So I'm in the pivot position right now. I have a rather long LinkedIn profile with all my past roles before the pivot in retail/grocery, metrix etc etc.
AI tools like ChatGPT etc are telling me to shrink those past experience descriptions down from 5 lines to 2 lines for each job. Before the pivot I was being tossed between different retail shops.

First I"m using AI (ChatGpt, Grok and Claude) and I don't trust it. Advice?

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Posting as :
works at
You are currently posting as works at

Typically people only care about what you’ve been doing for the past 10 years, and I would only really keep a detailed description for the last five years… anything beyond that a quick synopsis should do…

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Two things can be true at once. Your LinkedIn profile may be too long. But AI tools can also be untrustworthy and you should always defer to your own judgment.

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Use whatever ya want, it won’t matter until actual hiring is going on.

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I think you're on the right track with using AI but also questioning it at the same time. I've heard LOTS of feedback from people on the hiring side of things that AI is used often in the scanning of applicants, so using it is a smart idea, but trust your gut at the same time, you know?

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I wouldn't worry about linkedin. Focus on your resume.

LinkedIn and resume revisions will be ongoing.
Tweak to put yourself in the best position for the role you want - everything is relevant and tied to results.
What I've done is kept an archive of my full work experience if I ever want to reference back to it. LI and role specific resumes can be shorter and a test if the shorter description is successful or not.

You'll hear CONSTANT conflicting "advice" from head-hunters AND AI. Here's the truth: There IS no rule for this. You put more, they complain it's too much. You put less, they complain it isn't enough.
It's a job-by-job thing, and my advice is NOT to rely on sites or systems, you need FACE-TO-FACE. All the "copying the description into the resume" and "customize using AI" is super 2001 and does NOT work.
The best thing to do is prepare for the kinda long-slog you did when you started dating. It's a NUMBERS game, that's all. More resume submissions, skip the ones that aren't "quick apply", don't bother with cover letters, just don't try so hard and put up CRAZY numbers.
Everything else is LIES bro...

..also don't let ANYONE in "Leadership" for a company tell you how to get a job. They don't live life in the trenches and the process is COMPLETELY obscure to them. They don't seem to get it all ALL and will give you CLEARLY outdated methods.. just a heads up!!

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