Can you use AI to grammar check your CV?

Posted by General_Ad_5800@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 9 comments

I was wondering if you could use AI to grammar check your CV. It's not like Im using to write my CV for me. All I'm doing is using it to point out mistakes in my writing so I can fix them myself.

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ResplendentBear@reddit

What are you writing your CV in that doesn't have grammar checking built in?

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WarpedInGrey@reddit

AI will generally do a better job than a simple spellchecker. It will pickup more nuanced grammatical issues, and spelling mistakes where the another word was used by mistake (definitely versus defiantly for example)

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63_rats_in_a_coat@reddit

Honestly I would suggest not

Whilst I am biased in suggesting people not use AI in general, I would also say that things like spelling should be checked by either an inbuilt spell-checker, or one of those online checkers (or even just a mate)

But also, for re-wording I wouldn't trust it AI has a way of writing things that is really easy to spot if you know where to look. I am not one of those people who does, but having worked with people in a hiring position, I can confirm that they can usually tell.

Good luck with the job search and if you do need help with your CV, I'm sure there are people more than willing to help guide you on the best next steps!

(Also, as a bonus rule of thumb, here's a quick list of good things to include and a rough order:

1- who are you? Name, address, contact details and a brief summary, no more than a paragraph or two. Catchy

2- what have you done? Job history (including dates as specific as you can remember, at least to the month), education, achievements, qualifications, skills (KEY WORDS are extremely important here. You want to get caught by both people skimming for key words and people actually reading)

And 3- who are you again? Tell me a little about yourself outside of work, what do you do? A bit of car work here? A bit of music there? Lots of friends and a charity worker? Who knows! Sell yourself as a person at the end, you've already sold yourself as an employee,

How long should it all be? Bout 1-2 A4 pages worth, just keep the formatting consistent and you'll probably be there already

Hope this helps and good luck again with the search!!!

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lilynohat@reddit

grammarly counts as an AI tool and i use that all the time! honestly i don’t think it would matter if you even used it to write it (although it’s always better to write it yourself) so i see no problem why you couldn’t! it’s only spell check! make sure you mention uk spelling coz AI usually have US spelling default :)

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