AI has changed both sides of hiring. Employers screen with it, and candidates are expected to prove they can use it.
This section covers the job search end to end: making your CV readable to applicant tracking systems, showing you can actually use AI rather than listing it as a skill, preparing for interviews with AI as a coach, and handling redundancy or a career break with a clear plan.
Much of it was written for returners and career changers, and it still applies. The advice does not assume you have been in a job recently, or that you enjoyed the last one.
Two things are worth saying plainly. The first is that "proficient in AI" on a CV means nothing to a hiring manager who has read four hundred of them this month. What lands is a specific thing you built, or a specific hour you saved. The second is that the tells of AI-written applications are more obvious than most candidates think, and a better prompt will not fix them. Putting yourself back into the writing will.
You will find the CV and LinkedIn guides here, the pieces on which AI skills UK employers are asking for in 2026, and an honest answer to whether AI is coming for your particular job.
ivee started out helping experienced people get back into work, so this is home ground. If you would rather get properly fluent than pick it up in pieces, our on-demand programme is built for exactly that.
