If you know anyone in the job market right now, then you've probably heard stories about how difficult it is to even get an interview. According to LinkedIn, part of the problem is that too many people are applying for jobs they're not really qualified for, making it difficult to identify good candidates.
The company hopes its new AI-powered Job Match feature will help alleviate some of this problem. The feature, which begins rolling out today, uses AI to provide detailed summaries along with job listings that let users know how qualified they actually are for a given position.
LinkedIn Product Manager Rohan Rajeev says the AI-powered feature goes beyond the simple keyword matching that job seekers may already expect. Instead, it tries to understand the breadth of your experience and how it matches the qualifications listed in the job description.
The goal, Rajeev told Engadget, is to help identify jobs for which a person is best suited and discourage people from applying for roles they are not. “If you're qualified, we can help you, but also when you're not qualified, we can hopefully find you other places where you're qualified,” Raj told Engadget.
While Job Matching will be available to all LinkedIn users, LinkedIn Premium subscribers get some additional benefits, including more detailed information about their job match level. Ultimately, Rajeev says, LinkedIn will also be able to match recruiters with more qualified candidates, reducing the likelihood that good candidates will be overlooked.
What's less clear is whether any of this will ease the pain of potential job seekers. The tech industry has lost jobs before layoffs in 2024. industry. things aren't much better either.
All of this is likely to create even more competition for the same jobs—a problem that dynamic AI seems ill-equipped to handle. “I think part of it will always be labor market dynamics, but I would say a big part of it is just a lack of transparency,” Rajeev says. He notes that early tests of the feature showed that the “non-trivial part” of the problem is “more solvable than we think.”
For their part, recruiters seem to be approving of LinkedIn's latest advice about applying to fewer jobs. The company's blog features testimonials from recruiters practically begging unqualified candidates to stop flooding their inboxes.