AI hiring tools may be filtering out the best job applicants::As firms increasingly rely on artificial intelligence-driven hiring platforms, many highly qualified candidates are finding themselves on the cutting room floor.

  • Patches@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    I was called by 3 different jobs (of the 50+ I’ve applied to) this week that I need a cover letter otherwise my resume goes straight in the trash. Which is wild because I know nobody is handwriting letters.

    So off to generate a ChatGPT Cover Letter Bot I went. 🤞

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      11 months ago

      Seriously? CVs are just dumb, I don’t understand why they are even still an option to submit, never mind being required. I would expect most to just ignore them since it’s literally just fluff.

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        11 months ago

        They are an option because they are self perpetuating just like leet code.

        I wrote one when I got my last job so I only look at resumes that have them.

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        11 months ago

        Same reason colleges require stupid fucking essays. Just bullshit tradition and feeling like they’re important and have special Spidey senses in picking out good people.

      • MataVatnik@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        Same, it’s a stupid ge and I’m sick of playing it. Something will have to give eventually.