AI WORLD HQWrite a Short LinkedIn Bio from Your Job Title with Cohere
Turn your job title into a polished 2-3 sentence bio in minutes — no writing skills required, just a clear prompt.
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A short professional bio is one of those things everyone needs and almost nobody enjoys writing. You sit in front of the "About" field on LinkedIn, type your job title, and then stare at the cursor. Cohere is an AI assistant you can talk to in plain English. Give it the right instructions and a few details about your work, and it drafts a bio you can adjust until it fits. This guide walks you through the whole process in about ten minutes, even if you've never used Cohere before.
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- A free Cohere account (sign up at the official Cohere website with an email address).
- A browser on a laptop or phone — the chat works on both.
- Your exact job title and one or two real things you do at work (a tool you use, a problem you solve, a person you help).
- Roughly 10 minutes for the first pass, then a few more for edits.
A note on honesty: the assistant can draft the words, but it can't know your real achievements, your tone of voice, or the people you most want to attract. Treat its output as a starting point you shape, not a finished product you paste.
Open Cohere's chat assistant
Go to the official Cohere website and look for a button or link that opens the chat assistant (Cohere calls its chat product Coral). On the homepage it usually sits near the top of the page. Click or tap it, and a chat window opens with an empty text box at the bottom.
If you already have an account, you'll land directly in the chat. If not, the page will ask you to sign up — an email address and a password are usually enough; no credit card is needed for basic use.
you see a blank chat box, a blinking cursor, and a placeholder line like "Message Cohere" or "Ask anything" (the exact wording may differ — look for any empty field at the bottom of the screen).
Give Cohere your job title and the basics
Click inside the text box and write a short instruction. Tell it the role you have, the field you work in, and roughly who you help. End with a clear ask: write a short bio. The more concrete your prompt, the closer the first draft will be to what you want.
Press Enter (or tap the send icon — usually a paper-airplane or up-arrow) to send. Within a few seconds, a paragraph of text appears in the chat, written as if you had written it.
the assistant replies with a short paragraph that mentions your role and at least one of the details you provided.
Ask for two or three alternative versions
One draft is rarely enough. Ask the assistant to give you two more versions with a slightly different feel — say, one more formal, one more friendly. This gives you something to compare instead of editing a single sentence blind.
Type a follow-up such as "Give me two more versions, one more formal and one more conversational" and press Enter. The chat shows all three side by side, newest at the bottom.
If your chat only shows one reply at a time and you can't see the earlier version, scroll up — earlier messages stay in the same window.
you can see at least three different drafts in the chat, each with a slightly different tone.
Trim it down to exactly 2-3 sentences
Most first drafts come out a little long. Ask the assistant to shorten your favorite version to a strict sentence count. This is the easiest way to get something that actually fits the LinkedIn "About" preview without scrolling.
Type your request in the same chat and send it. The reply will replace or sit below your previous version — depending on the interface, the new text may be labeled as a new message rather than edited in place.
If 2 sentences feel too short, ask for 3 instead — there's no rule that says shorter is always better. Pick what feels natural to read out loud.
the new version is genuinely shorter, has the sentence count you asked for, and doesn't introduce any details you didn't mention in your prompt.
Add one real detail the assistant doesn't know
Now make the draft yours. Type one real sentence about yourself — a tool you use every day, a problem you solved recently, a person you love helping — and ask the assistant to weave it into the bio. This is the step that turns a generic AI paragraph into something that sounds like you.
Send the message and read the reply carefully. If the assistant tries to "improve" your sentence and makes it less true, undo and rephrase your own sentence more precisely before asking again.
the new bio contains your real detail in roughly the words you used, not invented claims about awards or companies you never mentioned.
- Pasting the first draft without editing. The first reply is almost never the best one. Always ask for alternatives and trim before you use it.
- Forgetting to mention what you actually do. If your prompt only says your job title, the bio will sound generic. Add one concrete thing — who you help or what problem you solve.
- Letting the assistant invent achievements. If the bio mentions an award, a company, or a metric you never gave it, delete that line. Stick to facts you supplied.
Open Cohere's chat assistant, paste the prompt from Step 2 with your own job title and one real detail, and see what comes back in the next two minutes.
❓ Quick questions
How long does this take?
About 6 minutes — the guide has 6 steps, and you can tick each one off as you go.
Which tool do I need?
This guide uses Cohere — but the approach works very similarly in other AI assistants.
Do I need to prepare anything?
- A free Cohere account (sign up at the official Cohere website with an email address).
- A browser on a laptop or phone — the chat works on both.
- Your exact job title and one or two real things you do at work (a tool you use, a problem you solve, a person you help).
- Roughly 10 minutes for the first pass, then a few more for edits.
A note on honesty: the assistant can draft the words, but it can't know your real achievements, your tone of voice, or the people you most want to attract. Treat its output as a starting point you shape, not a finished product you paste.
What mistakes should I avoid?
- Pasting the first draft without editing. The first reply is almost never the best one. Always ask for alternatives and trim before you use it.
- Forgetting to mention what you actually do. If your prompt only says your job title, the bio will sound generic. Add one concrete thing — who you help or what problem you solve.
- Letting the assistant invent achievements. If the bio mentions an award, a company, or a metric you never gave it, delete that line. Stick to facts you supplied.
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