A person’s anonymous resume might get them called for an interview. Once the hiring manager sees the candidate in person it could influence whether the person gets a job offer.
Today AI is used in the interviewing process. Hiring managers are using AI to figure out who’s the best applicant to hire. Artificial intelligence–not a person’s own intelligence–is now a factor in helping an interviewer decide who to give a job offer.
As well you and I cannot get around using AI on our jobs. There are even AI resume builders. In fact using the software could lead to every job applicant creating an identical AI resume.
I don’t think this the way to go about choosing who to hire. If a company is using the “same old same old” criteria for who they think is best qualified to do a particular job that’s not a competitive approach if you ask me.
Two other ways are to have a candidate come in for a one-day work trial or to submit a work sample.
“Business as usual” should not be the standard operating procedure.
I’ve chosen to pay for a ChatGPT individual account. As I’ve read that you can use AI to type in a list of food items you have. Then the bot will generate a list of recipes you can create with the food you have.
This is one use of AI that I can recommend. As otherwise AI can be biased and generate what’s called hallucinations or information that is not right. There’s also the issue of AI software violating the original content creator’s copyright.
Yet even with the drawbacks I think everyone seeking to get a job should become proficient in using AI. Better it is for all of us to learn and use AI judiciously.
The difference is in analyzing the AI output and customizing it to your needs. Instead of relying on cutting-and-pasting the information without discerning if it’s good to go as is.
Coming up in future blog entries I will talk about preserving our mental health once we get our jobs.
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