Stop Job Hunting Build Your Career With ChatGPT

Traditional job hunting is an exhausting and outdated concept that can negatively impact your mental health and morale.

If you’ve been applying for jobs for months and received little to no response, even though you’ve followed all the right advice and done all the right things with your resume and job interviews, it’s not you that’s the problem.

It’s the system.

The traditional idea of work is broken. That’s why more than half of the U.S. workforce (over 86 million professionals) will be freelancing by 2027. That’s also why freelance hiring is up by 260%. Employers and employees are waking up to the realization that the old work model - the employer/employee relationship - no longer works like it used to.

I’ve personally met countless people on LinkedIn who’ve told me they’ve been out of the workforce for what feels to them like the longest. Some have been laid off and still searching for jobs for weeks, three months, even six months later. The U.S. unemployment rate may be remaining steady at 4.2% (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics), yet there are some factors which are continuing to negatively impact the labor market.

Why Traditional Job Searching Is Broken

For example, even though the number of long-term unemployed persons decreased by 218,000 in May, about one in five professionals are long-term unemployed, and over 260,000 workers were still jobless after being out of work for up to five weeks, the BLS said.

That number includes workers displaced by the recent administration changes that have led to federal jobs being affected, with employment down by 59,000 since January.

AI replacing jobs, mass layoffs and RTO mandates, and sustained peak interest in remote job opportunities - all are creating a highly competitive job market which is increasingly harder to navigate and results in many, like you, feeling despair and overwhelm at their job prospects. And of course, that’s reasonable, if your only hope of a fulfilling career and making a steady, lucrative income, was found in a job.

But in 2025, if you want to escape the rat race of chasing job applications and constantly being rejected or ghosted, it’s time to flip the scripts and adopt a different approach: instead of chasing roles, build leverage and create your own.

The Downsides of Outdated Job Hunting

Job hunting no longer works because today, especially when applying for remote jobs, you’ll likely find:

• Hundreds of applicants per role, reducing the chances that you’ll even be seen, receive feedback, or be shortlisted
• AI resume screening (ATS software) filtering out your application so a human doesn’t get to see it
• Hardly any chance of landing the job even if you are noticed, unless you have insider referrals and go through the backdoor

So what works instead? Create an engine or system that generates your own opportunities and multiple income streams, without limits.

A New Approach: Create Opportunities with ChatGPT

Instead of:

• Submitting hundreds of applications every week
• Hitting the easy-apply button on job boards
• Begging for "a chance"
• Displaying your green “open-to-work” banner on LinkedIn

Try putting that same energy into:

• Posting value-packed content consistently, every day, even twice a day, on LinkedIn
• Creating an irresistible offer, product, or service, and packaging it to be sold and eventually scale with minimal ongoing effort
• Pitching directly for media and partnership opportunities to increase revenue and visibility
• Driving organic interest to your business through optimizing your online presence for SEO, gathering reviews and testimonials, and showcasing your results

Find a high-income skill that you’re already comfortable with, that’s in strong demand, and make your presence known wherever the interest is. Using ChatGPT to help you in this process will amplify your reach and reduce your time to market, especially if you’re unaccustomed to freelancing and selling yourself from a business standpoint.

Here’s how it works:

5 ChatGPT Prompts To Make Money From Your Skills

To start making money and rebuilding your career today, here are five steps you can take from day one:

1. Create a freelance profile on LinkedIn Services or Upwork, and offer services within a specialism like copywriting, video editing, social media management and marketing, etc.

• Ask ChatGPT: “Here is my resume [attach resume]. Ask me some questions to extract the best from my work experience and expertise, and when you’re done asking all of them and I’ve responded, create a concise bio using that information for [freelance platform], that will attract the attention of potential clients.”

2. Productize your knowledge into a guide, workshop, template, course, etc. This yields passive income with consistent sales.

• For the ChatGPT prompt, check this article.

3. Build your presence and optimize your visibility wherever your clients are. That could be YouTube, LinkedIn, Substack, Instagram, or Medium. The whole idea is to position yourself as the go-to, leading voice, in your niche and sub-niche.

• Ask ChatGPT: “Generate a 30-day content and engagement plan for my [name your channel]. My target audience is [describe your audience].”

4. Partner with brands and other leading voices and content creators in your field, through sponsorships, shared content, guest features, podcasts, and affiliate marketing.

• Ask ChatGPT: "I want to partner with brands, creators, and top voices to get my brand out there and more visible. Give me a list of people and brands I should partner with, partnership ideas for each one, and a tailored outreach email template for each."

5. Offer specific services tied directly to tangible results. Instead of vague, “I do social media copywriting,” say “I increase client conversion rates for wellness brands by 30%, through social media content,” or instead of “I help women achieve their health goals," say “I help women aged 45+ lose belly fat in less than six months.”

• Ask ChatGPT: “Help me create a value statement that is outcome and results-driven, based on the service I’m delivering/offer I’m providing.”

Top Platforms To Use Instead Of Job Boards

Now that you’ve shifted from the mindset of “please hire me,” to “I’m hiring myself, here’s the service I can offer you,” here are some platforms that you can start monetizing today:

• Substack - for building thought leadership and a loyal following
• LinkedIn - for building thought leadership, networking with decision-makers, and showcasing your portfolio as well as the Services page to acquire clients
• Etsy - for selling physical and digital products
• Gumroad - for selling digital products
• Thinkific - for hosting and selling courses
• Kajabi - for hosting and selling courses and digital products
• Contra - for finding freelance client contracts
• Upwork - same as above, including short-term gigs

The job hunting process is flawed and outdated. What works today and has a stronger guarantee of success is when you turn your skills (and AI) into leverage to create your own opportunities. In this article, you’ve just been armed with the tools to make that happen.

It’s time to remove that green banner and get back to work…for yourself.

Focus on establishing leverage using your skills and expertise to build products, partnerships, and visibility.

FAQs

Can I make money from my skills without quitting my current job?

Of course you can. If you have a role that can finance you and your goals (even if you’re not happy in it) even better, because you can put more positive energy into building for yourself.

What should I do if I don’t receive any job offers?

Don’t panic. Take your resume and reinvent yourself, not for another employer, but for your own empire. Consider what you can build with the skills you already have.