A growing number of job applicants are letting artificial intelligence (AI) write their resumes, but hiring managers and human resource (HR) professionals are taking notice, and many are not happy.
While it's true that these days applicants have to send out resumes and more resumes just to get one interview, but skimping on the piece of paper that gets your "foot in the door" doesn't help, and good hiring managers try to discern the personality of the applicant from that CV.
A new survey from the HR consulting firm Robert Half indicates one out of five hiring managers have to work harder to verify claims on AI-written resumes, delaying the hiring process, and HR teams are finding their workloads increasing with the influx of machine-written CVs.
Not only that, but some hiring managers are using new tools that will reveal whether resumes they receive are actually AI-written, so as some consultants might say, you're not fooling anyone when you let AI put together that work history you're sending out.
Image and etiquette expert Valerie Sokolosky of Valerieandcompany.com says it's a mistake to use a process that might eliminate the portions of an applicant's personality that come through on a resume.
"AI is a great tool, but that's all it is and when you're talking about a resume, that's a really important hiring decision."
So it's worth the time to tailor each resume closely to the job desired.
"What are you doing that shows, 'I am a serious professional person'? I don't care what industry, it's important," she adds.