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Does AI Know the Truth?

From ThisDay · () English

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Opinion Named sources Context piece
  • Online job applications increasingly use AI to assess candidates, prompting concerns about how systems evaluate embellished resumes.
  • The writer argues that applicants should provide truthful information while highlighting unusual achievements that may attract attention.

As more job applications move online, artificial intelligence increasingly helps decide which candidates receive attention. The writer suggests applicants may want to identify themselves as regular AI users, while warning that AI could eventually make final hiring decisions, or even determine that it can perform the job itself.

The piece questions how employers and automated systems handle embellished resumes. Applicants may describe conversational language skills as fluency or basic spreadsheet knowledge as Excel expertise. The writer argues that resumes should contain the truth and only the truth, but also advises job seekers to include distinctive achievements that may help them stand out.

There should be a requirement for the truth and only the truth.

— Dennis FitzgeraldThe writer’s argument about honesty in resumes.

One example is a friend who listed a U13 Sports Most Improved Player award. It may not represent a useful office skill, the writer says, but it attracted attention because few applicants would mention it.

Good luck with the search or the search engine.

— Dennis FitzgeraldThe closing line of the commentary on AI-assisted job searches.
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