Job Hunting When Recruiters Use AI

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Recruiters receive hundreds of applicants for one position. And it’s laborious to go through all the resumes. Fifty-two percent of hiring managers say finding the right candidate is difficult. The result is that artificial intelligence (AI) is used to screen applicants.

Writing a resume is hard enough for a human, but now you must keep AI in mind. Does AI look at a resume in a different light than a human? How do you present yourself well to both AI and a human?

How AI Helps Hiring Managers

Forty percent of employers use an applicant tracking system (ATS) to screen job applicants. The result is that humans never read 75 percent of resumes.