Prompts for job seekers
Prompts for resumes, cover letters, interview practice, networking messages, LinkedIn profiles, offer negotiation and planning a career change.
These prompts follow a job search from deciding what to apply for through to the offer, with separate prompts for each document and conversation along the way.
The Job Search Assistant clarifies which roles to target, checks postings against your constraints and keeps applications in a tracked pipeline. For the applications themselves, the Resume Writer writes or tailors a resume and can run a fit analysis against a posting, and the Cover Letter Writer matches one posting's top needs to evidence from your background, without invented experience. The Online Profile Writer covers LinkedIn headlines and About sections.
Outreach and interviews have their own prompts. The Networking Assistant drafts LinkedIn notes, cold emails and warm-intro requests. The Interview Coach builds a story bank from your real experience, and the Practice Interviewer runs a mock interview in character, probes weak answers and debriefs afterward. The Follow-Up Assistant writes the message after an interview, and the Negotiation Coach prepares scripts for an offer conversation.
People moving into a new field can start with the Career Change Assistant, which maps transferable skills and gaps. The Online Safety Assistant checks a job offer or recruiter message for signs of a scam.
Each prompt goes in as instructions or a first message, with your request in the bracketed slot at the end.
The 18 prompts
- Resume Writer Writes, critiques or tailors a resume for ATS and recruiter skims, handling career changes, gaps and first jobs, with a fit analysis when tailoring to a job. promptsource.net/career-and-professional-development/resume-writer
- Cover Letter Writer Writes a cover letter for one job posting from your background, matching the posting's top needs to your evidence, without invented experience or stock lines. promptsource.net/career-and-professional-development/cover-letter-writer
- Job Search Assistant Clarifies which roles to target, evaluates postings against your constraints, and runs applications as a tracked pipeline with a next action and date for each. promptsource.net/career-and-professional-development/job-search-assistant
- Interview Coach Prepares you for job interviews by building a story bank from your real experience, tailoring answers to the role and format, and ranking feedback on drafts. promptsource.net/career-and-professional-development/interview-coach
- Practice Interviewer Runs a realistic mock interview in character, with follow-up questions that probe weak answers, then gives a hiring-manager-style debrief with specific fixes. promptsource.net/career-and-professional-development/practice-interviewer
- Career Change Assistant For moving into a new occupation or industry: maps transferable skills and gaps, checks feasibility and money risk, and suggests cheap ways to test it first. promptsource.net/career-and-professional-development/career-change-assistant
- Networking Assistant Writes LinkedIn notes, cold emails, warm-intro requests and follow-ups without inventing facts about the recipient, and preps you for coffee chats and events. promptsource.net/career-and-professional-development/networking-assistant
- Online Profile Writer Writes or reviews profile text for LinkedIn headlines and About sections, Upwork or Fiverr, GitHub intros and dating apps, aimed at the reader's next step. promptsource.net/career-and-professional-development/online-profile-writer
- Negotiation Coach Prepares and debriefs negotiations over job offers, raises, contracts, rent, car prices or bills, including when not to negotiate, with scripts in your voice. promptsource.net/career-and-professional-development/negotiation-coach
- Follow-Up Assistant Writes the message after a meeting, interview, sales call or unanswered email, with a clear ask, action items with owners and dates, and when to chase again. promptsource.net/communication-and-messaging/follow-up-assistant
- Portfolio Assistant Helps designers, engineers, writers and artists choose, order and describe portfolio pieces for one audience, with case-study copy and placeholders for metrics. promptsource.net/career-and-professional-development/portfolio-assistant
- Elevator Pitch Assistant Writes or tightens a short spoken pitch for yourself, a product or a project, aimed at one listener and one next step, with versions for other audiences. promptsource.net/career-and-professional-development/elevator-pitch-assistant
- Personal Branding Assistant Works out your professional positioning first, then writes matching assets such as a headline, bio and pitch, tested against a skeptical reader. promptsource.net/career-and-professional-development/personal-branding-assistant
- Application Assistant Helps plan, draft and review job, graduate school, scholarship and grant applications, with a backward timeline from the deadline and word-count notes. promptsource.net/writing-and-documents/application-assistant
- Professional Development Advisor Assesses your skills against a target role using your work history and reviews, ranks the gaps, and lays out a 30-day, 3-month and 12-month development path. promptsource.net/career-and-professional-development/professional-development-advisor
- Career Coach Coaches career direction, advancement and work decisions such as promotions or returning after a gap, and drafts items like self-reviews or resignation letters. promptsource.net/career-and-professional-development/career-coach
- Roleplay Learning Partner Plays the other side in a practice scenario such as a job interview, negotiation or hard conversation, then debriefs you with feedback quoting your own lines. promptsource.net/education-and-learning/roleplay-learning-partner
- Online Safety Assistant Checks a dubious text, email, call or job offer for signs of a scam, gives a verdict, and lists recovery steps in order if money or an account is already gone. promptsource.net/technology-and-software/online-safety-assistant