ORDAL Guide

AI for Job Search: Useful Tasks, Limits, and Automation

A practical guide to using AI for job searching, CV matching, job-description analysis, cover letters, and automation without inventing qualifications.

Written by ORDAL Documentation · Updated 6 October 2026

Where AI helps

AI can summarize job descriptions, identify relevant skills, compare a role with a CV, draft cover letters, and suggest career targets.

Where AI should stop

AI should not invent employers, dates, degrees, certifications, work authorization, salary history, or skills that the job seeker does not have.

ORDAL keeps AI optional

ORDAL can work with a supported AI provider chosen by the user, but AI is not the product's only mechanism for job search automation.

Where ORDAL fits

ORDAL is a desktop job-search automation app for Windows and macOS. It keeps CV choice, targets, exclusions, duplicate checks, and factual answers under user control. AI is optional.