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Ghost jobs, robot gatekeepers and AI interviewers: let me tell you about the bleak new age of job hunting Eleanor Margolis

The Guardian

People queue to enter a jobcentre in east London in July 2016. People queue to enter a jobcentre in east London in July 2016. In my six months of looking for work, I've found that from fake ads to AI screening software, the search is more soul-destroying than ever A s I apply for yet another job, I look at the company's website for context. I've now read their "what we do" section four or five times, and I have a problem - I can't figure out what they do. There are two possibilities here.


4 Best Resume Builders (2025), Tested and Reviewed

WIRED

A proper résumé builder can help you stand out from the crowd. All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Landing a new job starts with a slam-dunk CV, but Word or Google Docs will only take you so far. In an era of AI-assisted Application Tracking Systems (ATS) where applicants are rejected before a human ever lays eyes on their work experience, the best résumé builders could help you stand out from the crowd. Yes, they'll give your résumé a pretty face with unique templates and attention-grabbing fonts, but résumé builders shouldn't just give you a PDF and send you on your way. A good online résumé builder will give tips and insights into how you can bolster your CV, as well as tools for managing your documents when applying to multiple jobs.


I Got Laid Off. A.I. Wrote My New Cover Letter. It Was Surprisingly Good--Except for One Alarming Mistake.

Slate

After sending out more than 100 applications, I learned the robots are no longer satisfied with taking our jobs--they also want to prevent us from getting new ones. I got laid off five months ago. Every morning I drink a pot of coffee while I write cover letters, tweak my résumé, and submit job applications into the abyss, knowing they will likely never be seen by human eyes--only crawled by the cold, lifeless algorithms of an artificial intelligence. I feel like General Zod from, floating off into space trapped inside a two-dimensional phantom zone, screaming in silence about my job qualifications and core competencies. The job market is a mess.


LinkedIn's AI job coach can write your cover letters and edit your resumé

Engadget

Last year, LinkedIn began experimenting with AI-powered tools for job seekers on its platform. Now the company has added a bunch of new capabilities for its premium subscribers who are #OpentoWork, including personalized resumé, AI-assisted cover letters and more conversational job searches. The changes are meant to speed up some of the most tedious aspects of looking for a new role. For example, the revamped job search feature now allows you to look for roles with queries like "find me a marketing job that's fully remote and pays at least 100,000 a year," or "find business development roles in biotech." Those are all relatively simple descriptions but anyone who has searched for jobs on LinkedIn (without the help of AI) knows that it can often be a struggle to narrow down job listings with keywords.


LinkedIn's AI Career Coaches Will See You Now

WIRED

Many burned-out workers have likely dreamed of hiring a career coach or résumé writer. Now, LinkedIn is introducing chats with generative AI career experts based on real people. Other new AI tools within the platform will help people write résumés and cover letters or evaluate their qualifications for jobs posted. LinkedIn has ramped up its generative AI tools in the past year and is moving to incorporate the tech into even more of its offerings. On Thursday, the career site announced new features like a pilot for AI-powered expert advice, an interactive chat to break down information in LinkedIn courses, and more AI features that can be used to search for and apply for jobs for its premium users in English.


The job applicants shut out by AI: 'The interviewer sounded like Siri'

The Guardian

When Ty landed an introductory phone interview with a finance and banking company last month, they assumed it would be a quick chat with a recruiter. And when they got on the phone, Ty assumed the recruiter, who introduced herself as Jaime, was human. "The voice sounded similar to Siri," said Ty, who is 29 and lives in the DC metro area. Ty realized they weren't speaking to a living, breathing person. Their interviewer was an AI system, and one with a rather rude habit.


A day in the life of AI

The Guardian

Apple's Face ID converts your face to a set of numbers that act as your own unique identifier. This biometric portrait is not set in stone – it uses AI to track changes in your appearance, updating its model if you grow a beard, change your makeup style or get older, and it also detects whether your eyes are open and your attention is directed to your phone. Many of the iPhone's core functions are AI-enhanced. The photo app can blur backgrounds and artificially alter lighting to create the illusion of a studio photoshoot, and uses computer vision to recognise people and objects and categorise images into themes and locations. Siri uses natural language processing and machine learning to interpret your voice requests.


How to use AI to help you get a better job instead of it stealing one

FOX News

CyberGuy shows you how to manage your online presence. The job search landscape has transformed dramatically in just a few years. Gone are the days when applying for jobs was a part-time endeavor. Nowadays, it's practically a full-time job, especially if you're out of work and have to document your efforts to claim unemployment benefits. The experience can be overwhelming, but fortunately, technology--particularly artificial intelligence (AI)--is here to help streamline the process.


Alicent

#artificialintelligence

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How To Leverage AI And Use ChatGPT In Your Job Search, According To Résumé Writers And Career Coaches

#artificialintelligence

Forward-thinking job seekers are leveraging artificial intelligence in their job searches. ChatGPT has taken the world by storm. The chatbot saw a meteoric rise, gaining 1 million users within the first five days of its November 30, 2022 launch. By January, it became the fastest-growing platform with 100 million users, reaching 1 billion visits in February alone. To put ChatGPT's ascendency into perspective, it took social media app Twitter five years to reach 100 million users, while Instagram took 2 ½ years after its launch and TikTok nine months.