Lazy apply? | Mass AI job application tools are a dystopian nightmare for recruiters

The jobs market is currently a volatile place for candidates. After a rocky year for many businesses, hit by inflation and with customers struggling with their own finances many opted to roll back on the steep inflation in staffing rates back in 2022, and slash headcounts.

In fact, seemingly every day we’re seeing headlines of cuts that appear to hit businesses indiscriminately, regardless of industry. At the same time, and in direct juxtaposition to this trend, those who are doing well seem to be clinging to their high achievers for dear life, with many succumbing to the temptations and inflated pay packets offered elsewhere.

So, where does AI come into this equation? Well for some, it’s perhaps the reason that their job is being made redundant. Yes, on the whole AI isn’t here to immediately make us all redundant but much like with the invention of the modern factory line, some positions are simply no longer viable in the grand scheme of progress.

Yet this isn’t directly what we’re here to discuss. The AI we’re talking about today is very much consumer-oriented, and largely only serves as a nuisance to the talent industry. Some may have seen a headline pop up on Wired this week that raised eyebrows.