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[–] anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Have been helping my kid apply for jobs, which has been a really interesting experience. Next step after applying online is for him to do a chat interview with an ai thingy

Now he’s doing a recorded video answering questions. This is trippy

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

oh nononono. Anything that asks for recorded video should be viewed with DEEP suspicion. Check all the paperwork, chances are you'll find buried somewhere some AI slop bullshit that says they are granted rights to use his voice / face

[–] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The government and some of the banks do the AI recorded interviews. Wouldn't look very good if they use the data

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Doesn't look very good they're doing AI recorded interviews. That's not what LLMs are for

[–] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Yep. I think the AI ones are more for grad programs though.

[–] anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This was for casual work at Woolies; it seems to be the go for this type of job

Wow. I work for a retail company, and have heard from the higher ups that people don't even get considered if they've been filtered out by the AI

[–] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's good you're doing this. I remember when looking for jobs explaining to my parents that the local Big W doesn't do it's own hiring and you have to apply online for the head office to look at. Sometimes parents don't realise how much the job market has changed

[–] anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It’s been an eye-opening experience - much different to the process when I last applied for a job

A few of my recent applications wanted a 60 second video of me telling them why I wanted the role.

Those went straight to the bin.

[–] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 4 points 5 days ago

Helped my daughter recently with this. She didn't get shortlisted but good experience.

I feel bad cause the job search process for youngsters is soooo much different than back in my day