Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

I have often said, based on the ability of AI to evaluate learning and development, that 'the credential of the future will be a job offer'. So how do we come to this instead. Here's what's happening: "AI kind of creates a sea of sameness," said New York-based career coach Eliana Goldstein. "It automates everything, and it makes everybody sound the same - and sound robotic." Sofia Mishina, a talent acquisition director at AI Digital, agrees. "I see resumes that are perfectly formatted and perfectly forgettable - the same buzzwords, same tone, no proof of work." To me, what that says is that the resume format is broken. It doesn't - and never has - differentiated between differently qualified applicants. AI - and employers - need much more complete and detailed data than that, both about prospective employees, and about the positions they are intended to fill.

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