Sip & Learn · Week 3 · Thu Jul 23
Everyone's using AI now. So stop competing on the résumé.
The robots read first, everyone has the same tools, and polish is now free.
11,000 applications get submitted every minute and ~45% of applicants are using AI to write them — so a “perfect” résumé stopped being a signal. This one is about where the edge actually moved: proof and people. Flip through the full deck below; it's interactive.
The whole talk on one card
For when you don't feel like clicking through 27 slides — this is the cheat sheet everyone screenshots.
Mirror the job post
Real keywords, boring format. Up to 75% get cut before a human. This is the turnstile, not the finish line.
Proof > adjectives
A link, a repo, a number, a Loom. AI can mass-produce polish — it can't mass-produce your actual work.
One warm intro > 100 PDFs
Referred candidates interview at 40–60% vs 2–3% cold, and get hired ~4× as often.
Sharpen, don't fabricate
Tailor, research, rehearse. Say true things better — never say impressive things that fall apart in the interview.