On the Use of GAI in your job search

On the Academic side,

GAI may be of great help in writing your diversity statement, notably identifying some of the ideas and concepts you may want to develop in your teaching and diversity statements. Give it the following prompts: "What are the best pedagogical objectives for an insructor to implement in an undergraduate class?, "How best to teach inclusivitly," or "How to foster a lab environment in which all members feel welcome"? Of course, what will make your statement your own personal statement are the choices you will make about which aspects to emphasize and the examples you will use.

Outside of Academia,

Use GAI to prep for interviews. Feed it the job description and ask it to generate a set of interview questions you might expect.

Overall Guidance on the Use of GAI

In the absence of current (as September 2024) University guidance on best practices in this area, our Research Integrity Office recommends the following:

  1. Be sure to read any instructions and expectations regarding use of GAI in these kinds of documents to ensure compliance with local policies.
  2. Look for discipline specific guidance issued by associations and societies in your relevant field for guidance directed to scholars doing similar work.
  3. Transparency is always best when it comes to citing sources and using content derived from other sources, inserting a simple footnote or statement that describes the use of GAI and what tool was employed may be a good idea. 
  4. It is a best practice to maintain information on your use of GAI for future reference – including (at minimum) the version of the GAI tool, the prompts used and dates queries were run. 
  5. Ultimately, you are responsible for the content generated by the GAI, be sure to review carefully for errors and potentially plagiarized sections.