Accelerate Your Job Search with AI (Google on Coursera) - study notes for revision.
A short Google course on running a job search with AI tools, taught by recruiters and career-development specialists rather than by engineers. It is separate from the Google Project Management Certificate, and it is far more practical: each module ends with something you can actually use, from a career identity statement to a tracker and a set of interview answers.
These notes condense the four modules into the frameworks, numbers and prompts worth keeping. Where the course names a tool, the notes name it too, along with what it is genuinely good for and where it falls short.
1 · Knowing what you offer
Taking stock of skills built outside paid work, the four skills employers value across industries, and the career identity statement that acts as a north star for everything after it. Includes Career Dreamer and a career changer’s story.
2 · Resume, cover letter and presence
The resume as a marketing document rather than a list of duties: the X-Y-Z formula, a base resume plus tailored versions, the seven-second review, what a cover letter is actually for, and how a recruiter reads your online profile.
3 · Applying and networking
Choosing job platforms, researching a company with AI, the tracker that keeps a long search organised, the four groups in your network, and the hidden job market of roles that are never advertised.
4 · Interviews and offers
The four interview formats, answering behavioural questions with STAR from both sides of the table, preparing with Gemini Notebook, questions worth asking back, what to do while you wait, and how to respond to an offer.