Your AI-written résumé might be hurting you
In November, the Maharashtra government announced a unique plan to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to generate résumés for at least 100,000 job seekers. The reason? Propel them beyond the screening phase of recruitment—a stage where a weak curriculum vitae (CV) is the root cause of rejection.
In general, job seekers and generative AI have been getting chummy since 2022 after the arrival of ChatGPT. But the idea that they can whip up résumés without much human intervention is losing steam.
As a result, nearly 85% of candidates were found lying or exaggerating on their CVs in 2023, according to hiring firm Hirepro, which sifted through 4 million résumés and consulted 500 companies for its October report titled “No résumés Please”. This was up from 65% a decade ago.
So, the question now is: can AI tools truly enhance résumés and increase job prospects?