AI is Writing Job Applications, But Is Anyone Really Getting Hired?
The job market is broken, and now AI is exacerbating the issue. Young people today are not just competing with each other; they’re competing with machines. Instead of sitting down to write a real job application, many are outsourcing it to tools like ChatGPT. Clean grammar, perfect cover letters, keyword-optimized CVs, but no real personality. On the other side? HR departments are using their own AI. Resume scanners, keyword bots, automated rejection emails. A cycle begins: AI writes → AI screens → humans barely touch the process. This is what I call the automation feedback loop . It’s supposed to make hiring faster, but what it’s really doing is stripping away the human from human resources. Talented people with real skills can’t break through the wall of algorithms, while generic, AI-polished applications slip through the cracks. Companies often end up with...