From AI to Authentic: Polishing AI Written CVs and LinkedIn Posts

Generative AI like ChatGPT can be a lifesaver for those who are open to opportunities. But if you’re creating LinkedIn posts or sending LinkedIn messages, you don’t want your content, application, or CV to scream “AI-generated.” 

Here’s how polishing AI written LinkedIn posts, messages and CVs can make your writing look authentic and professional.

1. Fix the Formatting
   ❌ Don’t: Copy AI text directly into your LinkedIn post, message, CV or job application. This drags hidden formatting including grey boxes, odd fonts and inconsistent spacing, which signals copy and paste.
   ✅ Do: Paste into a plain-text editor first, then format it yourself, or paste without formatting using CTRL+SHIFT+V. Use a clean, consistent font and normal spacing for CVs and applications. Preview LinkedIn posts on mobile and keep messages neatly broken up.
   
   2. Cut the Buzzwords
   ❌ Don’t: Fill your post, message, CV or application with vague AI adjectives like dynamic, exciting, innovative, impactful.
   ✅ Do: Replace them with specifics. For CVs, show results (“reduced reporting time by 20%”). For posts or messages, explain what you actually did or what you are actually asking for. This is central to polishing AI-written LinkedIn posts effectively and CVs.
   
   3. Vary Your Sentence Rhythm
   ❌ Don’t: Leave AI’s uniform, perfectly balanced sentences in place, it reads robotic in posts, messages CVs and cover letters.
   ✅ Do: Mix short and long sentences. Use bullet points for achievements. In posts and messages, combine punchy statements with conversational ones. Reading aloud helps you catch the flow.

4. Ditch the Over Engineered Transitions
   ❌ Don’t: Keep every “moreover,” “further more” and “additionally” that the AI added. This is especially noticeable in LinkedIn posts and messages, where people usually write more casually.
   ✅ Do: Use natural connectors sparingly. Write as if you are talking to someone, especially in messages. Ask ChatGPT to match your tone.

    

5. Break the Template Intros
   ❌ Don’t: Start with generic openings like: “I am a highly motivated professional seeking a challenging opportunity…” or “Excited to announce…”
   ✅ Do: For LinkedIn posts, open with a personal insight or question. For LinkedIn messages, reference something specific about who you are messaging as a talking point. Lead with a hook. For CVs or applications, share a headline achievement or your key specialisation.

    

6. Watch Your Punctuation

   ❌ Don’t: Leave in en-dashes or em-dashes (– / —) and overly polished quotation marks if you don’t normally use them. These are subtle AI giveaways.
   ✅ Do: Stick to simple punctuation or rewrite sentences. Keep it natural to your style.

7. Add the Human Touch
   ❌ Don’t: Send out content that could belong to anyone in your field.
   ✅ Do: In posts, add your opinion or local context. In messages, mention something uniquely you or something specific about the person you’re messaging to catch their interest. Layer in your own details: industries you have worked in, software you have mastered, results you have achieved or the value you can add. This is the fastest way of polishing AI-written CVs and LinkedIn posts into something authentic.
   
   

    

8. Always Edit by Hand
   ❌ Don’t: Treat the AI draft as finished. Recruiters can tell.
   ✅ Do: Use it as scaffolding. Reorder, cut, rewrite and add. Ask a friend or mentor to read it. Even a quick personal edit makes a huge difference.
   
   AI can save you hours, but authenticity gets you connections and in the door. Whether it is a LinkedIn post, a direct message, your CV or a job application – clean formatting, specific language, varied structure and your own perspective will make your content stand out and will stop it looking like it came straight from an AI tool.
   
   
   About Me

I am a Specialist Recruiter within the CA space which means I help Chartered Accountants / Certified Public Accountants and those studying toward their CA or CPA qualification.

My clients are Public Practice firms and Accounting firms and the roles/accounting jobs are within Business Advisory Services (BAS), External Audit, Tax, Corporate Finance, Risk Advisory, and Insolvency.

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