{"id":1286,"date":"2026-05-09T06:28:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T06:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakamsani.me\/blog\/?p=1286"},"modified":"2026-05-21T06:31:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T06:31:28","slug":"the-ai-hiring-wave-is-creating-an-unexpected-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakamsani.me\/blog\/2026\/05\/09\/the-ai-hiring-wave-is-creating-an-unexpected-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"The AI hiring wave is creating an unexpected problem."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The AI hiring wave is creating an unexpected problem.<\/p>\n<p>Companies are drowning in applications.<\/p>\n<p>One startup I know got 15,000 applications for 3 roles last month.<\/p>\n<p>All AI-generated resumes. All perfectly optimized. All completely useless.<\/p>\n<p>The irony? While AI makes it easier to apply, it makes it harder to get hired.<\/p>\n<p>Recruiters can&#8217;t tell who&#8217;s real anymore. They&#8217;re going back to warm intros and referrals.<\/p>\n<p>The best candidates are avoiding the noise entirely. <\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re building in public. Sharing their work. <\/p>\n<p>Getting noticed before they even apply.<\/p>\n<p>The application game is broken. <\/p>\n<p>The attention game just got started.<\/p>\n<p>Are you still playing by the old rules?<\/p>\n<p>\ud835\uddde\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddee \ud835\udddf\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf8\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfa\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf6 | \ud835\uddd8\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfd\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddff \u00b7 \ud835\udde9\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude01\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\udde6\ud835\ude01\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfc \ud835\uddd9\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff \u00b7 \ud835\udddc\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude03\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddff<br \/>\nWriting at the intersection of AI, capital, and the future of the human job market &#8211; sharing mylife lessons, reflections, and honest takes from the founder-investor&#8217;s seat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AI hiring wave is creating an unexpected problem. Companies are drowning in applications. One startup I know got 15,000&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linkedin-posts","wpcat-18-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakamsani.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakamsani.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakamsani.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakamsani.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakamsani.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1286"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakamsani.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1287,"href":"https:\/\/lakamsani.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286\/revisions\/1287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakamsani.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakamsani.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakamsani.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}