Restoring Trust in Recruiting

What a world. Job seekers fire off dozens of applications a day, each one polished to perfection by ChatGPT. Recruiters, drowning in a sea of identical resumes, use AI screeners to sift through the noise. Everyone is frustrated.

I recently dove into an article from Fortune that nails this chaos: Hiring platform CEO Daniel Chait of Greenhouse describes it as an "AI doom loop," a vicious cycle in which technology meant to streamline hiring erodes trust, authenticity, and human connection on both sides of the desk.

AI is creating problems that AI is now trying to solve.

AI tools optimize for volume over voice, training models on the very generic content they then regurgitate. Job seekers game the system to beat the bots, recruiters double down on more bots to filter the fakes. Google says authenticity key, but AI evaporates it. Recruiters are buried alive. Recruiters are overwhelmed with tons of applicants. Traditional hiring was already a grind. AI is efficient but delivers... more of the same, just faster.

Job seekers echo the pain: "It’s easier than ever to apply for jobs, but it’s harder and harder to get a job." The result? Trust is at an all-time low for both job seekers and recruiters. Only 8% of job seekers believe AI algorithms that screen initial applications make hiring fairer.

How do you tell anyone apart when AI writes Everything?

You end up not being able to tell anyone apart. Your job post is generated or enhanced with AI, spitting out generic bullet points about "dynamic innovators" and "synergistic teams." Applicants respond with resumes and cover letters generated with AI. Hireboost found that 67% of recruiters can't source with any meaningful semblance of comparison.

For post and pray, a recruiter can "get 200 applications for one role, and 80% read like they were copy-pasted from the same template. Did this person actually lead that project, or did Grok hallucinate it?" There's little way to stop AI, but applicants can focus on one standout element to help both sides. A video intro? A quirky portfolio link? Something that screams you.

Train recruiters to reclaim the Human in Hiring.

So, is hiring doomed? No. We need to consider an "AI-free" application path or a hybrid screening approach. But the current AI doom loop is real. It's a wake-up call to remember why we hire in the first place: not to fill seats, but to spark connections that drive innovation and joy (odd as that may sound). Use AI to amplify voices, not mute them. Job seekers, lead with your weird; recruiters, listen for the signal in the noise.

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