Supreet Kaur majored in data science and worked for two years at the international financial company Morgan Stanley, responsible for developing and managing data and AI solutions. She is also a member of Google’s program “WomenTechMakers” specifically for female workers in the technology industry. ” promotion ambassador; she is also a transnational speaker and author, having participated in more than 40 speeches at home and abroad, and written more than 30 articles on industry trends.
However, even with such an excellent academic experience, Supreet Kaur’s career change path was far from smooth. Before recently receiving an offer from Microsoft, she spent several months seeking opportunities and interviewed at 15 companies, but all failed. She discovered that the job market has changed significantly under the wave of AI.
4 Things You Must Know to Enter the AI Job Market
Kaur pointed out that the AI talent market at this moment is very different from when she entered the society two years ago. Kaur discovered and adapted to such changes, and after adjusting his job search strategy, the resumes he submitted finally began to receive responses, and he successfully became Microsoft’s Data and AI Solutions Architect not long ago. .
The following are the four key changes in the market that Kaur believes that job seekers in the AI field must pay attention to:
1. Large language models (LLM) have become the recruitment threshold for the industry
Major companies are starting to build AI products. They hope to find talents with practical experience in chatbots or text classification systems. Generative AI or LLM experience is also standard. Kaur said that before he can improve this skill, Didn’t receive any interview invitations .
When Kaur discovered how much the job market valued this technology, she chose to work as a volunteer in an organization and completed a three-month LLM project . This enterprise-level project achievement allowed her to speak freely in interviews; In contrast, many candidates participate in AI workshops or training camps. Since these are ultimately far from actual applications, Kaur still recommends gaining practical experience.
2. Blindly submitting resumes is not the best practice
Kaur said that he did not actively apply to many companies, and he did not receive any response from the resume he submitted. She spends most of her time making professional connections and contacting recruiters, sending out at least two messages and three or four customized relationship-building invitations every day .
In addition, Kaur also actively attends various work events and professional social occasions, and proactively releases information about job hunting to increase his visibility.
3. The job search strategy must be clear
Kaur pointed out that in recent years, the company’s entire talent search mentality has changed. “When I participated in the interview in 2022, the other party was very interested in my experience in data science. Now the main focus of every interview is very clear, and it is all about What does the company want to achieve (and whether the applicant’s skills and experience meet the needs).”
The same mentality change is also reflected in job vacancies. When there are a lot of talents and the company has no shortage of resumes, job seekers must have clear goals to stand out . For example, Kaur initially looked for a product manager position, but later found that the scope was too broad, so he changed it to Solutions Architect .
Kaur also advises job seekers to reach out to people who already work at the company and ask them about what the company is looking for in talent, to get a clear understanding of the needs and what experience they are looking for in candidates.
4. Let digital images add points to you
On the other hand, Kaur has also spent a lot of effort in the past few years to accumulate rich experience and create a personal digital image. She has been a keynote speaker at dozens of events and was interviewed at several of them , which earned her subsequent interviews and helped her stand out in the application process.
Kaur shared: “Many recruitment managers said during interviews that I was the 100th person they interviewed for the same position.” Seeing that AI job vacancies are so popular, it is important to identify the market demand and cultivate corresponding skills and experience. A strategic job search is necessary.
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