AI-Generated Resumés: A Hiring Manager’s Daily Dose of BS

I love recruiting. I love finding talented, genuine people who bring more to the table than just a well-formatted PDF. What I don’t love? Reading through a pile of AI-generated resumés that all sound like they were written by a very enthusiastic, business-buzzword-obsessed parrot.

Let’s talk about the modern hiring process—and why I’m drowning in what I can only describe as beautiful, articulate, meaningless BS.

 

The AI Resumé Apocalypse

 

Every day, my inbox fills with resumés that look stunning at first glance: action verbs, bullet points, perfect formatting. But as I read, something feels… off. Like I’m not looking at a human’s work history—I’m reading the back of a business textbook.

“Leveraged cross-functional alignment to deploy scalable solutions across agile ecosystems.”

Okay, but what did you do?

 

Everyone Sounds the Same

 

One of the weirdest parts? These resumés all sound identical. I’ll read five in a row and think, “Wait, didn’t I already read this one?” Nope—just five different candidates using the same AI resumé writer, saying the same impressive-sounding nothings.

And while I understand why job seekers are doing it (I really do—it’s a broken system), the end result is that real personality and context vanish.

 

I’m Not Anti-AI—But I’m Pro-Authenticity

 

Look, I get it. Everyone’s trying to beat the algorithm. And yes, some AI tools help highlight skills candidates may have overlooked.

But here’s the issue: AI resumés optimize for bots, not for humans. And I’m a human. I want to know what makes you you—not just what makes you sound good to a keyword scanner.

 

What Stands Out Now?

 

Honestly? These days, the simplest stuff catches my attention:

• Plain, clear descriptions of what you did and why it mattered.
• A cover letter that sounds like a person.
• A resumé that tells me more about your career story than your daily job responsibilities
• A LinkedIn profile that’s not just copy-pasted from an AI prompt.

I’ll take a typo over ten lines of meaningless fluff any day.

 

Final Thought: Keep It Real

 

If you’re a job seeker, hear this from the other side of the table: AI might get your foot in the door, but authenticity gets you hired.

So yes, use the tools. Play the game. But don’t lose your voice in the process. Because when I’m sifting through a stack of pixel-perfect jargon bombs, the one resumé that sounds like a real human being?

That’s the one I remember.