Gone are the days when artificial intelligence (AI) tools were not accessible to everyone. In fact, not only is AI within arm’s reach, it’s something that people actually actively use multiple times a day. AI experts believe that 79% of Americans constantly use or interact with AI several times a day.
One of the more popular AI tools is ChatGPT, which people use for content creation, translating texts, and even customer service tasks. As of 2025, there are more than 400 million weekly active ChatGPT users — a huge jump from 2023’s 100 million weekly active users. With millions depending on ChatGPT for various use cases, is resume creation one of them? Is it wise to use AI for travel nurse resume creation?
In this article, we discuss the benefits of using AI to create resumes and cover letters that can help you land great travel nursing opportunities. We also highlight where to draw the line when it comes to using AI when applying for the job of your dreams.
Do recruiters use AI to screen travel nurse resumes and cover letters?
Nowadays, it’s not unusual for recruiters from companies big and small to use AI tools to parse, filter, and rank resumes and cover letters based on important keywords that best match job descriptions. This means that if your resume doesn’t match the role based on the skills and experience highlighted in it, it’s likely that your resume will be filtered out. This is why if you want to be shortlisted for a particular role, it’s necessary to tailor your resume to highlight qualifications relevant to the job, including education, certifications, skills, and experience.
The benefits of using AI for travel nurse job applications
When drafting a stellar travel nurse resume and cover letter, you can use AI tools to perform the following tasks:
- Improve your keywords
An AI tool can help you choose the right keywords to add to your resume based on a job description or the industry’s most-used keywords. It can also help you integrate these keywords into your resume in a way that they don’t appear clunky and awkward, like you’re stuffing keywords unnaturally for the sake of manipulating recruiters’ applicant tracking systems (ATSs) and AI tools.
- Edit and proofread
It’s always a great idea to send a professional-looking resume and cover letter to make a great first impression. Use AI tools to check your spelling, address grammatical mistakes, remove redundancies, and ensure consistency.
- Enhance your storytelling and tailor your resume to the job you’re applying to
AI tools are great for helping you refine your resume and cover letter’s structure and craft documents that tell a great story of your skills and background. For example, you can ask your AI tool of choice to help outline how your skills, certifications, and work experiences can better match the job description of your prospective role. You can also ask it to suggest relevant changes to your existing resume so you can tailor it to each role you’re applying to.
- Create a strong cover letter outline
Although not all companies mandate that applicants submit cover letters alongside their resumes, they’re still very much important. According to a 2023 survey, 83% of hiring managers frequently or always review cover letters, while 73% of managers who don’t require them still regularly read them. With AI, you can create a draft of a cover letter that spotlights your strengths and skills based on the job description. This draft can serve as your guide to writing the final draft that you can submit to your prospective employer.
Where to draw the line when using AI for travel nursing resumes and cover letters
While AI can make the application process less taxing, it shouldn’t be used to craft your resume and cover letter completely. A Forbes article reports that 74% of hiring managers can spot when a resume was made using AI, and 57% of them are less likely to hire an applicant who submitted an AI-generated resume. AI is also prone to hallucinations, which are erroneous or inaccurate information provided by AI models, which can cause you to include misleading or wrong information in your application.
But that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t use AI in your job search at all. It’s best to use AI tools for the tasks we’ve mentioned in the previous section to help you craft a strong resume and cover letter to make you stand out in a sea of applicants. In general, choose to use AI as a tool to review and enhance your resume and cover letter, rather than relying on it entirely.
