The Work Edit: Everyone is using AI to apply for jobs. Here's how to stand out.
From How I Work by Amantha Imber
May 27, 2026 · 29 min
About this episode
Nicole shares her experience of navigating the modern job market and how to stand out in a sea of AI-generated applications.
Knowing how hiring works does not prepare you for what job hunting actually feels like right now. Today’s guest, Nicole, found that out the hard way. She has spent 30 years on the hiring side of the table. She has interviewed hundreds of candidates, read thousands of applications, and knows exactly what good looks like. So when she re-entered the job market after a six-month sabbatical, she found herself starting from scratch. Nicole, a senior executive, knew how the game used to work. What she didn't know was how much it had changed. AI-generated resumes flooding inboxes. Applicant tracking systems filtering on past performance. Three or four hundred applications for every role, most of them indistinguishable from one another. The playbook she had built over decades wasn't quite fitting the game anymore. This episode is part of The Work Edit, a new format on How I Work where I sit down with someone facing a real professional challenge and we work through it together. Nicole came to me wanting help with the part of job hunting that was giving her the…
People in this episode
Host: Amantha Imber
Guest: Nicole
Topics covered
- job hunting
- AI in recruitment
- application strategies
- professional challenges
- interview preparation
Keywords
- job market
- AI resumes
- applicant tracking systems
- mock interviews
- job applications
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