Using AI to sharpen your job search - and where humans still decide.

In the Beobachter, our co-founder Klaus Fuchs explains how AI now sits at the front of most hiring - and how candidates can turn that to their advantage. His read is pragmatic and upbeat: AI makes applying faster for everyone, and the people who understand how it reads them get ahead.

The single biggest lever is staying close to the job ad. Spell out exactly what is asked for and what you can deliver, and use the same keywords and wording as the listing - then adapt your CV for each posting rather than sending the same one everywhere. Old tricks like hidden white-text keywords no longer work; the screening models now flag unusual keyword density.

Because AI can scan endless material, you can rarely submit too much proof. Certificates, diplomas and references all help - every credential counts. Motivation letters, by contrast, matter less since ChatGPT; they are only worth it when you have a genuinely personal connection to the company or the role.

And it stays human. The later rounds are still people meeting people, and that is where the difference is made - a shared connection, a former internship, someone you know inside the company; things an algorithm rarely notices. So invest in human-to-human networking: meet people in your field, go to events and fairs, and follow up by phone.

Our own takeaway: work with a recruiter. A good one gets you past the automated first filter to a real person, knows the roles that never reach a job board, and positions you for the brief behind the posting. That human layer on top of the algorithm is exactly what we do.