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Career Hacking: The Ultimate Job Search Course (Now w/ AI!) (Udemy.com)

Boost your resume, LinkedIn, cover letter, interviewing & networking skills. Now with AI prompts for ChatGPT & Claude!

Created by: Davis Jones

Last updated November 2025

Our take

Based on the ratings of 10,051 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in November 2025. No course pays to be reviewed.

Davis Jones built this course as a start-to-finish tour of the job hunt: resume, LinkedIn profile, cover letter, networking, interviews and salary negotiation. The syllabus shows 130 short lectures across 12 sections, with the biggest blocks on writing the resume and winning formal interviews. A newer opening section covers AI and applicant tracking systems. The listed audience runs from undergrads and MBA students to professionals changing careers.

Reviewers like how direct it is. One calls it excellent and free of frills or jargon, another says it is easy to digest, and a third points to the many templates and the walkthroughs that go with them. A couple say they were already rewriting their resume and LinkedIn profile mid-course, and one credits it for job changes across three continents. About 8,800 of the 10,051 ratings are four or five stars. The complaints are practical: one reviewer found the resource links broken, another could not tell what to do with the material, and a happy reviewer skipped the AI role play sections.

At 6.4 hours it is quick to finish, and the nine assignments push people to edit a real resume and profile as they go. Nearly 90,000 students have enrolled, and it was last updated in November 2025, so the AI and applicant tracking material is recent. The risk is link rot, since the AI prompts are hosted on Eazl's side rather than inside Udemy. We'd recommend it to anyone actively applying or switching fields who will do the exercises. Someone after deep, industry-specific interview coaching will find it broad.

Best forJob seekers and career changers who want templates and assignments for their resume, LinkedIn profile and interviews.
Skip it ifYou want deep, field-specific interview coaching or mock interviews with a real person.

Pros

  • Covers resume, LinkedIn, cover letter, networking, interviews and salary talks in 6.4 hours
  • Direct teaching with no jargon, which reviewers describe as easy to digest
  • Nine assignments and plenty of templates to build a real resume and profile as you go
  • Updated November 2025 with a section on AI and applicant tracking systems

Cons

  • A one-star reviewer says the resource links did not work, so they missed the course's full benefit
  • The AI and role play format surprised one reviewer enough to skip those sections
  • A low-star reviewer could not tell what to do with the material, so it needs some self-direction
The course is excellent, direct to the point, without frills or jargon.
Samuel Haponczuk Rebolo, a student

Suits students, recent grads and career changers. The only requirement is a word processor for the resume work.

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What you will learn

  • Learn how to use innovative career hacking techniques from the founder of the Career Hacking™ discipline
  • Present yourself powerfully on LinkedIn® and discover other online personal networking techniques
  • Prepare a keyword-rich, targeted resume that gets outstanding results in your job search
  • Interview competently and persuasively in your job search while still being yourself
  • Create career opportunities during your job search using traditional and non-traditional methods
  • Build relevant professional and personal networks as a foundation for future advancement
  • Set the stage for a rewarding career filled with personal success and contentment
  • Make a career change by framing your past experiences for future roles

Course content

12 sections · 130 lectures · 6.4 hours of video 2 quizzes, 9 assignments, 10 articles

  1. 1Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and the New Job Hunting Landscape 1 free preview4 lectures · 14 min
  2. 2Resumes in a World of AI and Applicant Tracking Systems (ATSs) 3 free previews11 lectures · 3 quizzes · 24 min
  3. 3You're About to Get Upgraded! Let’s Write You a Career Changing Resume22 lectures · 59 min
  4. 4The Building Blocks of Your Professional Brand and LinkedIn® ProfIle11 lectures · 2 quizzes · 32 min
  5. 5Let's Build a Standout LinkedIn® Profile Optimized for Both People and Software9 lectures · 25 min
  6. 6How to Make Your Cover Letter Your Job-winning Sidekick7 lectures · 1 quiz · 18 min
  7. 7You Need to Know: What’s Going on Behind the Scenes?8 lectures · 16 min
  8. 8Job Search 2.0: Integrating Technology and Networking into Your Job Search 1 free preview6 lectures · 2 quizzes · 22 min
  9. 9Pre-interviewing: Your New Job Search Skill to Use in the Digital World9 lectures · 2 quizzes · 41 min
  10. 10How to Win in Formal Job Interviews While Being Yourself21 lectures · 1 quiz · 1 hour

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

  • Professionals looking to stealthily get promoted or job hunt
  • Job seekers who want to improve their results
  • People considering a career change
  • Recent college graduates
  • Participants and recent graduates from MBA programs
  • Current undergraduate students

What you need before you start

  • Access to Microsoft Word, Pages (Mac), or Other Word Processing Software

How it compares

Against the other 115 rated Udemy courses in Career Development on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 69% of them
  • Reviews10,051#4 of 116 by number of reviews
  • Length6.4 hourslonger than 85% of them
  • Last updatedNovember 2025more recently than 60% of them

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Course Description

Welcome to the world's BESTSELLING career management course from Eazl and former Bay Area recruiter, Davis Jones! This course is tested by the market and has been reviewed 7k+ times. This course is now part of the curriculum at University of San Francisco, EDHEC Business School, Golden Gate University, Sonoma State University, Saint Mary's College of California, and Santa Rosa Junior College, and other top-tier institutions worldwide.


Career Hacking Version 6.8 Fresh as of November 2024 | Always being updated! We make sure you have the latest important information when it comes to career planning and resume writing.


Now Includes AI Prompts for Your Job Search!

Professional-grade AI prompts are now infused with your course material. During your experience, you’ll find short links to prompts developed by professional prompt engineers that are directly related to the Career Hacking course. All of the course's AI prompts are hosted by Eazl and can be used with whichever AI model you choose (e.g. ChatGPT, Claude, Google PaLM, Meta's Llama).*


Speed up your job search: learn how to write a resume/CV that opens doors, how to write a mass-customizable cover letter, how to develop your personal brand, how to interview confidently, how to build a valuable professional network, and more!

"I have taken multiple great courses with Eazl. The Career Hacking [course] still remains the best course ever for impact on my life." -Cameron S.

"The easiest way to learn about strategies for interview and resume." -Deepak M.

"After spending months of searching for jobs the wrong way, this course provided me the tools to properly go about finding the next step in my career. It changed my outlook on job searching!" -Athanasios D.


A great job is the key to living a happy life. The problem is, you know how competitive the job market is but you weren’t taught how to job hunt in school.

The good news is, by simply mastering these leading-edge job hunting and professional presentation skills, you can get yourself into the running for positions that were previously out of your reach. Plus, you can present yourself articulately, with confidence, and with purpose. Identify the right opportunities so you don’t waste your valuable time and get hired for more money than you previously thought possible.

And it can all happen within the space of a few weeks. Thousands of job seekers all over the world have already benefited--and you can too.


"This is a great course for anyone looking to improve their resume and leverage LinkedIn as a platform. Lots of real world examples and tons of useful and actionable content. Really well done!" -Sean C.

"One of the best courses ever that teaches you what to do and what is the mindset behind the activity." -Rudyard V.

"I decided to start the Career Hacking course because I need all the help I can get to return to my professional field after 2 years off the path. The information Eazl offers is complete and valuable." -Esmerelda H.

"I just want to let you know that I got a terrific job offer this morning from Harvard Business School and I'm very excited. One of the people I interviewed with went out of his way to show me the highlight points in my cover letter that sold him. Thank you!" -Sandy


One of our students landed a new job that increased his salary by $20,000 a year--and he did so in just 21 days--by applying the skills he learned in this course.

Imagine a job hunt where:

  • Your resume captures the attention of recruiters immediately and helps you soar past other candidates for highly desired positions

  • Your LinkedIn profile shows instantly that you’re an outstanding candidate and garners you more positive attention and more interviews

  • Your interview skills increase dramatically, allowing you to connect better with potential employers and set yourself apart from the competition

  • Your professional network expands exponentially, opening yourself up to new relationships and opportunities for career advancement

  • Your potential for lifetime career earnings skyrocket as you move more effortlessly through your chosen professional path


It will only take you two or three evenings tops to unlock the secrets of resume writing, LinkedIn profiles, interviewing like a superstar, and much, much more!


If you learn and use these strategies, it could mean increased pay, new opportunities, and maximum control over your career, which could easily translate into tens of thousands of dollars of value. And you can get this entire course for the small investment of just $199.99. Not only that, but you also get a 30-day money-back guarantee. If you aren’t 100% satisfied with this course, we’ll refund every penny, no questions asked. Enroll in this course now and start creating the future you want.


"I loved the Career Hacking course. It got me my first job as a video editor for a media company." -Dan A.

"I just wanted to say thank you. Your Udemy course helped me get an interview at Amazon." -Michael M.

"Eazl has the best course on resume writing." -Aditya G.


The Most Advanced Strategies in Job Hunting

What would it be like to have a killer resume, an extraordinary LinkedIn profile, phenomenal interview skills, and a top-tier network of professional contacts? This collection addresses the full range of topics relevant for the highest level of success in career advancement.


Career Hacking leverages cutting-edge research from top-flight organizations like Harvard Business School, the McKinsey Consulting Group, and Duke University. The course itself is currently implemented by the career centers of the EDHEC Global MBA Program and the California State University Business Schools.

As a premium subscriber to the course, you’ll get lifetime access to:

  • A powerful library of job search-related AI prompts that you can use with ChatGPT, Claude, PaLM, Llama, and other generative AI models.

  • 150+ eye-catching and engaging videos presented in HD and designed by the animators at Eazl in San Francisco

  • Pro-grade, tested and proven templates for your resume writing, CV writing, cover letter writing, and LinkedIn profile

  • Word tracks for managing tricky situations like performing seamless e-networking, requesting professional recommendations, and handling tough interviews

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Instructor Details

Davis Jones

Davis Jones is the Chief Learning Officer for Eazl, a business school whose courseware is used by organizations like Tesla®, Harvard, the World Bank, and Lyft® and more than 500,000 students worldwide. Mr. Jones also participated in the Harvard University Graduate School of Education Leaders of Learning.

Mr. Jones began his career in digital education following the publication of Career Hacking™, a learning experience helping people making career transitions. Today, it is the best-selling career management course in the history of the Internet and is integrated into undergraduate and graduate-level programs at the University of San Francisco, EDHEC Business School, Sonoma State University, and many other colleges and universities in the US and abroad. Following the publication of Career Hacking™, Mr. Jones negotiated commissions for Eazl to produce courseware on digital marketing, digital customer service, and multiple other business topics. Today, this courseware is used by organizations in both the private (e.g. Tesla®, PayPal®) and public (e.g. the World Bank) sectors.

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Reviews

4.6

10,051 ratings on Udemy

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By Malachi Maynard on 7/5/2026

I purchased this course a while ago but only recently went through it—and I honestly wish I had taken it sooner. I’ve been searching for full-time work for some time, and this course helped me reset how I think about the job search process. It ties together a lot of the pieces that are usually treated separately—resumes, interviews, follow-ups, and the small but important details that are easy to overlook when you’ve been applying for a while. The resources are especially useful and easy to come back to. I know I’ll be revisiting them as I continue refining my approach and improving my results. Overall, it’s one of those courses that doesn’t just give information—it helps you connect the dots and approach the process with more clarity and structure.

By Amy Lewis on 3/20/2026

Not yet, I don't understand the information provided or what I should be doing with it

By Mircka Garcia on 2/9/2026

Videos do a good job at explaining the topic and ensuring the viewer understands. The website seems easy and straightforward to navigate. When providing additional aid in links, they have thought of every scenario. There are a lot of templates to choose from, and the videos do a good job walking you through the instructions.

By Hassan Tariq on 1/25/2026

This is being a life changing course for me. I even don't have proper words to describe how this course has helped me change 4 job positions in 3 different continents. This course should be must have for all the final year students despite of any domain. More power to Davis and Team.

By Jay Elson on 12/11/2025

I really like the message and presentation of this course. For a beginner looking to break into the job market, this is really a good first step. I have a bit more experience behind me and job hunting is a skill that always needs refinement which this course assist with.

By Josiah Ross on 9/26/2025

Relevant course for changing job hunting climate. Career Hacking pushes the basic framework of A.I. to set the user up with a pivotal system to apply and be SEEN by large companies using ATS. There are some very helpful tried and true techniques every new applicant should know in here. Thank you!

By Anonymized User on 8/1/2021

Davies' course is just outstanding. Clear, to the point, with awesome suggestions, guides and templates, and also fun to watch (not an essential point, but appreciated). I give it 5 stars. One suggestion, though that would make me giving '5plus' stars: Please, create a 'master' document where all the scattered guides and documents are concentrated in to a central pdf/G doc, etc. It will make thins easier for many users. Thanks!

By Serena Marino on 11/22/2020

to improve my cv and my possibilities on LinkedIn. thank you !

By Barbara jackson on 11/8/2020

i thought that it was a overall a good course with a lot of time saving and valuable information

By Vivien Roussez on 11/8/2020

I have learnt so much already!! thanks guys, this is really helpful!

By Nazmiye Altnta on 11/8/2020

Cv content description is not suitable for me

By Hannah Lewis on 11/8/2020

This course has been so valuable to me as I get ready to apply for a new job. Thank you!

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Overall Score : 92 / 100