July 30, 2025 • 8 mins
Greg and Larry talk about how Ai can be used in the workplace in the future. Ai is changing the way some companies do their interviewing process. Greg gives tips on how to get hired.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now let's start to Greg g and Grande, career advice
expert with us every Wednesday at this time. You can
check him out at go to Greg dot com. Greg,
we want to talk about AI today. We were just
discussing it early about schooling and how it's being accepted
more in the schools and even taught now in college.
(00:21):
I'm sure it's been integrated into the workplace. Let's start
with hiring. How is AI used in hiring these days?
I hope Greg's not using AI to answer this phone call,
because he's showing that it doesn't work all that well.
Greg g and Grande, of course, is the career advice
expert that we talked to every week, and he's normally
(00:43):
really reliable man. He would have just blown the interview
had he had had this been for a job.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Greg.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Therey are Greg, I don't know if you heard a
word I said, But you did hear it?
Speaker 2 (00:58):
No you didn't.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
So let's talk about it AI and talk about AI.
Let's start with how AI is being used in businesses
for hiring. Oh, he doesn't want to tell there, he
goes again. Maybe he doesn't know anything about this topic.
Maybe that's the problem. That's why he's staying silent.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
I'm back. I don't know what's going on. I'm so sorry.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
No, you're fine, now, you're you're just fine. Now let
me for the third time, I'll ask the question, just
in case you didn't hear it. How is AI used
in hiring in businesses these days?
Speaker 2 (01:30):
It is something we will be talking about for the
foreseeable future. AI is really taking hold in how we
recruit and assess new applicants and in current jobs. Companies
are slowing down hiring and they're replacing you know, normal
hiring with AI agents who can do the work. So
(01:53):
it's having a transformative, major generational, transformative impact on the workforce.
And if you're looking for a job or if you're
in a job, you need to pay close attention to
what your company is doing.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
So recruiters will all lose their jobs.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Now, well, there will be fewer recruiters because there's a
lot in the recruitment process that is manual that AI
can do, you know, far better, far faster, in terms
of reviewing resumes, assessing resumes. The volume of resumes that
come in when people apply to these big job sitech indeed,
(02:34):
is so is so great that most most recruiters can't
really review them all. AI can review like thousands in
the time it would take one person to do it
in a in a week, they could do it in
a minute.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Yeah, in the hiring process, I can see it really
having an effect on jobs. But seriously, it seems to me,
except for some manual labor jobs and some job that
wouldn't be affected necessarily by AI for certain reasons, it's
going to affect thousands and thousands, if not millions of jobs.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
It already is. There are some predictions that you know,
as much as forty percent of the current workforce is
going to be disrupted and jobs will disappear and new
jobs will be created. But you're right, most of the
trade jobs and the service jobs that could only be
(03:32):
replaced by robotics, we're way off from that having a
major impact on those types of jobs. But for traditional corporate,
white collar jobs, it's already having a tremendous impact. So
if you're an entry level just entering the job market,
hiring is slowing down dramatically because companies every time there's
(03:53):
an opening, most big companies are thinking, well, how can
we replace that work through AI? And if you're in
a mid career middle management kind of job. Those jobs
are at risk too because companies are looking when they
look at how to become more efficient, they look at
(04:14):
how many layers they have and how many people responsible
for other people, and so they try to flatten their
organization by eliminating some of that middle management layer. And
wherever AI can do a job just as well or
better or more efficiently, companies are looking at how to
implement that.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Now, is it important to be at least knowledgeable, if
not proficient, at AI to get jobs these days?
Speaker 2 (04:42):
You definitely want to be proficient at how your company
uses AI. So every company, whatever technology they use for
internal communications, for email, whatever they use, there's AI typically
already embedded in that. And you want to make sure
that as an employee, you are proficient in how to
(05:06):
use the technology to its fullest capability, and you want
to demonstrate that to your boss. And you don't have
to be a cooder, you don't have to become an engineer,
but you have to learn how to use the technology,
just like any other technology, to its fullest capabilities. And
that will help you in your job, and it will
(05:26):
help you become more safe and marketable in your role
if you learn how to use these technologies.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
So let's flip this around. So AI is being used
by companies to help weed out people and to find
the right employee to hire. How does a job seeker
use AI to find a job and to make sure
that they are the right candidate.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Well, everyone focuses on the resume and listen, you need
a resume, and you should apply for jobs through these
online boards. But that's a little bit like hitting the
lottery because if you're applying to a job that's posted online,
like literally thousands of other resumes are coming across. Then
(06:13):
So what you can do for that method of job
searching is to make sure that you are tailoring your
resume to that specific job and company. You can't have
a one size fits all resume, and you need to
use language within your resume that is the language that
that profession and that company uses, because the AI technologies
(06:36):
will look for that and will pick up for the
language that is common to the job description and that
and that industry. But you shouldn't just be relying on that.
Networking always has been and always will be the most
effective way to find to find a job.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Here's Here's what's interesting about this because we're just talking
about this in schools and colleges and high schools and
how some are now cha changing how they feel about AI,
but many still are strict about now using AI to
do your work. And yet when you get a job,
you're going to need to know how to use AI
to do your work. They're not changing quickly enough for
(07:14):
the times, are they.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Well, Schools are concerned about cheating and about they're concerned
about not being able to differentiate between students and skills
and what they're actually learning. Employers don't care. They want
you to get the work done as best and as
fast as you can, but they do care that you
(07:37):
use the technologies that are approved. So you should be
using AI at work only with the technologies that your
company has approved, because if you use other programs, that
could be a violation and often is a violation of
company technology policy because they can't protect the company's information
(07:58):
and you can lose your job if you're using technology
that the company hasn't authorized.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
Quote of the day screw AI. So Greg gan Grande
career advice expert with us every Wednesday at nine thirty five.
Thanks a lot, Greg,
Now let's start to Greg g and Grande, career advice
expert with us every Wednesday at this time. You can
check him out at go to Greg dot com. Greg,
we want to talk about AI today. We were just
discussing it early about schooling and how it's being accepted
more in the schools and even taught now in college.
(00:21):
I'm sure it's been integrated into the workplace. Let's start
with hiring. How is AI used in hiring these days?
I hope Greg's not using AI to answer this phone call,
because he's showing that it doesn't work all that well.
Greg g and Grande, of course, is the career advice
expert that we talked to every week, and he's normally
(00:43):
really reliable man. He would have just blown the interview
had he had had this been for a job.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Greg.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Therey are Greg, I don't know if you heard a
word I said, But you did hear it?
Speaker 2 (00:58):
No you didn't.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
So let's talk about it AI and talk about AI.
Let's start with how AI is being used in businesses
for hiring. Oh, he doesn't want to tell there, he
goes again. Maybe he doesn't know anything about this topic.
Maybe that's the problem. That's why he's staying silent.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
I'm back. I don't know what's going on. I'm so sorry.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
No, you're fine, now, you're you're just fine. Now let
me for the third time, I'll ask the question, just
in case you didn't hear it. How is AI used
in hiring in businesses these days?
Speaker 2 (01:30):
It is something we will be talking about for the
foreseeable future. AI is really taking hold in how we
recruit and assess new applicants and in current jobs. Companies
are slowing down hiring and they're replacing you know, normal
hiring with AI agents who can do the work. So
(01:53):
it's having a transformative, major generational, transformative impact on the workforce.
And if you're looking for a job or if you're
in a job, you need to pay close attention to
what your company is doing.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
So recruiters will all lose their jobs.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Now, well, there will be fewer recruiters because there's a
lot in the recruitment process that is manual that AI
can do, you know, far better, far faster, in terms
of reviewing resumes, assessing resumes. The volume of resumes that
come in when people apply to these big job sitech indeed,
(02:34):
is so is so great that most most recruiters can't
really review them all. AI can review like thousands in
the time it would take one person to do it
in a in a week, they could do it in
a minute.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Yeah, in the hiring process, I can see it really
having an effect on jobs. But seriously, it seems to me,
except for some manual labor jobs and some job that
wouldn't be affected necessarily by AI for certain reasons, it's
going to affect thousands and thousands, if not millions of jobs.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
It already is. There are some predictions that you know,
as much as forty percent of the current workforce is
going to be disrupted and jobs will disappear and new
jobs will be created. But you're right, most of the
trade jobs and the service jobs that could only be
(03:32):
replaced by robotics, we're way off from that having a
major impact on those types of jobs. But for traditional corporate,
white collar jobs, it's already having a tremendous impact. So
if you're an entry level just entering the job market,
hiring is slowing down dramatically because companies every time there's
(03:53):
an opening, most big companies are thinking, well, how can
we replace that work through AI? And if you're in
a mid career middle management kind of job. Those jobs
are at risk too because companies are looking when they
look at how to become more efficient, they look at
(04:14):
how many layers they have and how many people responsible
for other people, and so they try to flatten their
organization by eliminating some of that middle management layer. And
wherever AI can do a job just as well or
better or more efficiently, companies are looking at how to
implement that.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Now, is it important to be at least knowledgeable, if
not proficient, at AI to get jobs these days?
Speaker 2 (04:42):
You definitely want to be proficient at how your company
uses AI. So every company, whatever technology they use for
internal communications, for email, whatever they use, there's AI typically
already embedded in that. And you want to make sure
that as an employee, you are proficient in how to
(05:06):
use the technology to its fullest capability, and you want
to demonstrate that to your boss. And you don't have
to be a cooder, you don't have to become an engineer,
but you have to learn how to use the technology,
just like any other technology, to its fullest capabilities. And
that will help you in your job, and it will
(05:26):
help you become more safe and marketable in your role
if you learn how to use these technologies.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
So let's flip this around. So AI is being used
by companies to help weed out people and to find
the right employee to hire. How does a job seeker
use AI to find a job and to make sure
that they are the right candidate.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Well, everyone focuses on the resume and listen, you need
a resume, and you should apply for jobs through these
online boards. But that's a little bit like hitting the
lottery because if you're applying to a job that's posted online,
like literally thousands of other resumes are coming across. Then
(06:13):
So what you can do for that method of job
searching is to make sure that you are tailoring your
resume to that specific job and company. You can't have
a one size fits all resume, and you need to
use language within your resume that is the language that
that profession and that company uses, because the AI technologies
(06:36):
will look for that and will pick up for the
language that is common to the job description and that
and that industry. But you shouldn't just be relying on that.
Networking always has been and always will be the most
effective way to find to find a job.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Here's Here's what's interesting about this because we're just talking
about this in schools and colleges and high schools and
how some are now cha changing how they feel about AI,
but many still are strict about now using AI to
do your work. And yet when you get a job,
you're going to need to know how to use AI
to do your work. They're not changing quickly enough for
(07:14):
the times, are they.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Well, Schools are concerned about cheating and about they're concerned
about not being able to differentiate between students and skills
and what they're actually learning. Employers don't care. They want
you to get the work done as best and as
fast as you can, but they do care that you
(07:37):
use the technologies that are approved. So you should be
using AI at work only with the technologies that your
company has approved, because if you use other programs, that
could be a violation and often is a violation of
company technology policy because they can't protect the company's information
(07:58):
and you can lose your job if you're using technology
that the company hasn't authorized.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
Quote of the day screw AI. So Greg gan Grande
career advice expert with us every Wednesday at nine thirty five.
Thanks a lot, Greg,
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