More than half of job candidates are using AI to apply for jobs. Meanwhile, nearly 90% of companies are using AI to screen candidates, overwhelmed by a staggering volume of résumés.
So, if both sides are using AI with such regularity, are any humans actually winning here?
That’s the question I set out to answer this month as I explored the “AI hiring doom loop”—and what it means for candidates and recruiters alike.
Jeremy Schifeling, a career coach who has held roles at LinkedIn, Khan Academy, and Apple, now teaches job seekers at more than 350 universities how to get past the AI systems filtering them out.
His advice? Step away from ChatGPT. Using AI to churn out cover letters or spam application portals simply won’t work, he said. Instead, candidates should think about what a recruiter actually wants to hear, and write a heartfelt, human message that can break through the AI slop.
