Ads for AI jobs have surged, according to a study by Citi. Meanwhile, Kelly Services Inc. (NASDAQ: KELYA, KELYB) rolled out a platform for robotic process automation jobs, and Candidate.fyi announced a $1.3 million funding round. Lastly, a CEO has claimed the end of “copy-paste” jobs.

Citi on AI job ads

The number of artificial intelligence-related job advertiastylesements has risen fivefold since 2015, though the jobs are concentrated in certain areas, according to a report released Oct. 2 by Citi, the London School of Economics and the Oxford Martin School.

The research also found the number of “tech-AI” jobs advertised has grown ninefold globally. Tech-AI jobs are positions that require hard skills to “run, train and test” AI models.

Separately, the number of “broad-AI” jobs has grown more than elevenfold globally. Broad-AI jobs require an understanding of AI technologies but not the hard skills found in tech-AI jobs.

The supply of these hard-to-find professionals is also skewed across the US, according to the report. California has almost a third of the country’s total.

“With some states having more than 10 job ads per AI professional, wage implications are also important, making the quest for talent a global endeavor that builds on remote and hybrid arrangements,” Pantelis Koutroumpis, director of the Programme on Technological and Economic Change at the Oxford Martin School, said in a press release.

Kelly Services Inc.

Kelly Services Inc. rolled out Kelly Arc, an online recruitment platform focused on AI jobs. It aims to combine matching technology and personalized services. Employers post jobs at no charge but must pay a fee if they hire a candidate.

The platform went live three weeks ago and is focused on robotic process automation, the company confirmed with SIA.

Kellys’ RPA platform was officially announced today.

Candidate.fyi

Candidate.fyi recently closed a $1.3 million pre-seed funding round, co-founder and CEO Kyle Connors announced in a LinkedIn post.

The company’s platform offers a candidate portal for candidates to receive information in their journey, pulse surveys to collect feedback from job candidates, the ability for job candidates to book meetings online and create profiles and an upcoming scheduling feature.

Candidate.fyi is backed by SuperAngel.Fund and the founders of Yext, JBC and Tropic along with other industry executive, including the former chief human resources officer at Disney, the company reported.

‘Copy-paste’ jobs are gone, CEO says

An executive who replaced 90% of his support staff with a chatbot said “copy-paste” jobs are a thing of the past, Business Insider reported. “That job is gone. 100 percent,” Suumit Shah, CEO of India-based Duukan said in a quote referring to customer service workers who largely copy-paste responses. However, not everybody shares Shah’s enthusiasm for replacing workers, according to Business Insider.