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Update your resume for today's job market
Use it: When you're job hunting after 50 and your resume still reads like it's 2005.
Rewrite my resume for [target job title] roles. Here is my current resume: [paste resume]. Keep the last 15 years in detail and sum up earlier roles in one "Earlier experience" line. Remove graduation years. Start each bullet with a result and include a number wherever I gave one. Add a 3-line summary at the top aimed at [target job title]. Don't invent achievements; if a bullet needs a number, ask me for it.
⚠️ Remove your home address and phone number before pasting if you'd rather keep them private.
Work & careerWorks best in: Copilot
Write a calm, factual email to HR
Use it: When you need a paper trail about a payroll error, leave request, or workplace problem.
Draft a professional email to HR about [the issue]. Facts, with dates: [facts]. What I want to happen: [the outcome you want]. Keep it factual and calm, under 200 words, with no opinions about coworkers. End with a clear request and ask for a reply by [date].
⚠️ For anything legal, like discrimination or wrongful firing, talk to an employment lawyer, not just HR.
Work & careerWorks best in: Copilot
Write your performance self-review
Use it: When the yearly self-assessment form is due and you're staring at a blank box.
Help me write my self-review for [review period]. My main accomplishments: [list them, with numbers if you have them]. One area where I struggled: [area]. My goals for next year: [goals]. Write it in first person, confident but not boastful, using situation, action, and result for each accomplishment. Keep it under 400 words.
Work & careerWorks best in: Copilot
Learn your company's new software fast
Use it: When work switches tools and you're expected to just figure it out.
My team is switching from [old tool] to [new tool]. Give me a translation guide: for the 10 things I do most ([list your common tasks]), tell me how to do each one in the new tool, step by step. Then list 3 keyboard shortcuts worth learning first and 3 common beginner mistakes to avoid.
Work & careerWorks best in: ChatGPT
Get ready to ask for a raise
Use it: Before the meeting where you make your case for more money.
Write talking points for asking my manager for a raise. My role: [role]. Time in this role: [time]. My biggest wins this year: [wins, with numbers]. Market pay I found: [salary range and where you found it]. Include a 30-second opener, 3 pieces of evidence, a specific number to ask for, and calm replies to "it's not in the budget right now" and "let's revisit next quarter."
Work & careerWorks best in: ChatGPT
Refresh your LinkedIn headline and About section
Use it: When recruiters keep skipping your profile or you're open to consulting.
Write 3 LinkedIn headline options and a 120-word About section for me. I'm a [job title] with [number] years in [industry], known for [your strengths]. I'm open to [full-time, part-time, consulting, or board roles]. Sound like a real person. No buzzwords like "synergy," "passionate," or "results-driven."
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