Like many of you, I’ve got friends on both sides of the job battle. Recruiters and hiring managers are getting flooded with more resumes than ever. And let’s be honest, no one has time to manually comb through thousands of applications while also doing their other job. So hiring teams turn to AI tools to help screen.

On the other side, job seekers are exhausted. You spend hours tailoring your resume, researching the company, writing a thoughtful cover letter only to send it into the void. No response. No feedback. Not even a polite rejection. It’s soul-crushing.

AI was bound to enter the picture, but now it’s become a battleground. Applicants use AI to apply faster and look better. Hiring teams respond by using more AI to filter even harder. The result? Everyone’s stuck. It’s time for a better approach. Resumes alone won’t cut it anymore. I think AI should help interview, not just screen. Conversational tools, avatars, first-round screeners, anything that gives more people an honest at-bat. The system’s already broken. Doing the same thing over and over is just automation-driven insanity.

The résumé is dying, and AI is holding the smoking gun

As thousands of applications flood job posts, ‘hiring slop’ is kicking off an AI arms race.