Jobhunters flood Restaurant recruiters with AI-generated CVs

The Financial Times reports that candidates are increasingly turning to tech to fasten the recruitment process.

Finding about half of applicants are using tools such as ChatGPT to help write cover letters but, without editing, the language is ‘clunky’. Many of our restaurants registered on World of Chefs have reported noticing an increasing number of suspicious CVs oftern with phone numbers which do not work and email addresses which do not respond. So the use of AI tech could also be used by recruiters as well as candidates to sound out restaurants and employers.

The FT article which can be read in full here found about half of all job seekers are using artificial intelligence tools to apply for roles, inundating employers and recruiters with low-quality applications. Candidates are turning increasingly to generative AI — the type used in chatbot products such as ChatGPT and Gemini to produce conversational passages of text — to assist them in writing their CVs, cover letters and completing assessments. Many restaurants have noted to us that LinkedIn and Indeed are flooded with fake CVs and users. Its interesting to note that both of these services charge a price for sponsoring their job adverts which can generate varying results of applications.

Estimates from employers and recruiters who spoke to the Financial Times, as well as multiple published surveys, have suggested the figure is as high as 50 per cent of applicants using technology on applications. A “barrage” of AI-powered applications had led to more than double the number of candidates per job while the “barrier to entry is lower”, said Khyati Sundaram, chief executive of Applied, a recruitment platform. “We’re definitely seeing higher volume and lower quality, which means it is harder to sift through,” she added. “A candidate can copy and paste any application question into ChatGPT, and then can copy and paste that back into that application form.”