Gloriously Human

I've been having an ongoing argument with a friend about AI's role in recruiting. Whether you're a job-seeker or employer, things are getting pretty dire. If you're looking for a job, one in five advertised positions are "ghost jobs" – fake, or already filled. The number of ghost jobs are probably much higher on LinkedIn, where recruiters are priming their talent pools and employers are gaming the algorithm. If you're looking for an employee, you're already drowning in AI-generated CVs and cover letters. From the Financial Times: Candidates are turning increasingly to generative AI – the type used in chatbot products such as ChatGPT and Gemini to produce conversational passages of text — to assist them in writing their CVs, cover letters and completing assessments. Estimates from employers and recruiters who spoke to the Financial Times, as well as multiple published surveys, have suggested the figure is as high as 50 per cent of applicants. A “barrage” of AI-powered applications had led to more than double the number of candidates per job while the “barrier to entry is lower”... — Financial Times, Jobhunters flood recruiters with AI-generated CVs