Job seekers are jumping through more hoops to get hired as power shifts back to employers

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Job hunters are complaining of a pretty brutal recruitment market.

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I recruit people to work for A-list celebrities. This is what I look for.

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Emily Levine is executive vice president at Career Group Companies.

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Jobseekers and recruiters are all using AI. It's chaos.

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AI Robots battling it out amidst a flurry of falling resumes
Jobseekers and recruiters are both using AI to get a leg up. It's a battle of the bots.

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When Josh Holbrook, a software engineer in Alaska, was laid off in January, he didn't expect to spend too much time looking for a new job. He certainly didn't think he'd need to relearn the job-hunt process.

I've been a tech recruiter for 19 years for giants like Google. These are the 4 questions you should ask at the end of an interview.

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Ask about your future team and their career backgrounds, says a recruiter with experience at Google, Dell, and Zendesk.

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This recruiter uses a late-night text message to see if candidates are a good fit for a job

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Responding quickly to a text message could help you land a job.

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I didn't get a VP job in HR because the recruiter said I didn't try hard enough with my appearance

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Melissa Weaver was surprised a recruiter stated she didn't make enough of an effort in how she looked for a job interview.

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It's hard to compete with Elon Musk when recruiting AI talent, CEO says

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Elon Musk launched xAI last year.

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Find your brand's 'love language' to secure diverse talent, says a chief people officer

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Sharawn Tipton, the chief people and culture officer at LiveRamp, says that bolstering your brand ethos can improve talent retention.

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Don't expect ChatGPT to take the bias out of job recruiting just yet

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A Bloomberg investigation found that ChatGPT's selection of candidates for jobs showed a racial bias.

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7 strategies to recruit top job candidates who were laid off, according to a veteran tech recruiter

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Jessica Hicks said recruiting laid-off talent could be a huge win for companies, but it must be done with care.

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