Robot Wars: Your CV or Mine?

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With artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, the Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning and mobile making waves in the technology industry, automation is rarely out of the headlines. We wrote recently about jobs past and present that have been automated and so, for fun, we thought we’d compare CVs – one of a human, and one of a robot!

Your CV or Mine?

The hypothetical position at stake is that of a recruitment consultant (of course!) in a bustling agency where the successful candidate will be placing other candidates into their dream jobs. We’ve separated each CV into 3 of the main sections to appear on a standard CV; Skills and Qualifications, Work Experience, and Personal Interests and Profile. Let’s see who comes out on top.

	iRobot	iNdividual
Skills and Qualifications	· Can mine an unlimited amount of data at high speed with 0 errors to come up with an objective best candidate fit · No need for pay, benefits or minimum working hours – can work a 24 hour day as standard	· 10x GCSEs · 4x A-levels · 2:1 Degree in Business Studies · Strong computer skills and experience managing new software programs for recruitment purposes
Work Experience	· No work experience as of yet	· Two years experience working at a previous recruitment agency · Part time record and data handling prior to that
Personal Interests and Profile	· No personal interests · Work alone · Unmatched in data mining	· Ability to think outside the box and adapt to challenging situations · Natural ability to assess best cultural fit for candidates in addition to formal qualifications match up · Keen interest in travel and foreign cultures – I believe these help me to be a more empathetic and better recruiter · Team player

Who would you pick based on the above?

We know who we’d prefer to invite to the Christmas party!

For us the choice depends on the value placed on human interaction and judgement of a candidate’s best fit based not only on qualifications but on the workplace culture they will be entering into. The benefits of robot hiring are obvious – no human rights, no HR, no minimum wage and no holiday pay – aside from maintenance your “recruiter” can work around the clock 365 days a year.

However, for any decisions requiring human input and experience, the robot has no place. Our ability to think outside the box and adapt to new situations is constantly being brought to the fore as online recruiters and personally, we can’t imagine life without our awesome human team in the office!

A robot to make the tea might be nice though.