“Sleeping Job Seeker Automates 1,000 Applications—You Won’t Believe What Happened When They Woke Up!”
“AI is definitely changing the way people apply for jobs. Increasing numbers of candidates are using it, but more notably increasing numbers of companies are explicitly banning candidates from using it in the application process,” Adam says. “Companies are also using their own AI to detect the use of AI and to filter applications more generally.”
It’s true that many companies prefer that applicants do things the old-fashioned way, especially if they don’t want to be bombarded with thousands of applicants a day. In fact, NBC News recently reported that some companies have put safeguards in place to prevent AI applications from making their way through.
This might include requiring e-confirmation codes to submit applications, in an attempt to keep submissions from bots out. “Others have added prompts asking AI bots to use specific words like ‘banana’ in responses to catch chat-generated application answers,” NBC News shared.
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“The biggest issue with using AI is that you lose your own personality from the application process”
And if companies are overwhelmed with the amount of applications they receive, they’re only going to be more likely to utilize AI tools to help them go through every submission. But a study from the Pew Research Center found that two thirds of Americans admit that they wouldn’t want to apply for a job where they knew the employer was using AI to help inform their hiring decisions.
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