Ever since AI came in, people looking for employment are using it to generate their CVs. It doesn’t matter whether you are using it to make up credentials or you are using your own and generating something more sophisticated-sounding and organized; the output you get from AI will end up sounding robotic.
The moment recruiters and hiring managers look at your CV, they will immediately know that it was automated, and to an extent, they allow it too; however, that is not always the case.
If a CV was fully or partially generated, it will have to be both accurate and sound human-written, if you want it to get accepted. Let’s explore how you can make your AI-generated resume sound more human.
Don’t Generate the Whole Resume
While it can be tempting to ask AI to do the whole job for you, if you really want to be hired, you should not generate your whole resume.
Even if you give AI all your information, generating the whole thing, all at once, will not be very wise. Because AI tends to hallucinate and add to parts where it lacks information. So, when you try to generate the whole thing using AI, the output would be poor.
If you must automate some parts, divide them into sections, provide the necessary information, and then, after heavily editing the output, you can use it in your resume.
If you try to generate the whole resume with AI, you will end up with a very generic one, even if you provided all your necessary information.
Because the language, tone, and words it uses tend to be very similar, even if you have great achievements and proper credentials, your resume will look the same as the resume generated by someone else.
Use a Humanizer
While we advise against using AI for your entire resume, even if you have, you can use a humanizer to make the text more human. Using a tool like humanizeAI can help you transform the AI text, making it sound more human-like and natural.
Such tools can adjust vague sentence structure, replace repetitive words and phrases, improving readability and overall flow of the text. It can add a conversational tone when appropriate and remove robotic patterns that AI seems to generate.
Remove AI Fillers
As AI tends to build its creation on patterns, without being reliant on specific facts, it gives you a lot of vague words.
Because when the verbs stay ambiguous, it is easier to sound impressive without actually taking ownership. So, it can mean a lot og vague things, without decisively settling on something concrete.
Humans tend not to write like that, especially when it is important and they are focused. Their word choice tends to carry weight and responsibility. Like, instead of saying “spearheaded a team”, you can simply say “you led it”.
When you use a clear, strong, and uncomplicated verb, it sounds more human. Recruiters also notice that you actually owned the task and applied relevant skills, instead of automating everything.
When you restore clarity and accountability of a task while sounding accurate and human, it has a greater impact.
Add More Context
Even when you give AI information like “I lead a team of five, and together we successfully executed ten projects,” it will not understand the depth of what you have done. In fact, it will gloss over the details because it cannot create your lived experience.
Adding this is your job. It can bring structure and outline, but it cannot add your lived experience. Even if you tell it very clearly, it cannot articulate the way you would want it to.
This is why it is your job to add the context. By adding the details of various projects and tasks, and being as clear as possible, you can enrich the resume and add value to it.
Your context can’t be all good. You must talk about your challenges and how you overcame them. Also, you must mention the constraints you were working under, the tradeoffs you had to make, and why a specific decision mattered during that time. You can talk about the team dynamics without being toxic or bad-mouthing anyone you couldn’t get along with.
Create an Overall Flow of Language and Story
Your entire resume should sound like a story; that is the most human approach you can take. Even if you generate bits of it or create outlines that you can follow, you need to create an overall flow for the story.
The language must stay consistent throughout because it shouldn’t sound like you added a few lines and AI-generated a few. It should sound like one human being has created the whole thing, and whoever is reading it can tell that it was the person whose resume it is.
The story should also flow with your years of academics and employment, not just focusing on achievement but also highlighting growth. You can also act like a guide, telling the reader what your specific challenges were and what kind of lessons you learned.
Final Thoughts
If you are generating your resume with AI, you must ensure that it sounds human before you send it out to potential employers and recruiters. While many people are automating their CVs, it is wise not to use the generic version of it, straight out of the LLM.
You can either humanize it manually or use a humanizer to do it. But the key aspect is using your lived experience and your personal context to enrich the resume. Recruiters want to hire people they understand, and if you don’t tell your story, you won’t be able to appeal to them.
A resume is supposed to act as a projection of you, instead of being a list of your credentials and achievements. Make sure to tell your story and what makes you employable to ensure you are hired.
