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Re: AI Chameleoning. A few people told me the AI screening tools that their team uses does a “good” job of screening out resumes that aren’t a fit.
My counterpoint: Does it really? Are you sure? Or does it just screen out the ones who spam applies *without* using AI? (Read: resumes that are obviously not a fit. I mean, I should hope it can do that.)
I think the harm with the battle between AI customized resumes vs AI screen resumes is that you’ve ultimately got bots talking to bots, which then tell a human “these are the ones worth talking to.”
But what does this mean the best people are making it to the human screeners?
Absolutely not. You end up with:
1. People who aren’t the best fit Chameleoning their way to first rounds interviews.
And people need to understand there’s a finite amount of first round interviews. Therefore…
2. People who are an excellent fit – but didn’t AI tailor their resume – aren’t getting those conversations.
Here’s the thing: if you’re using AI on the screening end you have no idea that you’re not getting the very best matches.
You don’t know what’s never presented to you. Out of sight, out of min. Which is why I disagree with the logic.
But if this is the direction job seeking and recruiting are going towards, the whole process turns into a “who’s the best at AI” instead of “who’s the best at doing the actual work.”
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