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Quits reached 3.365 million in September, the highest level since March 2025, while 27.1% of unemployed Americans had been jobless for 27 weeks or more. The data suggest that leaving for another job is a different bet from leaving with nothing lined up.
No US federal law gives workers a general right to refuse AI tools an employer requires. Title VII can require a reasonable accommodation for a sincerely held belief, including a non-theistic one, but no court has yet ruled on an AI case.
A resume is only the first screen, and the evidence on what passes it is thinner than the advice industry implies. Recruiter interviews suggest bots rarely reject resumes outright, while audit experiments show that employers also react to signals unrelated to qualifications.
