And you don't have an AI resume builder tool to create it for you, based on your resume?


Would using ChatGPT to your advantage be counted as "cheating"? 

Is it ethical to use chatgpt to write your cover letter?

You've probably been living under a rock for the past six months or so if you haven't heard of ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer). 


The free language model can supposedly do anything: from debugging codes to pointing out interesting destinations around you.


ChatGPT works as so: you write a prompt (a well-formulated, clear, and concise question or instructions). Within a few seconds, the AI chatbot provides you with a response to your query.


What is more, candidates have been using ChatGPT to restructure their resumes, prepare for interviews, and even write cover letters.


This guide will precisely focus on giving you the know-how of using ChatGPT for your cover letter with:



Beginners luck: six structures to get to know the writing process;

The most concise cover letter writing prompt;

How to align your cover letter to the job;

More advanced ChatGPT writing prompts for separate cover letter sections;

Matching the style of the job advert to your cover letter…



… and so much more!


To answer the ethics question of writing a cover letter with ChatGPT, we’ve found a viral story for you.


One that presents you with the biggest “don’t”. Ever.

How not to write a cover letter with ChatGPT

Mandy Tang, a career coach and business owner, was sorting through job applications when she stumbled across a cover letter that covered every single one of her requirements.

Tang decided to check with ChatGPT what the case was. She pasted in her job advert and told the chatbot to write a cover letter for it.


ChatGPT then regurgitated her requirements: word for word.


So, here's the moral of the story.
Six cover letter structures to experiment with

How do you differentiate a well-written cover letter from a generic one?


The truth is that excellent cover letters are like diamonds in the rough.


Candidates use them to tell quick stories without diving too much into the nitty-gritty details.

Cover letters' main purpose is to catch recruiters' interests by finding the balance between:



dedicated cover letter space and filler words/ language;

key skills or achievements without repeating candidate resumes;

showing authentic interest in the role while highlighting job keywords;

being specific and personable, yet ticking all the requirement boxes by allowing recruiters to imagine what the candidates' potential would be if they joined the company.



Attaining that level of perfection in cover letter writing sometimes seems impossible.


Here's where the role of ChatGPT comes in.


To kick off this cover letter/ChatGPT writing exercise, we've prepared six structures for you to experiment with.


The end goal is evident: for you to find the one that matches both your experience and the organization you're applying for best.


Without further ado, discover the:

Standardized cover letter prompt

The structure outline commences with a paragraph, where you'd introduce yourself, mention the role you're applying for, and how you've learned about it.


In the next paragraphs, you’d highlight relevant skills, experience, or accomplishments. Ones that align with the job requirements.


The next paragraph would focus on how you can help the company grow.


Sign off with a paragraph about how excited you are for the role and/or company, and thank hiring managers for their time.


Here's the prompt to get you writing:

ChatGPT would next provide you with a template cover letter that follows this structure, which you could edit.

But to go one step further, paste in your resume:

And, voilà:

Of course, this isn't the final version of your cover letter. You'll need to tweak the role you're applying for. But it's a pretty good starting point.

2. Best candidate structure

This cover letter structure is more focused on the specific job you’d be applying for and showcasing to recruiters why they should choose you.

Next, paste in your resume and the job advert itself to get a more personalized cover letter for the role.

The first cover letter ChatGPT produced was a bit too long. 

That’s why we asked the chatbot to shorten the cover letter using this prompt:

What do you think of ChatGPT’s final writing:
3.  Narrative

This is one of the most exciting cover letter outlines out there. Yet, the cover letter is an exercise of focusing more on skill alignment and the organization you’re applying for, than yourself.


We’d recommend you use the narrative structure for instances where the job advert is very much value focused on soft skills and character fit.


Now, it’s story time!

The prompt we’ve provided you with is a bit generic. If you want to go for the gold:



jot down a few details for ChatGPT about the storyline you want to tell with your experience;

focus on an industry-wide challenge that you’ve overcome via your experience;

think about the narrative which would impress recruiters the most and include it in the prompt.



Feel free to edit and add to this ChatGPT prompt, so that your cover letter turns into a real modern-day professional fairy tale.

3. Solution

This framework allows you to present to potential employers your problem-solving skills from the get-go.


It's a very good one for more technical roles.


Here's the prompt you could use:

After a shortener prompt, here’s the final result that ChatGPT produced:
3. Skills

This structure is one of the most prominent and useful ones for you. It’d focus on a tailored sales pitch to the role you’re applying for.
3. T-Format

The T-format cover letter writing structure matches individual job requirements and keywords with resume experience items.

It provides you with a very structured and easy-to-read end result:

These six structures are a good starting point for writing your cover letter. Of course, the more personalized prompts you provide to ChatGPT, the better the end results would be. 


You’d ultimately need to tweak the text - here and there - but this chatbot provides you with excellent food for thought.


Moving on, within the next part of our guide, we’ll look at how the chatbot could help you write more specific cover letter sections.

How to use chatgpt for cover letter writing
The full prompt experience

Okay, so maybe you're struggling with the whole cover letter writing process and need help asap from ChatGPT.


Once again, this is your reminder not to solely rely on technology to write your cover letter. Instead, use it as a starting point to get writing.


Here's a very useful prompt for you.

When pasting in your resume, make sure to include all relevant sections, including



Header
Summary
Experience
Skills (with specific tech stacks)
Certification
Training/ Courses
Once again, make sure to include all the relevant items in the job advert.


Here's what ChatGPT came up with:

It's a pretty good effort, but if you're writing a cover letter, you need to go above and beyond.


That means as a rule of thumb, you can surely take what ChatGPT has written for you. But you need to personalize it further to show your character and what makes you stand out.

Aligning resume and job advert

The cursor has been blinking like crazy for the past 20 minutes in your Word document. Looking down at the status bar, the word count is still zero.


You have so much you want to say about yourself, the job, and the company. Yet, your mind is like that blank page in front of you.


From where do you start writing your cover letter?


The first stage of the process is research.


The best candidates don't just go on and on about how skillful they are in Python and/or C++.


But rather - their cover letters show recruiters how their visions and the company's ones for the future align.

This is one of the most useful ChatGPT prompts to get you writing: discovering how your resume answers the company's pain points.

The experience-job advert alignment prompt

Here's the prompt we've used:

Once you get the good to go from ChatGPT, it's time to paste your resume.

ChatGPT has a bad tendency to fill in the gaps by fabricating any missing information. So, make sure you've pasted in all the information that's relevant to your application.


Next, you have to paste in the job advert. Once again, the more information you can provide to ChatGPT, the better the assessment will be.


We've provided the Senior Business Intelligence Analyst role in full by including:



Key responsibilities

Proven characteristics for success

Personal traits

Qualifications (both the must-have and the preferred ones)

Any additional information (about both the company and its offer to candidates)



Asking ChatGPT if the role suits your experience is always a good idea. Here’s what the chatbot told us about Andrew Clark’s resume:

Find out more about the chatbot's assessment.


It started listing all the crucial requirements for the role that align with the candidate's experience. Those included:



data analysis

reporting

visualization skills

collecting requirements

defining reporting standards

creating dashboards.



Into the specifics, ChatGPT looked into technical skills that it recommends being integrated within the cover letter.


Technical skills that matched the Senior Business Intelligence Analyst role are:



dealing with large datasets;

building advanced dashboards with BI tools  (e.g. Tableau Desktop); 

data modeling experience;

SQL and/or Python;

experience with ETL (e.g. Alteryx). 



ChatGPT didn't disappoint with key soft skills either.


The main ones it told us to focus on (based on priority):



working collaboratively to develop reliable, robust, and self-serve reporting;

curiosity and passion for learning;

ability to see the big picture;

operating with a bias toward action and ownership;

ability to build lasting and meaningful relationships; 

commitment to quality;

cultural awareness.


BONUS alignment prompt

Next, we decided to dive deeper into the skills' alignment with this prompt:

ChatGPT wanted us to focus on these four crucial areas to land the job:



Data analysis and modeling: preparing budgets, variance analysis, identifying collaboration opportunities, and data modeling (data and platform integrations).

Reporting and visualization: creating dashboards and reports; BI tools (e.g. Tableau Desktop).

Collaboration and communication: working across functions, leadership, and communication across the board.

Technical skills: SQL, Python, ETL tools.



One final tip from ChatGPT:

ChatGPT could help you start writing your cover letter with ideas of areas you can focus on.

Using chatgpt to write various sections of your cover letter 

What if you happen to have some experience in cover letter writing and just want to improve your cover letter?


ChatGPT is the perfect assistant that can do that for you.


This next section of our guide is specifically for those more advanced writers. It'll show you how to tailor individual cover letter sections.


Ultimately allowing you to have more control over what ChatGPT writes, while injecting more of your personal style.


Use these prompts to tweak individual sections of your cover letter.

Cover letter introduction and first paragraph

You could use ChatGPT to help you write about…

Something that impressed you about the company

Within the prompt, mention the role you're applying for and the company. You could also specify the tone of voice and your cover letter introduction length.

Here’s an effective prompt and cover letter introduction by ChatGPT:
A former colleague that referred you to this job

Referencing a colleague is a great starting point for building authentic trust between recruiters and yourself.


Apart from the generic details about the role you're applying for, you could also provide ChatGPT with instructions about



words it needs to avoid;

tone of voice;

introduction length;

projects you've collaborated on with your former colleague;

give recognition to the colleague that recommended you.



Check out this prompt:

This is a great starting point, but you'll need to fill in all relevant details.

Your motivations for applying to this job

Perhaps you'd like to start the cover letter with some information about your interest in the role.


ChatGPT can help you restructure your thoughts (and subsequently interest) with this prompt:
A great achievement

In some cases, you'll want to kick off your cover letter with one of your greatest achievements.


Style it up with ChatGPT:
Something newsworthy

Maybe the most impressive item of your career is that national award you won last year, recognizing your contributions to string theory research. Or, perhaps, your client feedback remains at a steady AVG of 98%.


Kick off your cover letter with this "newsworthy" ChatGPT prompt:
Your vision

Cover letters are usually about alignment between individuals and the company they’re applying for.


Stating how your ambitions and vision for the future correspond with the company’s ones can open many doors for you.

All of these six prompts can help you sort the information that you’d like to talk about.


But don’t solely rely on ChatGPT - you have all the talents and skills to present yourself.

Middle paragraphs of your cover letter

Now that you have the intro written, it's time to look at the body of your cover letter.


What these middle paragraphs aim to show is:



that you've done your homework about the company;

that you have the relevant skills and experience;

how you'll help the company succeed, based on your past successes.



Here are three useful prompts you can tailor and experiment with.

1. The research prompt

You know the company; you love the company. What is more, the role you're applying for is precisely what you're looking for.


Want to formulate this more professionally in the body of your cover letter?
2. Highlighting relevant skills, qualifications, and experience

This is one of the biggest questions recruiters are looking to have answered while reading your cover letter:


Do you have the right skills for the job, right now?


ChatGPT can help you communicate this across:

When listing this prompt, be specific about the key skill requirements and your experience.


If you want to go above and beyond, you could paste in your resume and the job advert, as we did in the previous sections of this guide.


The new prompt would follow the style of that above and end with something along the lines of:

Once you get the “good-to-go” from ChatGPT, paste in all relevant information and watch the magic happen right before your eyes.

3. Forward-facing

The future is the ultimate sales pitch of your experience.


Rather than focusing just on your strengths, you’d present recruiters with what they’d ultimately get if they hire you.
Ending of a cover letter and ChatGPT 

One of the best ways to end your cover letter is with a promise.


Either of what you'd bring to the table or how this opportunity would help you grow.


Here are the best two prompts you can use to finish off your cover letter with a snap:
Edit your cover letter writing style with this chatgpt prompt

This is one of the greatest prompts of all time - let’s say you’ve your cover letter is already complete, but you’re applying to a smaller company.


You’d need to fix the language to sound more easily accessible to the recruiters.


ChatGPT can do that for you:

You’d next provide your cover letter:

And in just a few seconds, you’d receive:

Including as much as possible from the relevant information would really help ChatGPT tailor and re-write your cover letter.

Three different cover letters based on seniority

Of course, we can’t end this guide without providing you with a few more concrete examples of using ChatGPT to write your cover letter.


So here’s what we were able to produce with the help of the chatbot for

Entry-Level Candidate Cover Letter ExampleMid-Career Level Cover LetterC-Level Exectuve Cover LetterKey takeaways


Prepare all relevant information in advance (that includes both your resume and the job advert) before you start writing with ChatGPT. Remember - the more information you can provide the chatbot with, the more personalized the end results will be.
Experiment with ChatGPT cover letter writing: the best structure (or final letter) is the one that sounds the most like you while covering the company requirements.
Use ChatGPT as a starting point - always double-check and tweak its outputs before applying for a role.
Cover letters are mainly about alignment between your experience and vision to the role you’re applying for. ChatGPT can help you discover all of these patterns that are integral to a successful cover letter.
ChatGPT can help you to write various sections of your cover letter (introduction, middle paragraphs, and ending), but also match the style of your text to the company’s one.

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