The death of the job application: Is AI at fault?
About this episode
The episode discusses the impact of AI on job applications and how it affects the hiring process.
AI is flooding hiring pipelines with polished look-alike applications, and recruiters are struggling to tell real capability from well-written automation. Inspired by an article in The Economist titled “Job applicants are winning the AI arms race against recruiters”. In this episode of The People Agenda podcast host Chris Howard and fellow LACErs Gemma Ryall and Adele Reid break down how the job application is evolving, what signals are losing value, and how employers can redesign hiring to stay fair, fast, and human. To hear the full discussion on navigating the "AI arms race" in hiring and how your organisation can remain vigilant of recruitment fraud, listen to this episode of The People Agenda podcast.
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