Just wanted to vent for a bit. As an E and I Drafter/Designer in the oil and gas industry. I have been actively searching for a job for roughly six months. I have applied about 10 different companies a week every week since February. Only gotten 3 interviews and no offers. Is it me or is it just that more companies are using AI to go through resumes? I feel as though my resume might be not ticking the AI boxes. Like I said just needed to vent. I know more others in the same boat.

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I've heard and read all kinds of things about the ATS that companies use to sort resumes. There seems to be some kind of AI screening, but there are many different versions of what actually happens. In any event, I think if a resume is formatted cleanly so it won't confuse an automated system, that's all you can do about that. People always talk about keywords for AI systems, but that's silly. Any job will have a lexicon associated with it, and it would be difficult to write a resume detailing one's career without using the words associated with the work. There are no magical keywords that will charm AI.

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I can relate a lot to that. Between the AI use and companies cutting budgets, it is an extremely hard time to find a job right now.

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Companies are DEFINITELY using AI to filter resumes. Which means you have to pretty much pay someone to optimize it. You know, for the robots. It's madness.

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