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Global News
10-05-2025
- Business
- Global News
How can you use AI to effectively search for jobs?
As some Canadians look to find a new job, they're more frequently using artificial intelligence to help. But while using AI is growing more common, a survey by CV Genius found 80 per cent of hiring managers dislike seeing AI-generated resumes and cover letters, with 74 per cent saying they can spot when AI has been used. But while 57 per cent say they're less likely to hire an applicant who used AI, there are ways to use it without risking your application. 'From an AI standpoint, people are using it in a variety of different ways to help them either land the job or get their foot in the door,' said Robert Hosking, executive director at consulting firm Robert Half. A July 2024 survey by online marketplace vendor Capterra found 48 per cent of Canadian job seekers saying they are using AI to help in their job search, with 37 per cent saying they use it for writing or refining their resume. Story continues below advertisement If people are thinking of using AI to help in their job search, here are some of the best ways to use it effectively. Use online job sites' AI to tailor search While many job postings will have you apply to the company's website directly, you can get a jump start on finding the jobs that best suit your skills by uploading your resume to the various platforms' websites and letting AI do the work. One example is submitting your resume to a websites like Indeed or Monster, which then analyze the document to determine what jobs could fit with your skills and experience. LinkedIn also uses AI by analyzing your profile and job preferences to suggest relevant job openings. 'The AI embedded in those platforms will make a recommendation for you,' said Alexandra Tillo, talent strategy advisor at Indeed Canada. 'It will say, 'Hey, you know, looking at your resume, we found these jobs which appear to match the skills and qualifications you have on your resume.' It does so by comparing your resume against a job description and finding keywords to match you with those roles that match your abilities. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy Tillo said that using job alert optimization tools can let job hunters know when a position that matches their profile has been posted. Story continues below advertisement Preparing for the interview Once you've nailed down an interview, you'll move into the preparation process and while AI can't determine exactly what questions you'll be asked, it can still help you be prepare for them. By inputting information about the job and the company, you can get suggestions on what to ask the recruiter in terms of workplace culture or job expectations, but Tillo notes AI can also produce questions similar to what you may be asked during the interview. 'It means that it's easy for a job seeker to prepare some of those behavioural-based questions beforehand because most of the time they are adaptable to any kind of type of role they may be applying to,' Tillo said. Questions revolving around situations, tasks, actions and results are more likely than not to come up in an interview and are commonly referred to as STAR (situation, task, action, results) questions. The Alberta government's alis website provides examples of this as part of its resources to support career goals, such as career planning. In one situation, the applicant is asked to explain how they handled a customer being unhappy with a recent shipment, the actions they had to take to solve the problem and the end result. AI can be given details of the job being interviewed for and craft questions that the job seeker might be asked. Story continues below advertisement 2:17 Businesses in Canada worried about rise of 'ghosting' job candidates Depending on the type of AI you use, it can also be used for interview preparation through mock interviews. You can ask it to produce questions you might face in the job you're applying for and it can provide feedback on your answer. Unlike just providing questions, mock interviews can put you in a situation where you're asked the questions and have to provide the answers in a real-time environment. You'll also be provided feedback. There are various apps available that can be used to conduct mock interviews, including through Google and others like Final Round AI, in which an applicant will be posed a question and then type in or even give their answer verbally. The AI will then provide feedback on how to refine your answers. 'I think it will give a lot of confidence as well for job seekers and not to be too surprised when thinking back some of the questions that are being asked of them,' Tillo said. Story continues below advertisement Hosking added that mock interviews can make it easier to not be caught off guard by questions, as an applicant will be more prepared for how to answer when asked. Of the 250 Canadian job seekers Capterra surveyed who said they use AI, 27 per cent say they've used the technology for mock interviews. Comparing offers Sometimes in the job hunt, you may receive two competing offers, and deciding which is best for your career aspirations can be difficult. Hosking says it's another case where AI may provide an assist. 'You can run them (the offers) against one another, what are the pros and cons and compensation, benefits, perks, so it can give you a bit of an assessment on where, maybe not where they would rank, but the benefits of each so it can help you in your decision making,' he said. He added that AI may also provide insight into compensation levels for the kinds of roles you're applying to, which can further assist in deciding on which job to take. Avoid the pitfalls From interview preparation to helping find jobs that fit you, AI can be useful, but Tillo said there are also issues that can arise. Story continues below advertisement One of the most obvious is having a cover letter crafted by AI, as the structure may make it clear who wrote it. She adds that people should also avoid using AI during an interview, as managers are becoming more skilled at recognizing when someone is reading off an answer provided by AI rather than being authentic. 'I really want to tell people to not forget about that and give 100 per cent of yourself and your attention to the person you're talking to,' she said.
Yahoo
08-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Why you might not want to use AI to spruce up your job application
This week, a company made a request to job seekers who may be considering using artificial intelligence to spruce up their résumés or applications: Please don't. 'While we encourage people to use AI systems during their role to help them work faster and more effectively, please do not use AI assistants during the application process,' the notice read. Ironically, the warning came from Anthropic, an artificial intelligence software company based in San Francisco. 'We want to understand your personal interest in Anthropic without mediation through an AI system, and we also want to evaluate your non-AI-assisted communication skills,' the company continued in its newly released policy on applicants using the technology. The maker of the Claude AI chatbot, Anthropic is not the only company that has voiced concern about the use of AI to polish a résumé or a cover letter. A 2024 survey conducted by CV Genius found that 80% of hiring managers viewed AI-generated job application content negatively, with 57% saying they were 'less likely to hire' a person when they spot it. Apple CEO Tim Cook, whose company has gone all in on its integration of artificial intelligence in its phones and computers, was asked by Wired magazine in December about a recent demo that features a young, fictional job applicant using Apple Intelligence to improve a cover letter. Should a job recruiter who hires the applicant based on the improved cover letter feel tricked if the applicant is hired and turns out not to be as literate as the cover letter implied? 'I don't think so,' Cook replied. 'By using the tool, it comes across as more polished. It's still your decision to use the tool. It's like you and I collaborating on something — one plus one can equal more than two, right?' But J.T. O'Donnell, CEO of the job recruiting company Work It Daily, said in an Instagram post on Thursday that Anthropic's new policy asking prospective employees to refrain from using AI tools when applying for a job is 'going to open the flood gates for many companies to do the same.' 'They want to hire a human being,' O'Donnell said, adding, 'AI tools are flooding' companies with 'too bogus résumés and too many applicants.' 'They're hiring you to do a job. They want to make sure that you're the real deal,' she continued, adding, 'Don't use AI [for job applications]. These AI tools people are offering you are only hurting you.' With AI tools now offered on job sites like LinkedIn and Indeed to help applicants tailor résumés and cover letters for prospective employers, the use of the technology shows no signs of slowing among job seekers. An August survey by Capterra, a business software company, found that 58% of job seekers use AI to help them apply for jobs and that 83% admitted using the technology to 'exaggerate or lie about their skills on a resume, cover letter, job application, or skills assessment.' But with applicants flooding employers with AI-enhanced applications and companies turning to AI to screen out and even interview their next hires, it can begin to feel like there's no escape from the technology. 'What AI is doing is actually just creating more noise. ... Normal people who are not using AI are hurting in the job market, and then they have to go start using AI to apply to jobs to be competitive,' Maddie Macho, a job recruiter, said in a TikTok video. But the bottom line, according to O'Donnell, is that 'the résumé is dead' because too many people are using AI to pad, if not falsify, them. That is going to leave companies in the position of either rolling out anti-AI policies for job applicants or developing better AI tools to weed out the fakes. 'If they want you to be authentic so they can choose the right person, they're entitled to it,' O'Donnell said.
Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Why you might not want to use AI to spruce up your job application
This week, a company made a request to job seekers who may be considering using artificial intelligence to spruce up their résumés or applications: Please don't. 'While we encourage people to use AI systems during their role to help them work faster and more effectively, please do not use AI assistants during the application process,' the notice read. Ironically, the warning came from Anthropic, an artificial intelligence software company based in San Francisco. 'We want to understand your personal interest in Anthropic without mediation through an AI system, and we also want to evaluate your non-AI-assisted communication skills,' the company continued in its newly released policy on applicants using the technology. See for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories. By signing up, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy. The maker of the Claude AI chatbot, Anthropic is not the only company that has voiced concern about the use of AI to polish a résumé or a cover letter. A 2024 survey conducted by CV Genius found that 80% of hiring managers viewed AI-generated job application content negatively, with 57% saying they were 'less likely to hire' a person when they spot it. Apple CEO Tim Cook, whose company has gone all in on its integration of artificial intelligence in its phones and computers, was asked by Wired magazine in December about a recent demo that features a young, fictional job applicant using Apple Intelligence to improve a cover letter. Should a job recruiter who hires the applicant based on the improved cover letter feel tricked if the applicant is hired and turns out not to be as literate as the cover letter implied? 'I don't think so,' Cook replied. 'By using the tool, it comes across as more polished. It's still your decision to use the tool. It's like you and I collaborating on something — one plus one can equal more than two, right?' But J.T. O'Donnell, CEO of the job recruiting company Work It Daily, said in an Instagram post on Thursday that Anthropic's new policy asking prospective employees to refrain from using AI tools when applying for a job is 'going to open the flood gates for many companies to do the same.' 'They want to hire a human being,' O'Donnell said, adding, 'AI tools are flooding' companies with 'too bogus résumés and too many applicants.' 'They're hiring you to do a job. They want to make sure that you're the real deal,' she continued, adding, 'Don't use AI [for job applications]. These AI tools people are offering you are only hurting you.' With AI tools now offered on job sites like LinkedIn and Indeed to help applicants tailor résumés and cover letters for prospective employers, the use of the technology shows no signs of slowing among job seekers. An August survey by Capterra, a business software company, found that 58% of job seekers use AI to help them apply for jobs and that 83% admitted using the technology to 'exaggerate or lie about their skills on a resume, cover letter, job application, or skills assessment.' But with applicants flooding employers with AI-enhanced applications and companies turning to AI to screen out and even interview their next hires, it can begin to feel like there's no escape from the technology. 'What AI is doing is actually just creating more noise. ... Normal people who are not using AI are hurting in the job market, and then they have to go start using AI to apply to jobs to be competitive,' Maddie Macho, a job recruiter, said in a TikTok video. But the bottom line, according to O'Donnell, is that 'the résumé is dead' because too many people are using AI to pad, if not falsify, them. That is going to leave companies in the position of either rolling out anti-AI policies for job applicants or developing better AI tools to weed out the fakes. 'If they want you to be authentic so they can choose the right person, they're entitled to it,' O'Donnell said.
Yahoo
06-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
AI company Anthropic's ironic warning to job candidates: ‘Please do not use AI'
Anthropic has an 'AI policy' for job candidates that discourages the technology from being used during the application process. The company says it wants to field candidates' human communication skills. Anthropic is known for its AI innovations—but the company doesn't want job candidates using the technology. Anthropic's job postings state an 'AI policy' for any candidates hoping to land a gig at the $60 billion AI juggernaut. The application process requires people to answer 'why do you want to work here?' box aside from their cover letter—but adds a stipulation. 'While we encourage people to use AI systems during their role to help them work faster and more effectively, please do not use AI assistants during the application process,' the policy reads. 'We want to understand your personal interest in Anthropic without mediation through an AI system, and we also want to evaluate your non-AI-assisted communication skills." The rule applies to all job opportunities. Anyone hoping to snatch open positions including legislative analysts, account executives, and external affairs officers are beholden to the policy. But with Anthropic being one of the leading AI creators, the policy is ironic. The business touts the extensive promises and applications of AI, including its model, Claude for Enterprise, built for large organizations. Google has even thrown its hat into the ring, making a $2 billion investment in Claude AI in 2023. But Anthropic has a hard stop when it comes to job seekers using the tools. Anthropic's disdain for job seekers using AI to help build their applications isn't uncommon. Companies and their managers have long been caught in an AI arms race that is upending the hiring process. Now both applicants and recruiters are experiencing tensions about how to use the tech. Anthropic is just one of many employers discouraging prospective hires from using AI—but it does feel weirder, given that it's a tech giant entirely reliant on AI usage. But the reasoning behind this policy echoes the same reasoning from other businesses. About 80% of hiring managers dislike seeing AI-generated CVs and cover letters, according to 2024 data from CV Genius. And they're confident in being able to pick up on the automated content; around 74% say they can spot when AI has been used on a job application. That can have a damaging effect on an applicant's prospects, as over half of those hiring managers say they are significantly less likely to hire an applicant who has used AI. Yet AI has become deeply ingrained in people's personal and work lives. About 57% of job candidates used the OpenAI chatbot in their applications, according to 2024 data from Neurosight. Companies are promoting it, too—around 70% of workers say their organizations have received training to use generative AI correctly, and 90% of their bosses agree, according to a recent study from Accenture. Businesses continue to encourage their workers to become digitally savvy, and use the tools on the job to boost productivity. This increase in digital optimization has left employers scrambling for human skills. Anthropic's policy mirrors the growing need for soft skills, as AI isn't capable of authentic communication, storytelling, and emotional intelligence. These qualities are top of mind for companies—even when hiring their next top executive. Many disgruntled hiring managers are hoping to find these qualities in candidates, and AI-optimized cover letter responses may not be the best litmus test. But as recruiters have to bulldoze through thousands of applications for a single role, and job seekers need to apply to hundreds of jobs to land a gig, AI will stick around in the process. This story was originally featured on Sign in to access your portfolio
