{"id":200153,"date":"2026-03-28T18:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T22:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/28\/more-than-half-of-job-applicants-now-use-ai-to-write-resumes\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T19:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T23:15:11","slug":"more-than-half-of-job-applicants-now-use-ai-to-write-resumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/28\/more-than-half-of-job-applicants-now-use-ai-to-write-resumes\/","title":{"rendered":"More than half of job applicants now use AI to write resumes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/ai-job-search-resumes-linkedin\">More than half of job applicants now use AI to write resumes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/ai-job-search-resumes-linkedin\">https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/ai-job-search-resumes-linkedin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-28 18:53:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.ktvu.com\">www.ktvu.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Over 50% of new job applicants utilize AI for resume and cover letter writing, according to a LinkedIn survey.<\/li>\n<li>Hiring managers also employ AI, creating challenges for recent grads entering the job market, according to Vanessa Errecarte, a UC Davis Graduate School of Management instructor.<\/li>\n<li>To stand out, recent graduates should build a digital brand early, develop a unique point of view, and master critical thinking.<\/li>\n<li>Graduates should start creating a digital presence on platforms like LinkedIn and personal websites well in advance.<\/li>\n<li>Graduates need to ensure their online presence and applications contain unique points of view that set them apart from AI-generated content.<\/li>\n<li>Critical thinking skills are crucial; they differentiate candidates&#8217; resumes and online profiles in an AI-driven job market.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than half of job applicants now use AI to write resumes https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/ai-job-search-resumes-linkedin Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":200154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.foxtv.com\/static.ktvu.com\/www.ktvu.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1200\/630\/gettyimages-500229017-scaled.jpg?ve=1&tl=1","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200153"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200155,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200153\/revisions\/200155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}