LinkedIn is still on a mission to persuade job hunters. But the company is developing a new AI -powered upgrade set in the features of its job search, which is expected to make this possibility even more attractive.
The company is introducing a better search tool that aims to make job seekers find the relevant role. So far, LinkedIn’s job search feature mostly relies on keywords. With updates, though, LinkedIn is digging key words in favor of AI, its system is able to understand the job list at a deeper level. According to the company, it should allow job hunters to find posting using more natural language.
LinkedIn in the product manager Rohan Rajiv explained, “The search (a) was a couple of very specific boxes, and really was the box that was said, ‘Show me a title or keyword or skill’, and you basically have to expect that you have a title or skill.” Now, though, they say, job seekers should just be able to say “whatever you want and the system will understand you.”
It may feel like a subtle change, but it is potentially powerful because it allows people to be more specific to their questions. Users can still find roles based on job tiles such as the “Product Manager”, but LinkedIn will also be able to understand these more complex searches. "Business development role in the video game industry.
As an additional layer of transparency, the LinkedIn will also offer these indicators when the company is actively reviewing requests behind a given posting. Premium users will also have access to AI -powered “job coaching” with the ability to follow interview questions, pitch and other tasks.
Nevertheless, AI -powered tools can only go away. “The fact is that we have a market where the number of job seekers is increasing rapidly compared to the number of jobs,” says Rajiv. And he knows that he is requesting that job hunters stop applying on more and more open roles. It is not the advice that many people want to hear, even though he stands with it.
“The truth is that the volume in search of a job is not your friend,” he tells Mangdet. “This is just an additional application, but you multiply it with 500 people, and suddenly the poster has found 500 new applicants who need to screening them. It is just worse.”
However, he thinks that LinkedIn can do more work to guide these people to “right” characters. “You can imagine its possibilities: to say, ‘Hey, it’s probably not fit, but based on your abilities, let me create a search that will help you find.’ And I think it’s a future.
This article was originally published on Enoget
