The judges are still out on whether AI will take your job or not, but there are new AI tools that promise to help you find something new if you are pushed.
On Tuesday, Jobright.ai, a recruitment startup co-founded by Ethan Zheng and Eric (Yuan) Cheng in 2023, released Jobright Agent, a software-based service that allows you to apply for jobs on your behalf.
The company previously provided an AI service called Orion that allows you to identify job lists that match job seekers' criteria. It helped me with the resume revision and application process, but rather than automating the recruitment process, I provided support.
The company claims that new agent service scans can match candidates with opportunities that match the stated career goals at over 400,000 job posts daily, and can submit job applications to businesses on their own.
At the same time as launch, Jobright.ai announced a $3.2 million funding round led by Translink Capital, participating from HR Tech Investments and is a venture arm for online recruiting BIZ.
Zheng, CTO of Jobright said Register In an email, the company's agent early testing can help job seekers save 80% of the time they normally spend hunting and applying for jobs. And he claims that Agent Services helped job seekers land twice the landings in the interview.
“We invited about 200 people to test three weeks ago,” Zheng said in an email. “Over half have already conducted interviews. Approximately 10-20 people have already received at least one offer, while some others are still in the middle of offering negotiations.”
Zheng said this marks the transition from a manual search-based job hunting to an autonomous, agent-driven career management.
“Instead of sifting through the list and reapplying infinitely, users now have AI to take initiatives, even while they sleep,” he said.
The main host of Agent Jobright is AWS, and the company uses a combination of basic models from Openai, Anthropic, and Google.
“Each model brings unique strengths. Gemini, for example, has excellent visual understanding, while Openai's models are particularly powerful for inference and language tasks,” said a Jobright executive.
“In addition to these, we fine-tune our llama-based models for resume-specific and job matching tasks to better fit the domain. This hybrid approach allows us to optimize performance for real job search scenarios while combining the best features across the model.
Eric Chen (left), Ethan Zheng (right) – Click to enlarge
There is widespread sentiment that the job application process is being broken. A survey conducted last year by resume geniuses suggests that 72% of job seekers said finding a job hurt their mental health. Candidates cite complaints such as hilers ignoring the application, low pay, excessive skill requirements, and job lists that do not address actual openings (ghost jobs).
Asked why job seekers choose agents, the co-founder of Jobbright said, “Job hunting is tired, repetitive and often overwhelming. Most people don't need more tools. No real help is needed.
Two executives claim that employers are very positive about receiving automated recruitment applications, and point out that Jobright agents only apply to positions if the candidate is eligible. Some human job seekers are taking a more optimistic or random approach.
“Based on last year's data, applications submitted through Jobright have a high interview conversion rate, and many companies have actively approached them to post their work directly to our platform,” the CTO and CEO said.
Zheng and Cheng don't think the backlash against AI bots will hurt business.
“We're not too worried about raw work,” they told us. “In fact, there are many job boards and ATS. [applicant tracking system] Providers actually encourage healthy and responsible crawlers. This will help distribute jobs to more candidates, just like what Google Jobs is doing. The real concern for employers is not being raw about their work, they receive a large amount of low quality, inaccurate applications. ”
The pair said that if an employer or office explicitly blocks a bot, the agents always respect those rules. In that case, the agent will instruct the job seeker to apply it manually. But they added that in their experience it represents a very small portion of the job market.
Jobright agents work in US-based jobs for technology, education and government, but are still unable to cover other industries. Zheng and Cheng said they plan to add support for the broader geographical and employment sectors in the future.
“The reason we intend to do this expansion is because we don't fully understand that AI is still putting all the industry nuances out of the box,” they explained. “Different occupations have very different matching criteria, employment processes, and employer expectations. Every time you enter a new category, you work closely with domain experts to fine-tune your AI model and use a wide range of real-world data to enable Jobright to deliver high-quality, relevant matches.
Most of Jobright's core features are freely available, but are subject to restrictions. The company has an unlimited usage premium tier plan starting at $30 per month.
“Some advanced features within the agent, such as premium resume rewriting and advanced job market data analysis, may have limited use of the free tier,” Zheng said. “However, the free allowance is very generous and should cover most users' normal job hunting needs.”
The co-founder said he is seeing massive revenue growth from job seekers and seeing even more potential from the company's clients.
“Companies usually have a large employment budget and a strong need for qualified candidates, and are actively developing tools that help them hire faster and more effectively through Job Light,” they said. ®
