Would You Trust Your Job Search to a Bot?

An AI startup will recommend jobs and even fill out applications for you

A job seeker at a job fair in Los Angeles in April.

Photographer: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg

As artificial intelligence creeps into every aspect of the hiring process — from candidate screenings to video interviews — a new AI agent released by the startup Jobright.ai is aiming to make endless scrolling on job sites a thing of the past.

The bot is part of a growing supply of AI-powered job search tools, tapping into applicants' frustrations with protracted job searches and a stagnant labor market.