AI job application rise 'risks hiring incapable staff'

 

BBC A close-up of a smartphone showing the Gemini chatbot interface. At the top of the phone a greeting reads "Hello, James" and a user is typing a prompt which begins "I am applying for a job as a marketing manager"BBC
AI chatbots can be useful to candidates but should never replace "human judgement", a careers adviser says

A growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in job applications risks employers hiring candidates who cannot do the work, a business owner has said.

Advertising boss James Robinson said he and other business leaders were seeing a "real trend" in applicants using generative AI chatbots, and warned that candidates who were good at using the technology could "engineer" the process without being "capable of doing the job".

Careers adviser Megan Cooper said that while AI could be a useful tool for job hunters, it should never replace "human judgement".

recent survey of more than 2,000 job applicants in the UK found just under half had used AI to help them with the application process.

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