Recombinant AI Fluency: The Skill That Gets You Hired | Dr. Sandeep Krishnamurthy, Cal Poly Pomona

What actually gets you hired when AI writes the applications and the software screening them was built by AI too? Dr. Sandeep Krishnamurthy, Dean of the College of Business Administration at Cal Poly Pomona, joins Provn's Niki Parekh to explain recombinant AI fluency and why it is the skill that gets you hired. See how it works at provn.co. This is the closing session of Provn's April Talent Draft Talent Scout series. Sandeep has a front-row seat to both sides of the shift: more than 5,000 business students entering a tough early-career market, and the hiring managers trying to find real signal in a flood of AI-written resumes. His read on what separates the people who get the call is worth the hour. CHAPTERS 0:00 Welcome and meet Dr. Sandeep Krishnamurthy 2:12 Why higher education and hiring are both changing 4:20 Is AI just another technology revolution? 4:50 Why AI is a presence, not a tool (the Einstein analogy) 6:07 What recombinant AI fluency actually means 9:41 Learning by doing: solving real industry problems 24:23 Which graduates are actually getting hired 29:04 50,000 AI-written applications and the hiring breakdown 39:26 Rapid fire: resumes, certifications, and AI mistakes 41:29 Two candidates, same GPA: who gets the call 50:37 The token reckoning: when AI costs more than the hire 59:25 Ethics vs responsibility in AI 1:00:30 Closing thoughts MOMENTS WORTH YOUR TIME "AI is best understood as a presence rather than as a tool." The Einstein-in-your-living-room framing for how to think about working with AI. The two-candidate test. Same GPA, same school, same major. One submits a resume. The other has a portfolio with videos of what they built. Sandeep on who gets the call, and why. The token reckoning. "I could have paid a developer a full salary for the level of tokens this kid went through in two weeks." Why judgment, not raw usage, is the skill that lasts. ABOUT DR. SANDEEP KRISHNAMURTHY Singelyn Family Dean of the College of Business Administration at Cal Poly Pomona, one of the largest business schools in the country with more than 5,000 students. Before Cal Poly Pomona he spent two decades in Seattle building the University of Washington and UW Bothell School of Business and forging partnerships with companies including Microsoft and T-Mobile. He advises Provn and coined the term recombinant AI fluency. Substack: https://drsandeepkrishnamurthy.substa... LinkedIn:   / sandeepk1   ABOUT PROVN Provn is where builders get hired. We help companies hiring builders find them based on what they can do, not just what their resume says. A candidate's Provn Application is the edge to rise to the top of resume stacks. For each role, you'll complete a challenge designed in partnership with the hiring manager for a real, open role, then present your approach, your critical thinking, and your solution on video. Humans, not bots, review and assess your work, and hiring managers contact top performers for interview loops. Through challenge-based portfolios and merit-first matching, we connect the world's best talent with the best opportunities, regardless of geography, education, work history, or network. Build something with AI. Show the human behind the work. Get hired. See open roles and how it works at provn.co #FutureOfWork #AIHiring #RecombinantAIFluency #CalPolyPomona #Provn