From your very first resume to your next big career move, AI is a powerful ally at every step.

What do people rely on you for?

Think about the people in your life—family, friends, coworkers, neighbors, or community members.

What are three things people regularly ask you to help with?

These don't have to sound like "job skills." The things people trust you to do are often clues to strengths you may not recognize in yourself.

Here are my three as an example:

You don't have to learn every skill at a job.

Think about everything you have done in your life—not just the jobs you've been paid to do. You may have gained valuable skills through all kinds of experiences.

Now think about what those experiences required from you.

For example:

You know your life. AI knows the language employers use.

Now we’re going to put those two things together.

Look back at the experiences you wrote in Exercise 2. Choose one or two and describe them in your own words.

Don’t try to sound professional.
Don’t worry about spelling or using the “right” words. Just explain what you did, who you helped, and what responsibilities you handled.

Go to Exercise 3 on your worksheet.

Here's what happens when a real woman shares her real story with AI:

AI identified these workplace skills:

You’ve already started finding them. Now let’s give them a name.

Transferable skills are abilities you develop through any experience—work, home, school, volunteering, caregiving, or your community—that can be used in many different jobs and industries.

Think of transferable skills as a bridge:

What I’ve Done → What I’ve Learned → What I Can Do Next

For example:

Caring for family → Responsibility & Time Management → Skills useful in healthcare, office work, customer service, and many other careers

Managing a household budget → Planning & Financial Skills → Skills useful in administrative, retail, business, and management roles

Organizing a community event → Leadership & Coordination → Skills useful in project management, operations, hospitality, and supervisory roles

Look at the skills AI identified for you in Exercise 3.

Which of those skills could you take with you into a completely different job?

That’s what makes them transferable.

Go to Exercise 4 on your worksheet.

Read the definition of transferable skills, then look back at the three skills you selected in Exercise 3.

Ask yourself:

“Where else could I use these skills?”

Be ready to share one transferable skill with the class and tell us where you learned it.

Go to Exercise 5 on your worksheet and answer four questions about that experience:

Now we're going to connect the dots.

Think about a job you're interested in and ask yourself:

"Where have I already done something similar?"

Go to Exercise 6 on your worksheet. You'll see three columns:

You have more strengths than you probably give yourself credit for.

Transferable skills aren’t only things you learn in a classroom or at a job. Many are soft skills—the way you communicate, solve problems, work with others, and handle responsibility.

Go to Exercise 8 on your worksheet and look at the list of skills.

Don’t circle the skills you think an employer wants you to have.

Circle the five that you genuinely believe describe you.

For each skill you circled, write a specific example of when you demonstrated it. These become your interview stories.

It’s not enough to say you have a skill. Be ready to show it.

In an interview, an employer may ask:

“Tell me about a time when you…”

That’s your opportunity to turn a strength into a real story.

Go to Exercise 9 on your worksheet.

Choose three of the strengths you circled in Exercise 8 and think of a specific time when you demonstrated each one.

Strength: Communication
“I trained a new employee on our store procedures and helped her feel confident during her first week.”

Strength: Leadership
“I organized our church fundraiser and coordinated 20 volunteers over three days.”

Strength: Problem-Solving
“I arranged backup childcare on short notice so I wouldn’t miss my shift.”

For each strength, ask yourself:

What was happening?
What did I do?
What happened because of what I did?

You don’t need an extraordinary story.

Everyday examples count.

Solving a problem at work. Calming an upset customer. Helping a family member. Meeting a deadline. Organizing something. Handling a difficult situation. Learning something new.

Write three skills and three real examples on your worksheet.

Keep them specific and true.

Now let’s turn AI into your personal interview coach.

You’ve identified your skills.
You’ve found real examples that prove them.
Now it’s time to practice talking about them.

AI can help you prepare for an interview before you ever walk through the door.

Go to Exercise 10 on your worksheet and choose a job you might realistically apply for.

Then give AI this prompt:

AI will act as the interviewer and give you questions you might actually be asked. This follows the interview-practice approach in the presentation.

Choose one of the questions AI gives you and write it on your worksheet.

Before asking AI for help, try answering it yourself first.

Think about the stories you created in Exercise 9:

What happened? → What did I do? → What was the result?

Your examples are your evidence.

There is one question you will hear in almost every interview:

“Tell me about yourself.”

Try this prompt:

I prefer this expanded prompt over simply asking AI to write the answer because we want AI to learn about the student first, rather than generating a generic response.

Use the space on your worksheet to create your own 30–60 second introduction.

Then comes the most important part:

SAY IT OUT LOUD.

AI is a powerful tool — and like any tool, it works best when used with integrity.

Never claim experience you don't have. Employers verify backgrounds — and your real story is strong enough.

Everything we did today only matters if you use it.

You've come a long way. Here's the journey you took:

Go to Exercise 12 on your worksheet and complete these three questions.