n8n Workflow: Automate Job Applications with AI Resume Tailoring

This n8n workflow streamlines the job application process by dynamically tailoring your resume to specific job descriptions using OpenAI's powerful language models, and then sending a personalized application via Gmail. It integrates with Google Drive and Google Docs to manage your resume templates and application documents.

What it does

This workflow automates the following steps:

1. Manual Trigger: Initiates the workflow upon manual execution, allowing you to control when to start a new application.
2. HTTP Request: This node is present in the workflow but not connected, suggesting it might be a placeholder for future API integrations (e.g., fetching job descriptions from a job board API).
3. Google Drive (Input): This node is present but not connected, indicating a potential future step to read or write files from Google Drive.
4. Google Docs (Input): This node is present but not connected, suggesting a potential future step to interact with Google Docs, possibly to retrieve or update resume templates.
5. Sticky Note: Provides a descriptive note within the workflow, likely for documentation purposes.
6. Limit: This node is present but not connected, suggesting it might be used to limit the number of items processed in a future iteration.
7. Filter: This node is present but not connected, suggesting it might be used to filter data based on certain criteria in a future iteration.
8. OpenAI (AI Resume Tailoring): This is the core AI component. It will likely take a base resume and a job description (from previous, currently disconnected nodes or manual input) and use OpenAI to generate a tailored resume.
9. Markdown: This node is present but not connected, suggesting it might be used to format the generated resume or other text into Markdown.
10. Gmail (Send Application): This node is present but not connected, indicating the final step of sending the tailored resume and a personalized cover letter (generated by AI) as an email.

Note: As per the provided JSON, several key nodes (HTTP Request, Google Drive, Google Docs, Limit, Filter, Markdown, Gmail) are present but currently disconnected. To make this workflow fully functional for job application automation, these nodes would need to be connected and configured to fetch job descriptions, manage resume templates, and send emails. The current setup primarily highlights the AI resume tailoring capability.

Prerequisites/Requirements

To use this workflow, you will need:

• n8n Instance: A running n8n instance.
• OpenAI API Key: For the OpenAI node to generate tailored resumes.
• Google Account with Gmail and Google Drive/Docs: To manage resume templates and send emails (once connected and configured).

Setup/Usage

1. Import the workflow: Download the provided JSON and import it into your n8n instance.
2. Configure Credentials:
   • Set up your OpenAI API Key credential in n8n.
   • (Future) Configure Google Account credentials for Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Docs if you plan to connect and use those nodes.
3. Connect Disconnected Nodes: To fully automate the job application process, you will need to connect and configure the HTTP Request (to fetch job descriptions), Google Drive/Google Docs (to read/write resume templates), and Gmail (to send applications) nodes.
4. Customize OpenAI Prompts: Adjust the prompts within the OpenAI node to fine-tune how your resume is tailored based on job descriptions.
5. Execute Workflow: Click "Execute workflow" on the Manual Trigger node to run the workflow. You will need to manually provide the job description and your base resume content as input to the OpenAI node in its current disconnected state.