According to a recent article from The Wall Street Journal, a growing number of recruiters and hiring managers have started to notice something when they ask questions during a video interview: Candidates are turning their heads away from the camera after they hear each question. And then they’re providing answers that have a startling uniformity.
So what’s happening here? Just nerves and canned responses to typical interview questions?
No, the likely answer is that candidates are increasingly relying on generative AI tools to help them through the hiring process. There’s nothing inherently wrong with this practice, but it does underscore the need for companies to create clear and fair guidelines for how they’d like candidates to use GAI for applications, interviews, and take-home assignments.
To learn more about how companies are responding to the surge in candidate usage of GAI tools — some are turning to more tech, while others are adding more human review to the hiring process — be sure to check out the top spot in our list below of must-read articles for talent professionals. And further down our list, you can also find out why it’s high time for a data overhaul for the U.S. workforce; why hiring boomerangs should be a part of your hiring strategy; and why there may be some irony to the term DEI hire.
Here are the must-read articles from this week:
1. The New Recruitment Challenge: Filtering AI-Crafted Resumes (The Wall Street Journal)
2. America’s Workforce Desperately Needs a Data Overhaul (The MIT Press Reader)
3. What Do You Call a Boomerang That Doesn’t Come Back? A Bad Recruiting Strategy (Paige McGlauflin on LinkedIn)
4. 6 Critical Human Skills for the Age of AI (Plus Free Courses That Teach Them) (LinkedIn Talent Blog)
5. Elevating Your Approach as a Strategic Business Partner (ATD)
6. The Irony of the ‘DEI Hire’ (Lead With Inclusion)
7. The Surgeon General Is Calling on Employers to Do More to Support Stressed-Out Parents (HR Brew)
8. I Hired a Candidate Over 50. You Can’t Imagine the Resistance I Had to Overcome (Brigette Hyacinth on LinkedIn)
9. Why You Should Ditch the Generic ‘Hire for Attitude’ Advice in the Service Industry (Jeff Toister on LinkedIn)
10. Does Working a Four-Day Week Make You Happier? (BBC)
Here is the must-listen podcast:
Reinventing the ATS for a New Era (Recruiting Future with Matt Alder)
