
About this episode
AI isn’t fairy dust you sprinkle on your ATS latte—it’s duct tape on 20-year-old tech, sold to you with a shiny new buzzword. Enter Matt Charney, the HR-tech cynic who’s seen it all: Monster, SmartRecruiters, Employer.com, and enough bad vendor decks to wallpaper Vegas.
In this episode, Charney calls BS on:
Vendors selling “AI” that’s really just 2003 automation in a new hoodie
HR’s obsession with “a seat at the table” (spoiler: the table’s cold, and nobody saved you a chair)
Why being “first to market” with AI is usually just a great way to bleed out on the cutting edge
And the hilarious reality of candidates getting rejection emails before they’ve even finished hitting submit
👉 Grab your bourbon, hold on to your recs, and hit play.
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