UCSB students and recent Alumni have special access to powerful self-paced tools, beyond the ones available to the public, on-demand to support your career development. You may have heard about these resources from around campus or another section of the Career Services website, and now you are ready to know more.
Use this page as your main hub to learn how to use each tool and login to your UCSB subscription.
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Resume AI
Review Your Resume in Minutes
Resume AI through Skillful Communications, Inc. leverages the newest Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Model technology to transform your resume from generic to job-winning. Instantly.
Why Use Resume AI?
Resume AI gives you immediate feedback and pointers for what to improve, exactly. Your resume is scored on key criteria:
Readability
The readability evaluator uses AI to asses spelling, grammar, length, and key sections.
Credibility
The credibility evaluator provides key suggestions to increase your credibility in terms of how many action words you use to talk about your experiences including power words, results-focused words, skill-focused words, and competency-focused words. This way, your resume shows not just what you did, but how well you did it.
Format
The format checker looks at your choice of fonts, line spacing, margins, and overall consistency. You'll get detailed suggestions for how to make your resume easier to skim and more professional in look and feel.
ATS Fit
The ATS fit evaluator assesses how closely aligned your resume is to an employer's job description by evaluating matching keywords, skills, and competencies required.
Resume AI Resources
How to Access
For the best experience, review success tips on Resumes and then follow the steps below:
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Step 1: Login to Resume AI
Click the button below to register for a Skillful Communication, Inc. joint Big Interview/Resume AI account with your UCSB email address (netid@ucsb.edu). Open your confirmation email and click Verify to begin using your account.
Step 2: Scan Resume
Click Scan Resume, then select the best scoring guide for your goals.
Undergraduate students should use one of the following scoring guides:
- Getting Started: Serves as a good initial review for your resume and can be utilized when applying to on-campus jobs, campus organizations, or initial ways to gain experience.
- Business + Communications: Serves as a more detailed review for positions within the business and Communications fields. including accounting, marketing, sales, finance, etc.
- Education + Human Services: Serves as a more detailed review for positions within the Education and Human Services fields including advising, human resources, social services, etc.
- Science + Engineering: Serves as a more detailed review of positions within the Science and Engineering fields including scientific research, technology, environment, etc.
Graduate students should use one of the following scoring guides:
- Graduate Students: Social Sciences, Humanities, & Education: Serves a more detailed review for Master's and PhD students applying to positions in the social sciences, humanities, and education fields including non-profit work, client-facing roles, counseling/advising, etc.
- Graduate Students: Science, Technology & Engineering: Serves as a more detailed review for Master's and PhD students applying to positions in the science, technology, and engineering fields.
Step 3: Get Feedback and Make Improvements
View detailed feedback to review specific areas to improve within the Readability, Credibility, and Format sections. Because you cannot make changes within the system, we recommend having your resume ready in another tab to toggle to and make the suggested edits or changes.
Step 4: Seek Additional Feedback
Based on your score level, there are various ways to seek feedback.
- Bronze Level: If your resume scored in the Bronze level, we recommend utilizing Career Peer Advising services to discuss your resume in further detail.
- Silver Level: If your resume scored in the Silver level, we recommend submitting your resume to our online Document Review system to receive specific feedback from a Career Services Representative.
- Gold Level: If your resume scored in the Gold level, we recommend requesting a Resume appointment through Handshake with a Career Path Counseling related to your desired industry to receive guidance specialized to that industry area.
Learn More
Review these Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to enhance your Big Interview Resume AI experience.
We no longer have access to VMock. We have switched to Resume AI.
Spelling and grammar errors can prevent you from getting a Gold score when scanning your resume with Resume AI. In some cases, when changing file formats, your resume may not render correctly. If you are seeing incorrect spelling or grammar issues, it may be due to how your document has been saved as a pdf. This Resume AI Spelling Errors article shows steps to correct this issue.
Skillful Communications, Inc. is committed to providing fair and unbiased resume feedback by leveraging advanced AI technologies responsibly. While we utilize external AI models for select feedback components, these are carefully integrated into our system with rigorous bias mitigation strategies in place. For more information, read the Resume AI Features and Bias article.
Skillful Communications, Inc. understands that the information in your resume is highly personal and sensitive. We are committed to safeguarding this data while delivering accurate and valuable feedback through our resume features. Read the Resume AI Features and Privacy article for more about privacy and security.
Cover Letter AI
Write Your Cover Letter with Confidence
Cover Letter AI from Skillful Communications, Inc. uses cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models to help you write strong, tailored, and compelling cover letters in minutes.
Why Use Cover Letter AI?
Cover Letter AI helps you draft and improve your cover letter based on proven writing strategies and employer expectations. Your draft is evaluated on four major pillars:
Personalization
Cover Letter AI helps ensure your letter directly aligns with the job by assessing your use of the company name, job title, and relevant details from the posting and so your letter feels written for them and not from a generic template.
Structure and Clarity
The system generates a letter that has a clear beginning, middle, and end while addressing why you are applying, what makes you a strong candidate, and what action steps you are requesting next.
Refining Versions
Cover Letter AI allows for up to 5 versions of a cover letter to be generated through specific prompt engineering capability, allowing you to align the content with your tone, vocabulary and confidence level.
ATS Compatibility
Just like resumes, cover letters should include keywords from the job description. Cover Letter AI looks for targeted keywords and recommends additions so your letter complements your resume and performs well with applicant tracking systems.
Cover AI Resources
- Cover Letter Curriculum (review video about Writing Persuasive Cover Letters)
- Cover Letter Templates
- Cover Letter Writing Tips
How to Access
To get the most from Cover Letter AI, we recommend starting with our Cover Letter Writing Success Tips, then follow the steps below:
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Step 1: Login to Cover Letter AI
Click below to register using your UCSB email address (netid@ucsb.edu). After registration, verify your account via the confirmation email to begin.
Step 2: Generate or Upload Draft
Start a new letter from scratch using the Cover Letter AI generator by uploading your resume and providing a specific job description.
Step 3: Review and Edit
Cover Letter AI will review the job description and your resume to generate a unique cover letter. Keep the first version or update based on new prompts you can provide directly.
Step 4: Seek Additional Feedback
You can still have your AI generated cover letter reviewed by a Career Peer Advisor at UC Santa Barbara Career Services to ensure it's effective and aligns well with the job you're applying to.
Just like Resume AI and Big Interview, Cover Letter AI empowers you to take ownership of your career materials with confidence and clarity whether you are just getting started or applying for your dream job.
Let your story shine and start your cover letter with Cover Letter AI today!
