// BBC BUSINESS NEWS — FINANZA
Is an 'AI war' complicating your job search?
Sheeraz Gulsher says there are "huge worries" about AI
I have lost track of the number of people who have told me they have applied for hundreds of jobs, only to be met with rejection after rejection.
Often, they said it felt like a human had not even looked at their applications.
There are lots of different types of recruitment tools. Some match candidates to jobs, others grade and screen CVs. Employers use them to save time sifting through applications, but there are growing concerns that these tools could be biased.
I want to find out how fair AI recruitment tools being used to help decide our futures really are - and what happens when we click "apply".
There are concerns about the increasing use of AI in recruitment
A London-based non-profit organisation, People Like Us, is raising awareness of people's legal right to challenge automated decisions when they disagree with the outcome.
A survey conducted by Censuswide among 2,000 UK workers who had applied for at least one job in the past 24 months found that 75% were unaware of their right to challenge an automated rejection.
Sheeraz Gulsher, CEO of People Like Us, is leading the campaign called Reject the Rejections, which calls on employers to improve transparency and accountability in the use of AI and automated recruitment systems.
He describes the current situation as an "AI war", with candidates "resorting to AI to bolster their applications" while "employers are dealing with huge amounts of applications".