With the promise of saving candidates time and helping them stand out from the competition, the following software can offer cover letter writing help. However, as AI technology improves, so do the detection tools designed to flag computer-generated content; certainly something for job-seekers to bare in mind. If you do decide to give these a go, a good rule might be to always edit before sending.

Good for: Crafting prompt-based cover letters
Pricing: Free
Watch out for: ChatGPT output is not always accurate, make sure you carefully check before sending it to an employer. Also, be aware that some employers will be checking for applications produced using AI.

Among the AI chatbots out there, ChatGPT is unanimously one of the most popular, with capabilities that extend into writing cover letters too. As a survey respondent told us, “it helps articulate things in a more succinct way”. The quality of its output does depend on the quality of your prompts – so make sure you provide relevant background information and job specifications to get a customised cover letter.

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Good for: Automating the process of personalising cover letters
Pricing: Free and paid plans
Watch out for: Generic language, a boring tone, or pure fabrications that might come from the tool. As with any AI writing software, it'll work best if you add some human detail before sending.

Enter your work history, job information, preferred writing style and creativity level – CoverDoc.ai will then automatically write up a personalised cover letter, replete with relevant company news. It even assigns an Originality Score to help you assess how much editing is needed to make your cover letter stand out from the crowd.

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When you're preparing for a job interview, practice does make perfect. These tools allow you to record yourself answering example questions and offer real-time feedback.

Good for: Practising interview questions and receiving real-time feedback
Pricing: Free
Watch out for: The software doesn't cover all job roles just yet – so if your desired role is outside the scope, make sure you do other research into possible interview questions.

They say “practice makes perfect”, but how do you practise for a job interview without access to people in the field? Enter Interview Warmup, Google’s AI tool for job seekers. It asks questions supplied by industry experts and uses machine learning to help you fine-tune your answers – suggesting keywords to incorporate or filler words to omit, for example, so that you can improve your interview skills.

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Good for: Improving speaking and communication skills
Pricing: Free and paid plans

Yoodli supplies relevant interview questions based on the role you’re applying for and generates analytics reports about the visual, verbal and vocal delivery of your answers. On top of that, it can be privately activated during your actual interviews to give in-the-moment nudges without your interviewer knowing.

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So, you want to tailor your CV to every job, but there's no denying the time-consuming nature of the process. AI might be able to help. The following software offers to help tailor both the content and look of your resume (CV) based on data around best practise.

Good for: Creating resumes (CVs) optimised for applicant tracking systems
Pricing: Free and paid plans
Watch out for: As with other AI-generated written content, be cautious with checking your CV before sending it out.

Although many resume tools have emerged in recent years, Rezi has remained at the top of the leaderboard as it helps to tailor resumes for Applicant Tracking Systems – the software used by many employers in the hiring process. Its features include keyword targeting and content analysis based on resume-writing best practices.

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Good for: Building visually appealing resumes (CVs) based on customisable templates
Pricing: Free and paid plans
Watch out for: Tone and factual details – as with other AI-generated written content, it's best to be cautious with checks before sending these out.

Prioritising design and content, Kickresume helps you create eye-catching resumes with templates that have been designed by professional graphic designers. Their AI resume writer further simplifies the process by generating an overall structure for your document and relevant bullet points that capture your work experience.

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Having keywords in mind can be very useful in your job search. Employers use them to describe specific skills, personality traits or qualifications in their online ads, ensuring they're reaching the right candidates. The following software has the capability to match your CV to those keywords, showing you relevant jobs and possibly saving you time trawling the web.

Good for: Keyword matching between resumes and job descriptions
Pricing: Free
Watch out for: Tone and factual details – as with other AI-generated written content, it's best to be cautious with checks before sending these out.

Once you have your resume ready, a tool like Jobalytics can be a helpful way to make some final tweaks. Using AI, it scans all the important keywords of a job description and highlights the ones that are missing from your resume so that you can add them in – a crucial step to improve your ranking in the Applicant Tracking Systems.

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Good for: Identifying skills in job descriptions for resumes
Pricing: Free and paid plans
Watch out for: Users have flagged that resumes with the highest match percentages can become difficult for humans to read and process, so bare this in mind before sending it to a hiring manager.

Similar to Jobalytics, Jobscan also does keyword matching between job descriptions and your resume – but it breaks those down further into searchability, hard skills, soft skills and other keywords, helping you prioritise what you need to include. Plus, it supplies recruiter tips and feedback on formatting.

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After a certain number of applications, it's easy to lose track. Perhaps AI is the answer? Teal and Huntr are tools that allow you to keep tabs on where you've applied, keeping your updates in one place.

Good for: Keeping track of all your job applications
Pricing: Free
Watch out for: Considering whether the paid features are different from what's available from tools like ChatGPT.

Tired of messy spreadsheets? Teal is a personal database that not only helps you bookmark jobs you’re interested in, but also extracts keywords, provides custom checklists and writes follow-up email templates. Not to mention, it has a Chrome extension that helps you save jobs and autofills applications right from your browser.

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Good for: Tracking applications and planning out interview schedules
Pricing: Free and paid plans
Watch out for: When using tailored resume features ensure you check for tone and factual accuracies.

With its drag-and-drop functionality, Huntr provides a comprehensive overview of your job search process and helps you manage all your interview appointments in one place. The details of each job listing are automatically added as well, so that you can easily pull up key information like the job description, company values and more.

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Building a portfolio website can seem daunting, but new AI software has been created to help the process. After answering some questions about your goals, this tool offers to do the building work for you

Good for: Quickly producing and editing high-quality websites
Pricing: Free and paid plans
Watch out for: The website builder won't be the right fit for everyone, so it's worth checking out other similar builders before settling on one for your portfolio.

If you’re looking to create an online portfolio, Wix’s AI website builder is an invaluable resource. Just answer a few questions about your goals and the platform can customise a fully functioning portfolio website for you, with analytical insights to enhance your online presence and editing tools to customise it to your taste.

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We're all familiar with lengthy application forms, and now an AI browser extension is offering to reduce time on there, with autofill functionalities, application tracking and more.

Good for: Automatically filling in applications
Pricing: Free
Watch out for: When using tailored resume features ensure you check for maintaining a non-robotic tone and factual accuracies.

Having to re-type your resume on every job portal can be exhausting – and that’s why Simplify Copilot was created. A browser extension that auto-populates text fields on job application pages, it also assigns a resume score to assess how closely it matches the job description and saves all your applications to a dashboard.

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