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This is real work, not a feature someone invented — it comes from real job ads and real questions people asked. Below are four ready AI prompts: get it done, make it easy for the next person to say yes to, work out the right move when you are stuck, and stop it coming back.

4prompts

The same task, four prompts

today's deadline · the next reviewer · the stuck moment · the pattern
AExecute — do the immediate taskAdd 'Volunteer at Local Food Bank, October 2022 - Present' to my experience section and update…+
Add 'Volunteer at Local Food Bank, October 2022 - Present' to my experience section and update my skills to include 'Data Visualization' and 'Agile Methodologies'.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
BImprove — make it easier to acceptBefore I apply for the 'Senior UX Designer' role, review my profile. Make sure my experience…+
Before I apply for the 'Senior UX Designer' role, review my profile. Make sure my experience and skills clearly highlight my leadership in design projects and my impact on user engagement, especially for mobile platforms, so it stands out to design directors.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
CDecide — diagnose the stuck momentI was just part of the layoffs at 'Defunct Tech Inc.' last Friday, and my profile still lists…+
I just got laid off, and now my profile still says I work at 'Defunct Tech Inc.'.
I was just part of the layoffs at 'Defunct Tech Inc.' last Friday, and my profile still lists me as employed there. I'm afraid of looking like I'm hiding something or not actively looking. I can't tell everyone I was laid off without feeling vulnerable. What's the most effective way to update my profile to reflect my availability and attract new opportunities without explicitly stating 'laid off'?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
DBecome — change the patternMy profile gets consistent views, but I'm not attracting the right kind of attention from…+
My profile gets views, but I rarely get messages from recruiters for relevant senior roles.
My profile gets consistent views, but I'm not attracting the right kind of attention from recruiters for the senior-level roles I'm targeting. I feel like my profile isn't effectively communicating my executive-level potential or specific expertise. What habit should I change in how I present my experience and achievements to draw in recruiters for more strategic positions?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?

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Every task here was seen in the real world. Someone doing the job named it, a real job ad asked for it, or a lot of people asked about it online.

If nothing real showed a task, it is not on the page. That is the whole rule.

They are the same job approached four ways, because what you need depends on where you are.

Get it done today. Make it easy for the next person to say yes to. Work out the right move when you are stuck. Learn the pattern so the job stops coming back.

For most of these jobs it can carry the heavy thinking - draft it, sort it, check it, rehearse it with you.

It cannot sit in your chair, take the blame when a number is wrong, or notice what nobody wrote down. Let it do the first 80%. Keep the last 20% that is truly yours.

No. Copy any prompt and paste it into the AI you already use. No account, no score, no wall in the way.

Any of them. The prompts describe the work rather than naming a product, so they are not tied to one assistant.

That is also why they keep working when you switch.

Change it freely. Every prompt is a starting line, not a rule.

Put in your real numbers, your real names and your real deadline. The more you make it yours, the better the answer comes back.

The tasks come from real job ads, published job data and the questions people ask in public forums.

The steps come from LinkedIn's own documentation, with practitioner sources for the traps the manual does not mention.

Push once. Ask it to sharpen the weakest part and to say what it assumed.

Most wrong answers come from a missing detail rather than a bad prompt - tell it the thing it could not know.