How to Write a CV with AI (the Right Way)
AI has made writing a CV faster than ever — but it's also flooded inboxes with generic, identical-sounding CVs that recruiters can spot instantly. The trick isn't to let AI write your CV for you; it's to use AI as an editor that sharpens what's genuinely yours. Here's how.
Use AI to refine, not invent
The single most important rule for writing a CV with AI is to use it as an editor, not an author. AI is genuinely excellent at rephrasing a flat, duty-based bullet into a sharp, results-focused line, tightening a rambling summary, or suggesting stronger verbs — the polishing work that takes a human ages. What it cannot do is know what you actually did; left to invent, it produces plausible-sounding achievements that are generic at best and false at worst, and recruiters who read hundreds of AI CVs spot the pattern instantly. So feed it your real material — your genuine roles, numbers, tools, and results — and ask it to improve the wording, never to supply the substance. The facts must always come from you; the phrasing can come from the model. Get that division of labour right and AI sharpens an authentic CV instead of flooding the recruiter with another interchangeable one.
Be specific in what you give it
Generic input produces generic output. Instead of asking AI to "write a marketing CV," give it your real numbers, tools, and results. The more specific your input, the more useful and personal the result — and the less it reads like everyone else's AI CV.
Always review and personalize
Never copy AI output straight onto your CV. Read every line, cut the fluff and clichés it loves ("results-driven professional"), correct anything inaccurate, and make sure it sounds like you. AI gives you a strong draft; you make it true and human.
Use it to match the job and beat the ATS
AI is great for comparing your CV against a job description and surfacing missing keywords. Use it to tailor each application — adjusting your summary and skills to honestly match the role — so your CV ranks higher in the ATS without keyword-stuffing.
AI built into write.cv
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