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- The Robots Are Here : Chapter 1 - October 8, 2025
The Robots Are Here: A Founder’s Honest Guide to Hiring in the Age of AI Resumes
If you’re seeing a flood of “perfect” yet soulless applications for your job postings, you’re not going crazy. Here’s what’s really happening, and what we can do about it.
If you’ve posted a job in the last six months, you’ve probably felt it.
You get a wave of applications that, on the surface, look incredible. The resumes are perfectly formatted, stuffed with all the right keywords from your job description, and the cover letters are flawlessly written.
And yet… something is off. They all sound the same. There’s no spark, no personality. It’s like you’re reading applications written by a committee of robots.
In many cases, that’s because you are.
Welcome to hiring in the age of AI. Candidates can now generate custom, keyword-optimized resumes and cover letters in seconds. This new reality has turned the already difficult task of finding great talent into a confusing, frustrating mess.
Let Me Be Honest With You
I spend my days building hiring technology, so let me tell you the truth: anyone who claims their platform can magically block every single AI-generated resume isn’t being honest.
The tech is moving too fast. Trying to build a perfect “AI wall” is a losing battle. It will block some, but many will still get through, and you risk filtering out good candidates in the process.
This isn’t a problem you can solve with a simple filter. This requires a shift in mindset.
The New Goal: From Blocking Noise to Finding a Signal
If we can’t stop the flood, what can we do? We have to get better at spotting the signals of genuine human interest in the middle of all the robotic noise.
The game is no longer about finding a needle in a haystack; it’s about telling the difference between a real needle and a pile of fake, AI-generated needles.
How do you do that? You rely on a process that is simple, efficient, and designed to reveal the human behind the resume. You look for the small signs of effort that a robot can’t fake. You create a system that helps you spend less time sifting and more time connecting with the people who are genuinely excited about the role.
This is the challenge that we’re obsessing over right now.
This Isn’t a Threat, It’s an Opportunity
This new reality can feel daunting, but I believe it’s an opportunity. It’s forcing us all to be better hirers—to look beyond keywords and focus on what really matters: creativity, passion, and genuine interest.
We’re building tools to help you do exactly that.
Next week, I’ll share some of the practical strategies we’re developing to help you find the real signals and make a human connection in a world full of AI noise.
All the best,
Alexander Paterson
Founder & CEO