On air: over-50s, AI and the ‘bot to bot’ job hunt

BBC Radio 5 Live looked at how people over 50 are faring as employers turn to AI in hiring, with Dr Andrea Barry of the Centre for Ageing Better. Caller Tarek Assi, in his fifties, said he had retrained in IT, had one interview in a year, and had one application rejected within 45 minutes – describing “a bot to bot job application process”. Jackie Pay spoke about redundancy and job clubs, and recruiter Helen Wright of 9 to 3 Jobs described a “tsunami” of applications and growing suspicion of AI-written cover letters.

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