Recent advances in artificial intelligence promise to change or render obsolete millions of jobs. While this prospect raises fears among employees, it is also prompting some to anticipate this evolution in the job market by applying for vacancies that mention AI. This surprising trend is highlighted in a new LinkedIn report, which found that recruitment ads alluding to this technology particularly attract the attention of job seekers.
Over the past two years, the job platform has seen 17% greater growth in the number of applications that mention AI compared with those that don’t. This progression proves that AI is a hot topic in the workforce – and this appears to be a global phenomenon, since the job offers analysed were written in a multitude of languages, including French, English, Mandarin and Turkish