Business success story Jane Lu has shared a difficult job application from a Gen Z hopeful that appears to have been written by AI.
Ms Lu, who founded popular online fashion retailer Showpo and is a panelist on Channel 10’s Shark Tank, recently received a job application to help with her business course.
However, upon reading it, the executive couldn’t help but notice a cacophony of glaring errors littered throughout the application.
Ms. Lu compared it to “copying and pasting ChatGPT.”
“I think this is potentially the worst job application ever,” she said in the Tiktok video.
Reading the application aloud, Ms. Lu pointed out the lack of attention to detail in the paper. “I am convinced that my experience in [relevant experience/skill] positions me as a strong candidate,” the application said. Throughout the document, other important details such as their skills for “specific projects, courses or initiatives” were left blank, further signaling that this applicant failed to correct before submitting.
To make matters worse, at the top of the applicant’s cover letter, they forgot to remove part of the request generated by the AI platform.
“Here is a more polished and articulate version of your cover letter,” the cover letter read, leaving Ms. Lu shocked.
“(They’ve) copied and pasted this thing that’s half full,” she laughed.
While apologizing to the applicant who failed to make it to the next round of interviews, Ms. Lu reminded her followers that applicants “should use a little bit of this,” pointing to her head.
Data from YouGov showed that while almost half (48 per cent) of Australians were aware of AI platforms like ChatGPT, that doesn’t mean they’re as likely to use them.
However, the study found that younger generations were more likely to use AI platforms, with two-fifths of Gen Z (40 percent) and millennials (37 percent) using ChatGPT at least once.
Online, others shared their experience with AI-generated job applications, a trend popular with young millennials and Mr. Gen.
“I had someone send me an application for a ‘medical administration position’ – I was hiring airport workers in aviation,” one comment read.
Another argued that the applicant “used a Google template and didn’t follow the requirements, just left them there.”
Who is Jane Lu?
Fashion guru Jane Lu started online fashion retailer Showpo in 2010 in her parents’ garage.
Since then it has grown into a global power.
The idea for Showpo was born out of Lu’s hatred of being taken to the shops when she needed a new outfit.
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