AI Use in the Job Market Is Creating an Infinite Doom Loop
Being in a low-fire, low-hire economy only makes matters worse. Job postings are scarce. Scams and ghost jobs are enough of a problem that some states are looking to write new laws to combat them.
Both job seekers and employers say they're experiencing a breakdown of trust. Candidates sink so much time into their search and hear nothing. Applying to jobs is a black box.
Some employers, meanwhile, say they receive hundreds of applications that look nearly identical. So they feed them into the AI rating system of their ATS to try and get some quick differentiation.
Chait says we're in an AI doom loop. “We've got this tragic situation where each side has a problem. They're using AI to solve their own problem, but in ways that make the problem worse. And so more AI use begets more AI use, to no one's benefit. The more it's happening,...
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