“Sleeping Job Seeker Automates 1,000 Applications—You Won’t Believe What Happened When They Woke Up!”

Adam also says that he does not recommend using AI to write your CV, cover letter or application. “If it is detected, it will instantly lead to your application being rejected,” the career expert warns. “However, generative AI can be good to generate ideas, summarize information, highlight key words/concepts and can be a very useful tool to support you writing the application.”

“For me, the biggest issue with using AI is that you lose your own personality from the application process,” the expert shared. “At the end of the day, people hire people not robots. Another risk is that candidates are completely different on paper to they come across in an interview, which can be a waste of everyone’s time.”

So what should applicants be doing instead? “My recommendation is to spend more time focusing on fewer, high-quality applications,” Adam noted. “Invest the time researching, adding your personality and evidencing your skills and it will pay off. It will also mean you are much better prepared when you do secure an interview!”

At the end of the day, it’s up to you to decide how you want to utilize (or avoid) AI tools. We would love to hear your thoughts on this story in the comments below, pandas. Would you like to use something like this bot to apply for 1,000 jobs at once? Then, if you’d like to read another Bored Panda piece discussing AI in the workplace, we recommend this one!

Readers had mixed opinions on the tool, but many noted that companies are already using AI in similar ways