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The Civilian Job Search Gets an Extremely Eager Assistant
· New York time
More than 20,000 veterans and transitioning service members have claimed a free year of ChatGPT Plus, according to OpenAI. The company says participants use the service to prepare for civilian careers, putting a general-purpose AI tool into a transition that can involve unfamiliar job titles, applications and workplace language. The offer gives users access to a paid product without the usual subscription cost for a year. Its potential value depends on what people do with it: drafting and revising career materials can be useful, but a polished application still needs to reflect the applicant's actual experience. A chatbot can suggest language; the person applying has to decide whether that language is accurate and appropriate. There is also a business angle. Free access introduces a group of users to a product that normally costs money, while giving those users an opportunity to see whether it fits their needs. The one-year period makes the offer concrete, but does not make the tool a substitute for human career guidance or an employer's judgment. The most useful assistant may be one that helps translate real skills rather than inventing impressive ones. In a job search, sounding confident is good. Sounding like a committee wrote your entire life story is less compelling.
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