AI Is Changing IT Recruitment: What Employers Should Know
Many IT hiring managers in the UAE are reporting the same shift this year: a job posting that once brought in 30-40 relevant CVs is now bringing in several hundred — a large share of them AI-optimised, some AI-generated entirely, and a growing number that don't hold up once someone actually gets on a call. Recruiters are noticing it too. According to Greenhouse's 2026 AI Hiring Report, the majority of recruiters and hiring managers have now spotted or suspected candidate deception, and most say they're more worried about fake credentials than they were a year ago — with AI-assisted resume embellishment topping the list of tactics they encounter. AI hasn't just changed how candidates apply. It's changed how recruitment itself has to work, and a lot of employers are still hiring the way they did in 2022. The pressure is especially sharp in tech. RemotePass's 2025 Hiring Report found the UAE leading global markets in AI-related hiring growth, with AI engineer hirin...