LinkedIn CEO says that job seekers are sending out 30% more applications than pre-pandemic—and it’s harder to ‘know who can actually do the job’

Job seekers are sending out thousands of applications in hopes of finally landing stable work—and AI has become their best friend in the hunt. But on the hiring side, LinkedIn’s CEO says the tech-enabled flood of applicants is making it harder to find the right talent.

“It’s gotten harder and harder for employers to know who can actually do the job anymore,” Dan Shapero recently told the Wall Street Journal. 

Professionals are trying their best to navigate a brutal labor market and new world of hiring. The number of available job openings in the U.S. fell to a five-month low of 7.08 million in August—hundreds of thousands fewer than the month before. Plus, the number of Americans hired each month, excluding the pandemic, is also nearing a 10-year low. So when a new job posting finally hits job sites, candidates quickly jump at the opportunity. Shapero said that job-seekers have sent out 30% more applications than they did pre-pandemic.

But in sending off applications en masse—fine-tuning their resumes and tailoring their cover letters with the help of AI—job-seekers may be causing a talent rut. The LinkedIn CEO says recruiters now have to dig through hundreds or thousands of applicants, making it harder to find the right person for the job.

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