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I just hired a new associate to my team. When meeting with all of the candidates who interviewed, I asked about AI, what they know about it, how they use it daily, and how they would apply it to solve a business problem. This is the NORM at larger firms, and a requirement to get an offer. If you are looking for a new role and have not prioritized understanding basic concepts about AI and how you could use it, start today. It may be the difference between getting an offer or not getting a call back. Course linked below. https://www.deloitte.com/mt/en/services/consulting/perspectives/AI-fluency-the-new-must-have-skill-for-every-employee.html Why Hands-On Learning Is Key to Building an AI-Fluent Workforce - Harvard Business Impact What is AI Fluency? A Guide for 2026 Trends and Skills https://anthropic.skilljar.com/ai-fluency-framework-foundations

ChatGPT Prompt: "Act as a PhD researcher specializing in [TOPIC]. Analyze the topic from multiple perspectives. Compare existing theories, evaluate evidence, identify strengths and weaknesses of different viewpoints, highlight unresolved questions, and explain where current knowledge is still evolving."

What recruiters actually see on your LinkedIn profile, how LinkedIn Recruiter works, and why recruiters find candidates before they ever look at your job application. A recruiter with 20 years of experience at Amazon, FedEx, and Korn Ferry explains the exact process used to source and screen candidates on LinkedIn every day. Soor Resume Builder: https://www.letssoor.com/ Most job seekers spend time optimizing the wrong parts of their LinkedIn profile. The tool recruiters use to find you is a completely different platform with different filters, different search logic, and a truncated view of your profile that shows almost nothing you think matters. In this video I walk through exactly what I see when I find your profile, what makes me stop scrolling, what I ignore entirely, and why not being on LinkedIn with an optimized profile means you will almost always have to apply for jobs rather than getting recruited. What this video covers: How LinkedIn Recruiter works and why it looks nothing like your LinkedIn How recruiters build candidate searches using keywords from the hiring manager What actually shows up on your profile at the sourcing stage What I am completely ignoring when I find you Why your recommendations, courses, and activity feed do not matter yet What gets a recruiter to send you an InMail The minimum viable LinkedIn strategy if you hate the platform 00:00 - Recruiters using LinkedIn 00:52 - How jobs get recruited 03:46 - Recruiting pressure 06:35 - LinkedIn Recruiter 07:28 - What I notice in your LinkedIn profile 09:14 - The key difference 10:51 - Recruiters don't like Linkedin

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