How much should you be using AI in your job search? Recruiters and career coaches weigh in.

Since getting laid off from a big bank in March, Lamar Rogers has used AI to help him apply to nearly 200 jobs.

He turns to Claude to tailor his résumé, uses an AI-powered dashboard for every interview, and recently vibe-coded a résumé-review app. Yet Rogers draws the line at letting AI apply for jobs on his behalf.

For the senior roles in banking and tech that he’s pursuing, using AI to handle the entire application would be “disingenuous,” Rogers, 34, said. “I want to put a lot more thought and care into it.”

While employers use AI to screen applications, job seekers are using AI to whip up résumés and apply for jobs.

Yet as AI firms make it…