Crafting the perfect CV can feel like an arduous journey at full length. The constant act of having to make tweaks for various types of roles, as you realise you’re running out of file names, is both to be expected and dreaded as a job hunter.
While even just attending a job interview can feel like an Olympic sport on its own, a timesaving answer may lie within the AI skills you list on your resume. With AI skills being more topical alongside becoming more sought after, adding these new capabilities to your CV can help ensure you stand out from the ever-growing pile of other applicants.
Here are just a few of the more in-demand AI skills that are sure to turn heads for your next job application.
Creative AI Skills
One of the easiest ways to gain confidence in precise AI prompting is simply by learning how to use AI for graphic design. Making microtweaks to AI generated image assets takes a lot of trial and error – and maybe some prompt libraries. However, professionals who can curate prompts with greater efficiency to deliver more accurate results, can be a major asset not only for graphic design agencies, but across in-house marketing teams in virtually all industries.
Just make sure you hone your animation and video generation skills alongside static image assets. This will be sure to give you an even greater competitive edge over other applicants, scoring a stronger chance for employers to shortlist your application.
Data Science Skills
With data-driven decision-making becoming a greater investment for industries across the globe, data science skills are one particular professional development area that you should never overlook. Let’s say you actually have trained as a data analyst or are part of the consumer behaviour team. You deal with data analysis and visualisation daily, and these primary tools are there to support your research methods.
A part of your job scope requires you to track trends based on consumer data. But you have taken it up a notch and explored implementing AI tools, which have helped you to predict future consumer behaviour based on the data at hand. A whole new world of possibilities has opened up to you and your business!
And what if you aren’t a trained data analyst? Well then it’s highly likely that you will still benefit from equipping yourself with a strong understanding of data analytics. All disciplines and fields from digital marketing to sales, research and development, testing, and even materials fabrication, are integrating data (and AI data tools) into their daily operations. By equipping yourself with these data science skills and a working knowledge of utilizing AI-powered data platforms, you can make yourself a more attractive job candidate both today and across the greater digital age.
AI Literacy Skills
It’s a shocker how fast we’re evolving digitally as we realize our reliance on technology to fill substantial gaps in our lives. The same can be said for AI in the workplace. Businesses are moving fast to try and make the most out of AI, so they naturally require workers who know how to speak its language.
As we weave parts of AI into our day-to-day life, it’s vital for us to critically understand and evaluate the power of AI, or our AI literacy. For instance, if you’re using software like Adobe Firefly, ChatGPT, Gemini, or Poe, and require specific outcomes, being AI literate would mean understanding that these software are not fully accurate all the time. It is then on you to filter facts or sources that are worth trusting. Can you look beyond the surface of AI and work its finer mechanisms to ensure optimal results and accuracy?
You’d be surprised to know that while these tools are not fully error-free, they can guide us in our ideation and decision-making process, navigating through the digital era as best as we can. After all, two of us are always better than one, and hirers will no doubt see the value in you for that!
Ethical AI Skills
What’s the fastest way to fail an interview? That’s right, lying. You don’t want to leave an interview knowing the interviewers have seen through your overselling of your abilities. While AI can get away with it because it’s not human, we can’t say the same for ourselves. In the world of AI, ethics is not just some fancy word, but a bridge between our human imagination and social responsibility.
That being said, having ethical AI skills is a crucial component that employers value as it displays levels of accountability, which can develop greater trust between the business and the consumer. Be candid about your use of AI in your career, and employers will hire you confident that you’ll be honest about your work.
AI Programming Languages
Whether you’re a data scientist, software engineer, machine learning engineer or even a computer science student, you’ve probably already used some AI in your professional life.. The ability to interpret AI programming languages is more in demand now than ever as we rapidly incorporate AI into all sectors.
For instance, if you speak fluent languages like Python, Java, C++ or Ruby, add them all to your CV and create a portfolio of previous works you’ve done using these software. All it takes is a simple one-liner on your resume, you’ll never know that it may kickstart conversations with interviewers about what else you can do!
Make Your CV Irresistible with AI Skills Inclusions
According to a survey conducted by Amazon, a whopping 93% of workers found that AI skills were beneficial for job employability, being known to have a positive impact on their careers over time.
So, before you send the email with your attached CV, ask yourself: Have I listed all my skills, especially the ones that are highly sought after in today’s industry? If so, does this include AI skills? Your answers could be the start to you landing your dream job.
