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A landmark lawsuit against Workday is exposing how AI hiring tools are quietly filtering out qualified candidates based on race, age, and disability. Here's what the Workday AI hiring discrimination case means for your job search.

If it feels like the job market has gotten harder and weirder at the same time, you’re not imagining it. The job market feels broken right now, and the “spray and pray” approach is a symptom of that market breakdown, not a solution. A recent SFGATE piece dug into a trend that’s become almost universal right now: candidates blasting out hundreds or thousands of AI-generated applications, hoping that volume makes up for precision. The problem is, it’s creating exactly the oppos

We are all hearing about the new and exciting ways that AI is being used on what feels like a daily basis. In the job market, AI is no longer just a productivity tool for job seekers and it is increasingly part of how companies are evaluating their candidates. Many candidates immediately think of applicant tracking systems (ATS), resume keywords, and getting filtered out by a robot when they think about AI in hiring processes. In reality, it’s more nuanced than that. Companie

Should you work with a recruiter to find your next job? Here's the honest picture highlighting what recruiters can and can't do for you, where they add real value, and how to use them strategically alongside your own job search.