AI use and adoption has surged across the UK and have exceeded expectations, according to data from the Bank of England.
It recently found that 75% of firms are already using artificial intelligence (AI), with a further 10% planning to use AI over the next three years. This is higher than the figures in the 2022 joint Bank of England (Bank) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Machine Learning in UK financial services report, which indicated AI usage at 58%, and planned adoption at 14% respectively.
Organisations and employees alike are seeing the benefits of generative AI. Asana’s Work Innovation Lab, in partnership with Anthropic, found that takeup ramped up by 44% over nine months of 2024.
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It also discovered that those who are using AI on a daily basis benefit the most, with 89% percent reporting a productivity boost, whereas casual monthly users only saw a 39% increase in productivity.
Knowledge workers believe that generative AI has the potential to automate 31% of their job responsibilities, and the more ways they use AI tools at work, the more possibilities they see.
AI has its critics, of course. One of the biggest issues around AI adoption currently is the disconnect between employers and employees, whereby BYOAI (bring your own AI to work) has emerged as almost a de facto standard in some organisations.
When workers use AI tools without company guidance or limits, sensitive or confidential information can be inputted into generative AI tools like ChatGPT, which will use this data to train its algorithms, unless users specifically opt out.
That’s concerning, and is the reason why companies such as Verizon, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank have banned usage of ChatGPT over concerns about private data being shared.
Generative AI for job searching
One way employees can use AI without employer oversight is to accelerate their job search. Agentic AI job search offers job seekers a really effective way to look for a new job because it is a probabilistic technology that is adaptable as opposed to deterministic.
It works autonomously to deliver the right results, without the need for constant human guidance––so you won’t get any messages about being referred to a human agent, for example.
Robin is one such agent. You can find it on job boards and company career pages, where you can tell it your skills, career aspirations, or preferred work location and through agentic AI. Robin will simplify and speed up your job search by instantly identifying relevant roles, helping you bypass scrolling through endless pages of job listings.
Another functional highlight is that you can ask Robin questions about company benefits, pay scales and salary, as well as details about company culture to help you research what it might be like to work at the particular company you’re applying to.
That’s just one way AI can help you find your next role. You can also use tools like ChatGPT or Claude to create or re-write your CV based on a role you want to apply for.
Make sure to edit the outputs to match your own writing style as recruiters are increasingly alert to the language and formatting that chatbots use. For example ‘spearhead’ instead of ‘lead’, or the overuse of semi-colons and numbered lists.
Generative AI can also be called into play to help with drafting outlines for cover letters, interview question research and interview roleplay, and to research skills and topics that you need to delve deeper into ahead of an interview.
Job hunters can also use AI for outreach. Whether that’s contacting a hiring manager directly or sliding into a recruiter’s DMs on LinkedIn, you can ask a tool such as Perplexity to create professional sounding messaging for you. Simply edit it to ensure it’s hitting the right marks, and you’re all set.
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