How to stand out and get hired in the AI era

When Ruchina Puthooran, 27, was looking for a job in Bengaluru two years ago, she began with a little help from artificial intelligence to structure and optimise her resumé. “I’ve used AI to assess what complex job descriptions actually want from me, but not for creating the content of my application," she says. “What helped me is putting in a preliminary description of the work I’ve done into the AI platform, and the job description of where I was applying, and it tailored my CV to the description," says project executive Saahil Khandelwal, 28, who started his new job in January at a research and development firm in Delhi. “But human connections are still at the heart of building trust and rapport," says Bharatiya, who recommends attending industry events, participating in forums, and leveraging platforms like LinkedIn to make your expertise visible. “I realise now that it may have actually worked against me, since a fair amount of vetting happens by checking candidates’ social media," she says.