New AI Startup Will Suggest Jobs and Even Fill Out Applications

As artificial intelligence creeps into every aspect of the hiring process — from candidate screenings to video interviews — a new AI agent released by the startup Jobright.ai is aiming to make endless scrolling on job sites a thing of the past.

The bot is part of a growing supply of AI-powered job search tools, tapping into applicants’ frustrations with protracted job searches and a stagnant labor market.

Here’s how it works: Once a user uploads a resume, informs the bot of the kinds of jobs they are looking for and answers some basic questions, the bot starts compiling job postings which match the applicant’s criteria and will send up to 50 listings each week. Along with showing the user ...