A faster first draft. Not a substitute for judgment.
Start with a role, task, context, and format. Then check, correct, and make the result yours.
These companion prompts adapt the book’s approach. Replace bracketed text with your own context. Do not paste confidential or sensitive personal information into unapproved tools.
A companion to Find a Better Job Now by Jeff Cassman.
Act as a strategy consultant. Using the company sources I provide below, identify three stated priorities and possible pressures on the team hiring for [role]. Separate facts from hypotheses. Cite the supplied sources and suggest three questions to verify the hypotheses. Sources: [paste public material].
Check: Verify dates and source text. A possible pressure is not an established fact.
Act as a resume editor. Here are my rough notes: [paste non-confidential notes]. Ask questions about missing outcomes before drafting. Then suggest three concise bullets using only facts I supplied. Do not invent numbers, change supported into led, or inflate my contribution.
Check: Keep estimates labeled. Use scope or a specific qualitative change if no metric exists.
Act as a LinkedIn editor. Using my background and evidence below, draft three plain-language headlines explaining who I help and what problem I solve. Avoid buzzwords and unsupported promises. Background: [paste]. Evidence: [paste].
Check: Read the result out loud. Keep wording you can defend in a real conversation.
Act as a skeptical hiring manager for [role]. Review this one-page plan: [paste]. Identify unsupported assumptions, unrealistic commitments, and missing discovery steps. Ask five specific questions before suggesting revisions.
Check: Your outside view is incomplete. Learn before prescribing major changes.
Act as a hiring manager for this role: [paste description]. Ask one question at a time. After each answer, assess clarity, relevance, and supporting evidence. Help me connect real examples to the business problem without inventing experience.
Check: Practice speaking, not memorizing a generated script.
Act as a hiring manager in a compensation discussion. My verified market evidence is [evidence], relevant results are [results], and my request is [request]. Role-play realistic pushback one turn at a time. Do not suggest bluffing or false competing offers.
Check: Check the role’s pay bands and constraints. Keep private financial details out of the prompt.