AI competence is the new door opener in the application process. A study by the Oxford Internet Institute shows that applicants with AI skills on their CV are measurably more likely to be invited to an interview – regardless of whether they bring proof or state their competence themselves. Labor market researchers Fabian Stephany, Ole Teutloff and Angelo Leone from the Oxford Internet Institute conducted a study with 1,725 recruiters from Great Britain and the USA to examine the effect that AI skills have on hiring decisions.
The concept: The recruiters each chose between two candidate profiles that differed in exactly one characteristic. This makes it possible to isolate what effect a single CV entry actually has. A total of around 22,000 such comparisons were evaluated.
