Due to a flood of applications: Overwhelmed HR departments are letting AI make the decisions

Stressed-out HR employees report receiving up to thousands of applications for a single job posting—because with the help of AI, it’s possible to quickly generate applications that initially appear professional, even if the candidates themselves are unsuitable.
But even suitable candidates are (legitimately) using AI to edit their applications—and are increasingly being mistakenly weeded out by recruiters as “AI fakes.” A study by Indeed now shows that many in the HR industry use AI not only for pre-screening but also across the board for the hiring decision itself, without personally reviewing the applications a second time. Although the German General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the EU’s AI Regulation prohibit purely technical screening and require a human to be involved in the decision-making process regarding whether to hire or not…