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.

  • @oakey66@lemmy.world
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    444 months ago

    I am a seasoned professional that has over a decade in my field with very solid experience to match. And yet, I am simply getting either no response or a decline altogether. During Covid, I interviewed for over 30 positions. Some were promising but others I declined. I’m hearing crickets right now. It’s wild.

    • @Patches@sh.itjust.works
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      4 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. 🤞

      • @KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        84 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.

        • @Patches@sh.itjust.works
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          54 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.

        • @inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world
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          34 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.

    • GladiusB
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      124 months ago

      I have the same qualifications as the descriptions and even exactly what the job is looking for and don’t hear back. Some other jobs ask for interviews with 1 or 2 similar qualifications. It’s nuts.

      • @MataVatnik@lemmy.world
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        74 months ago

        Yeah, I will literally fit the exact description for a job, and then some, and not a fucking word. Insane. Like who the fuck are you looking for.

        • GladiusB
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          34 months ago

          I had one that I fit word for word but I have an AS and not a BS. My father in law works for the company for 22 years and puts in for it under his name as an endorsement. If I get hired he gets a bonus if I stay for a year. Nothing. Not even a phone interview. So dumb. And my degree is not a technical degree.

          • @KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            74 months ago

            The schooling requirement for things like software development are getting out of hand too. I’ve been automatically rejected for junior positions because I lack a BS. I have 10+ years of experience doing exactly what they are looking for.

      • @oakey66@lemmy.world
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        24 months ago

        Same. And I’ve been getting calls and interview requests for lower positions which I refuse to move to. I’m lucky that I have a good paying position at the moment so I don’t have to leave.