AI Job Influence
2024
2024-01-01 Multiple companies listed “ghost” jobs online, meaning they posted jobs they weren’t truly hiring for. Companies did this for a number of reasons, such as to “get a feel” for future candidates, make current employees feel replaceable, or give off the illusion that their company is strong and growing.
https://www.greenhouse.com/blog/greenhouse-2024-state-of-job-hunting-report.
2025 April
2025-04-08 Companies started using AI to scan and read resumes, automate which candidates are more suitable by matching applications with keywords, and drop candidates who didn’t meet certain criteria or match algorithms. So basically AI performs like a job gatekeeper even before resumes are being viewed by human eyes.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/08/tech/ai-resume-job-hunters
2025 June
2025-06-26 Candidates started using AI to submit ghost resumes and blanket applications to try to get an edge on the job market.
2025 August
2025-08-03 Companies started using AI to do job interviews.
https://fortune.com/2025/08/03/ai-interviewers-job-seekers-unemployment-hiring-hr-teams/