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A social media recruiter posted about Gen Z job applicants showing up to interviews holding iced lattes, sparking a wave of online reactions. The post divided commenters between those who saw it as a sign of unprofessionalism and others who defended it as harmless personal habit unrelated to job performance.
Cybersecurity agencies from Japan, the US, Australia and Germany issued a joint advisory identifying North Korea's WaterPlum group as the actor behind malware hidden in fake job application coding tests. The scheme has infected over 30,000 devices across 100 countries and compromised more than 7,000 crypto wallets, netting $10.71 million believed to fund the North Korean government.
A new CNBC report finds AI has become deeply embedded in hiring, screening resumes and now conducting first-round interviews. A Greenhouse survey of nearly 3,000 job-seekers across five countries found 63% had gone through an AI-led interview, up 13% from six months prior. These interviews range from voice and text chatbots to digital avatars that mimic human facial expressions.
A laid-off government contractor named Christopher, after being repeatedly screened by 'Riley,' an AI recruiting bot from Everforth Apex Systems, with no human follow-up, decided to let ChatGPT Voice conduct his fifth interview on his behalf. He fed the chatbot his background details and let it converse directly with Riley, resulting in a smooth ten-minute exchange between the two AI systems with no human involvement at any point.
Young job seekers report widespread ghosting by recruiters, unprofessional interview conduct, and dismissive treatment during their job searches. These experiences are compounding an already difficult entry-level job market for Gen Z workers.