AI’s Getting Gen Z in Trouble During Job Search Process
ChatGPT and other AI platforms are being heavily used to create resumes and generate cover letters.
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College essays, speeches and now cover letters? It appears that Gen Z is relying too much on artificial intelligence to put their supposed thoughts on paper and it’s making the job hunt a little harder.
AI platforms such as ChatGPT are being heavily used by the young generation to generate cover letters. Now they’re all sounding the same, oftentimes word-for-word, sending up huge red flags to employers, according to CNBC.
“Employers are getting hundreds of the exact same cover letters word for word,” or answers to job application questions that are the same, and suspect that ChatGPT use is in play, said Shoshana Davis, a Gen Z career expert and founder of the career consultancy Fairy Job Mother.
A recent survey by Canva indicated that 45% of those looking for employment used AI to create or update their resume, and a survey by Grammarly stated that more than half of Gen Z, 61%, can’t imagine doing work tasks without using generative AI.