As generative AI’s impact on job searching and hiring continues to take shape, navigating AI tools like ChatGPT and others has become a powerful instrument to those seeking jobs and internships. This presentation will familiarize students with the current AI landscape, its challenges, best practices for its effective and ethical use in resumes, cover letters, interview preparation, and other parts of the search process, employer perspectives on candidates’ use of AI, and future directions in which these tools may evolve.