Job Seekers Try to Pass AI Screening With White Text Prompts

Key Takeaways

Last year, 82% of companies used AI to review resumes, per Resume Builder.

Candidates have been trying to game the system for years by hiding messages for AI chatbots in white text on their resumes.

This approach can backfire, experts say, as companies update their AI systems to detect it.

Companies are turning to AI recruiting software to help them sort through the mountains of resumes they receive for each job listing, which can be around 250 applications per opening. Last year, for example, 82% of companies employed AI to review resumes, according to a Resume Builder survey.

But as the hiring process becomes more automated, job seekers have been hiding white text in their resumes so that these AI programs can find them. In fact, according to The New York Times