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Very quietly, an Italian developer has launched an application that automates the application process for job seekers. Auto_Jobs_Applier_AIHawk can apply for hundreds of jobs in a day, completely automatically unless the user wants to tweak content as they go. It’s the flip side of high-volume recruiting.

Similar products are being developed by other parties, some of which smooth over the technical nuts and bolts AIHawk imposes. A company called JobMagic, for example, eliminates the need to know Python, which AIHawk requires.

The appearance of such products was inevitable. After all, job seekers are just as human as talent acquisition professionals struggling to identify candidates in today’s labor market. They also loathe a process which, in many if not most cases, is clunky, frustrating and anxiety-producing.

Career experts urge candidates to create a customized resume and cover letter for each individual job. AIHawk takes care of that by creating original answers to screening questions. And AIHawk doesn’t just apply for jobs – it identifies opportunities that it sees as aligning with the job seeker’s background.

AIHawk’s creator, Federico Elia, said that the bot is meant to “balance the use of artificial intelligence in the recruitment process.”  He told 404 Media, “By automating repetitive tasks and personalizing applications, AIHawk reduces the time and effort required from candidates, increasing their chances of being noticed by employers.”

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Candidates Want to Save Time, too

Job seekers will certainly appreciate AIHawk’s increased convenience, but employers shouldn’t ignore its ability to blast out dozens of applications a day. (One user said on GitHub that he’s applied for 2,800 jobs in three months.) Already, job hunters take a shotgun approach to searching, blindly applying for jobs on the theory that more is better. Employers lament the fact they get myriad applications that don’t match their needs. With AIHawk-type products, they’re going to get even more.

AIHawk already has thousands of users, with no apparent marketing effort behind it. As more companies create friendlier versions to run on more platforms, the volume of applications each company receives is sure to rise. That means TA teams will have to work harder to ensure their ATS – AI-driven or not – is identifying a complete set of matching candidates.

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