When I read 📖 the Forbes article my mind went into an old unrecognized problem by most Job Seekers:

• Between you and the Recruiter there could be an invisible layer of software you need to be aware of

Some leading companies use Applicant Tracking Systems, called ATS. When you apply to them, your CV is process first by a Parser that extract relevant content, say Keywords associated with jobs, and then create a flat file to be inputted into the HR Company Search Engine

It is at this point that your application will surface to the eyes of the Recruiter based on the weight points your data or content is given. But be conscious that the Recruiter is using Search Engine as interface and hence finding CV by using keywords she or he has in her mind. Not the keywords you have cook 🍳 up or adviced to , but the one really relevant to the search.

Forget it, if you believe the Company is seeing you your CV directly. They will get there if you rank in a given search engine very much as you see results in Google.

What we will see in a very near future is that if SAP ends up buying Vera we could end up seeing an Artificial Intelligence War between SAP and Microsoft LinkedIn where the fatalities are going to be not only the Recruiters themselves but the Candidates themselves: Human Resources ERP Modules will be evolving to the next frontier.

Meet Ms. Vera, the next Recruiter /Headhunter you may encounter in your Job Hunt

https://ai.robotvera.com/static/newrobot_en/index.html

“She collects the CVs according to what the specific position requires and identifies candidates 10 times faster than a human being could,” explains Lisa Tirskikh, a marketing manager on the Robot Vera team, where it has become common practice to refer to the AI as “she” due to the female persona it has been given.

So far, more than 200 companies have done just that by integrating Robot Vera, AI trained to help employers find candidates for vacancies faster. Robot Vera’s AI scans CVs on the Internet or within the customer’s own databases and conducts interviews by phone with candidates it matches.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2018/10/23/were-you-talking-to-a-human-in-your-last-job-interview/amp/

Robot Vera recently joined SAP’s startup program for EMEA. Two developers from SAP will work with Robot Vera to build a full-fledged connection between Robot Vera and SAP SuccessFactors to potentially offer a joint solution worldwide.

Source Article & Image: https://www.forbes.com