Back when I was first looking for a job (which was not so long ago, thankyouverymuch), I made sure to list every single skill I had on my resume.

Like proficiency with Microsoft Word.

Let that sink in.

Microsoft Word.

Who didn't have that skill? Maybe I should have also listed the fact that I can read.

At the time, it was important to show you were skilled in every aspect of the potential job. Even for entry-level positions, hiring managers wanted to see that you could be dropped right into the work and pick things up. The learning curve was essentially expected to be flat. And patience for new employees was pretty limited.

But now there's AI. Suddenly, technology can do all the basic tasks that new and entry-level employees previously had to tackle. And it can do it faster, and in a more streamlined way. Sure, someone still has to check AI's output (for now, anyway), but that can be one person instead of a few.

Enter: The personality hire.

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