How artificial intelligence is reshaping the IT job search this week, how to prepare for an interview using real question examples, and how to automatically build a competitive CV and LinkedIn profile. Plus — the final live webinar of September's CareerBooster series is already this Monday, 21.09.
The job market this week: how AI is affecting the IT job search
There's more work for AI — not less. According to analysis by the World Economic Forum, ILO and PwC (GoodFinance, 17.09), in roles where AI takes over the routine work there are twice as many openings, and salaries are growing 42% faster than the market average.
USA: +640,000 AI jobs — and the disappearance of "entry-level" roles. Since 2023, AI has created around 640,000 new roles in development, engineering and data, but at the same time the routine tasks that used to go to juniors are being automated (ZN.ua, 14.09).
The gap for young professionals has grown to 19 percentage points. Research from the Stanford Digital Economy Lab showed that in professions vulnerable to AI, it has become noticeably harder for juniors and mids to land a first or next role on the job market.
A breakdown of this topic in the video
Career strategy from scratch: how to prepare for an interview
You've come the whole way: positioning → CV and cover letter → LinkedIn → job search strategies. One last and most "live" stage remains — the conversation, where all of this has to be said out loud.
The most common mistake at this stage
An example question and how to answer it: instead of a generic "I'm responsible and a good communicator" — give it structure: situation → what exactly you did → the result in numbers. That's what a recruiter is waiting for when they ask about your experience.
Challenge of the week (5–10 min):
- Write down the 3 questions you fear most in an interview
- For each one — a single sentence with a concrete example from your experience (a number, a result, a situation)
- Read it out loud — actually out loud, not in your head
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
In an interview, your words will be forgotten faster than the impression you leave.
Recording of the webinar "The funnel from CV submissions to the interview" (15.09) — the entire candidate journey broken down step by step: youtu.be/ll4OUIcO_94
Live interview-prep webinar — 21.09
Module 5: Interview preparation · Monday, September 21, 19:30 (Kyiv) · live, with real-time questions to Olha.
Who should come: those already going through interviews right now who want to ease their nerves before tough questions; those planning to start their job search in the next 2–4 weeks who want to prepare ahead of time.
You can join just this single webinar — or sign up for CareerBooster (CB Basic / CB Advanced) and get access to the recordings of all the previous modules in the series (Positioning, CV and Cover Letter, LinkedIn, Search Strategies) plus live participation in this one.
One of last week's participants wrote to us: "Yesterday I got an offer at a product company — I don't think I'd have been hired without the interview prep and the work on the certifications we covered." Another participant, 3 months after her consultation and updating her search strategy, got an offer after 20 years at the same company.
The CareerBooster + COScafe community on Telegram (discussions, questions, support): HERE
How to build a competitive CV and LinkedIn profile automatically (COScafe)
I showed on the stream how COScafe (our "career operating system") builds your CV, cover letter and LinkedIn profile for you based on your answers — and instantly gives you a competitiveness score so you know exactly what to rewrite.
Recording of the stream "How to build a competitive CV":
During the live testing, participants reworked their CVs for COScafe validation — and the score jumped right away: from 54% to 76% for one, from 38% to 70% for another. Not just a number — concrete edits that genuinely raise your chances of passing the ATS.
The same community on Telegram: t.me/+gVJntqWP3tdmMWFi
