‘It Feels Like I Am Screaming Into the Void With
Each Application’
Peter Coy:
When I asked new college graduates last month to tell
me about their job searches, I got back a ton of heartache. Unanswered
applications. Lowered expectations. For some, a sense that college was a waste
of time and money.
John York wrote that he was about to earn a master’s
degree in mathematics from New York University. “I have submitted close to 400
applications. I have heard back from less than 40, all rejections,” he wrote.
“I essentially cannot get any job, because there are no entry-level positions
anywhere at all.” He has a patent, he passed the first-level exam for Chartered
Financial Analysts and he’s getting his Series 3 license, another financial
credential. Nevertheless, he wrote, “It is just so silent, it feels like I am
screaming into the void with each application I am filling out.”
AI Bots Are Taking Over the Job Application
Process. Everyone Is Losing.
It’s bot versus bot on the hiring front lines, as job
hunters turn to new tools to counter the AI that’s screening their applications.