LinkedIn with a new recruitment tool. AI Chatbot will help in finding a job

LinkedIn has crossed the magical barrier of a billion users. On this occasion, the platform owner Microsoft has released a new tool - an AI-based job search assistant.

LinkedIn with a new recruitment tool. AI Chatbot will help in finding a job
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Summary

  • LinkedIn, owned by Microsoft, has reached one billion users and is introducing an AI-based virtual assistant developed with OpenAI.
  • The AI tool is designed to profile candidates for specific jobs and advise job seekers on suitable job applications.
  • Users can interact with the chatbot to get advice on job interview preparation and skill matching with job descriptions.
  • The chatbot can also provide a list of employees in a specific company to help users network and understand the company culture.
  • The AI assistant will only be available to LinkedIn premium package users, which costs 99 PLN per month in Poland.
  • Microsoft aims to boost LinkedIn's revenue through the use of AI, as the platform's growth has slowed in recent quarters.
  • The chatbot is part of Microsoft's ongoing investment in AI, including a $10 billion investment in OpenAI earlier this year.

LinkedIn, a social networking service owned by Microsoft, which serves as a tool for offering and finding jobs, has just crossed the barrier of one billion users. On this occasion, its main task is to be improved by a virtual assistant based on artificial intelligence, using solutions from OpenAI.

The tool is presented as a "coach for job seekers". It is supposed to use AI to profile candidates for specific positions and advise job seekers themselves on which offers are worth applying for. In practice, users will be able to, for example, "talk" to the chat and get answers to questions about how best to prepare for a particular job interview or whether their skills match the job description.

At the same time, they will be able to get a list of people working in a given company, which will help them in making new acquaintances and getting to know the standards prevailing at a potential new employer. The chatbot will not be available to all users. LinkedIn will only offer it to people with a premium package, which costs 99 PLN per month in Poland.

In this way, by using AI, Microsoft wants to increase the revenues of the LinkedIn platform, the dynamics of which have clearly slowed down over the last eight quarters. The launched chat is also a result of Microsoft's further investments in artificial intelligence. The American giant bought a package of OpenAI shares worth 10 billion dollars at the beginning of the year.