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How AI Slop Is Ruining Hiring

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20.08.2025

AI is friend and foe to applicants and recruiters alike, even as Gen-Z is upending the entire game in their own inimitable way.

BY KIT EATON @KITEATON

Illustration: Getty Images

Before AI got involved, recruitment involved a subtle set of rules that were sometimes hard for job seekers to master. It used to be that the wrong kind of glance during an interview, or an applicant’s word choice on a form, could sway a recruiter’s opinion in your favor or get an application tossed in the circular file of the office wastebasket.

But AI is a fact of modern life, and its ability to speed up simple digital processes makes it a boon for job applicants who need to hit as many postings as they can, and for recruiters who need to process a slew of incoming applications. Recent reports from Business Insider and USA........

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