As of 13 August 2026, AI can create your job search plan.

What to actually do

1. Do it yourself

   The route this page recommends

   A chat interface, chat-fluent skill, and roughly 30 minutes until you can act on the result.

   How to actually do it

   1. Open a document or spreadsheet for your job-search tracker, then create columns for employer, role, link, closing date, fit, action needed, status and follow-up date.
   2. Gather your current CV, employment history, qualifications, target roles, preferred UK locations, salary requirements, availability and any constraints or career gaps.
   3. Paste that information into the prompt under the matching headings and run it through a chatbot.
   4. Copy the proposed search terms and job titles into UK vacancy sites and employer career pages, then add suitable vacancies to your tracker with their closing dates.
   5. Compare the draft priorities with the actual job descriptions and remove roles that fail your location, salary, hours or eligibility requirements.
   6. Ask the chatbot to turn the remaining vacancies into a weekly schedule, then add the actions and follow-up dates to your tracker.
   7. Before sending each application, compare every suggested claim with your CV and real experience, tailor the application to the vacancy, and update the tracker with what you sent.

   Prompt

   Create a practical UK job-search plan for me using the information below. Do not invent qualifications, achievements, employers, dates, salary figures or job requirements. Separate facts I provided from your suggestions, and ask up to five clarifying questions only if the missing information would materially change the plan.
   
   My current situation:
   - Work history and responsibilities: [paste here]
   - Skills, qualifications and evidence I can discuss: [paste here]
   - Target roles and industries: [paste here]
   - Preferred locations, remote or hybrid requirements and maximum commute: [paste here]
   - Minimum salary or other conditions: [paste here]
   - Hours available for the search each week: [paste here]
   - Date I would like to start: [paste here]
   - Constraints, career gaps or concerns: [paste here]
   - Existing CV, LinkedIn profile or portfolio details: [paste here]
   
   Produce:
   1. A realistic search strategy based on my stated priorities.
   2. The job titles, keywords and sectors I should search, including alternatives where my wording may be too narrow.
   3. A weekly plan with specific actions for finding vacancies, researching employers, tailoring applications, networking and interview preparation.
   4. A simple way to prioritise vacancies by fit, urgency and effort.
   5. A tracking table with columns for employer, role, link, closing date, fit, action needed, status and follow-up date.
   6. A list of gaps in my evidence, with a practical way to address each one without claiming experience I do not have.
   7. A short checklist for deciding whether to apply.
   
   Keep the plan specific and manageable. Do not promise interviews or employment. Flag any recommendation that depends on information I have not supplied.

   Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.

2. Use a tool built for this

   Second choice

3. Hand it to a person

   The distant third

   A person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.