Career centers embrace careful use of AI during job search

With the use of AI chatbots increasing, career centers are trying to figure out how to adapt their advice to job applicants.

The University of Missouri recommended on its career center webpage early last week that students could use AI chatbots to generate the first draft of their cover letter. Late last week, the site changed . Now it suggests job seekers use ChatGPT or Perplexity to generate an outline or polish a first draft.

Senior Coordinator of Student Services Amanda Nell said the school is still working to adapt to AI.

"This is evolving," Nell said. "We are going to be evaluating and deciding what are our best recommendations."

JobFinder is an employment agency based in Missouri. Operations Manager Jamie Ballard said she can tell when an applicant submits an AI-generated co