LinkedIn thinks it has the solution to our hiring crisis.
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The Lede
Job hunting has never been fun, but the process "feels broken," says Rohan Rajiv, the head of career products at LinkedIn. According to the company's data, job applications are up 20% since last year. It's an intense and frustrating process. And LinkedIn wants to fix the disconnect, in part by fighting AI … with AI.
Key Details
- LinkedIn unveiled an update that would use generative AI to quickly write cover letters based on job descriptions and a user's profile.
- In the coming weeks, LinkedIn will begin making its AI job-matching tools widely available to all users. The hope is that with more transparency, people will apply to fewer jobs — but ones that better fit their qualifications.
- In a ZipRecruiter survey last year, 25% of respondents who had gotten new jobs said they used AI to help them.
