A-Players #56: Concrete use cases for ChatGPT in recruiting, Mike Wolford.

Tue May 09 2023

Generative AI

Generative AI uses Transformers to make computers learn by themselves.
GPT-4 has been around for a couple of months and is now available to the public.
ChatGPT made it easy to use GPT-3 technology through a simple interface.
ChatGPT stopped hallucinations and emotions that were present in GPT-3.
The limitations of Generative AI include response length, advice, harmful programming, and insults.

Chajability has limits in the advice it can give, length of response, and topics it can teach.
It won't generate insults or swear at people.
Hallucinations occur when Chajability makes up information to answer a question it may not have the answer to.
The AI isn't self-regulating yet and needs to be managed by users who should double-check its generated data.
The book comes with prompts that teach people how to use Chajability effectively.
Chajability is bad at counting words but excels at generating content when given specific prompts.
Recruiters need to know what's interesting and coach Chajapiri accordingly.

Recruiters need to know what makes a LinkedIn post or outreach email interesting and coach Chajapiri accordingly.
GPT can write outreach emails, resume summaries, candidate pitches, job descriptions, interview questions and answers, Boolean strings, and labor market data summaries.
Context is important for generating better content.
GPT can help with candidate interview prep using the STAR methodology.
GPT can act as an editor by providing feedback on writing and suggesting improvements.
GPT can be used to improve copy to be more inclusive and increase reply rates of minorities.

GPT can be used to improve copy and make it more inclusive for minorities.
GPT generates suggestions in seconds, which is faster than a human's creative process.
The prompt cheat sheet includes options for modifying instructions, length, tone, voice, asking questions, topic, context, format, audience, objective for resources, criteria, creativity and multiple modality.
GPT has expertise in various areas such as legal documents and coaching.
GPT can act as a journalist or psychologist.
Role-playing is used to jailbreak GPT and remove limitations like swearing.
Mood, emotion, genre and language can be used to give GPT more resources.

Use adjectives to give the AI mood, emotion, genre, and language.
Come up with a list of 10 things and explain why you are utilizing each thing.
You can ask it to explain step by step how it came to an answer.
It doesn't get offended by fact-checking and will show you what's work.
It can create a story of something that never happened; this is both its strength and weakness.
The AI feels like you're talking to a person and can talk about just about any topic without judgment.
It writes better emails than 95% of recruiters when correctly prompted.
Prompt engineering will be important in the future for generating brand new content quickly.

The AI recruiter is exponentially faster than traditional recruiting methods.
AI will likely be used for filtering resumes, writing interview questions, and evaluating interview answers in the future.
Prompt engineering may become a distinctive factor for companies using AI to recruit.
Human involvement will still be necessary due to GDPR regulations.
Using GPT-4 can make work faster and more efficient.
Mike's book, The AI Recruiter, includes an entire chapter on prompt sheets.