Two out of three professionals observe unregulated uses of artificial intelligence in their company. This figure, published in early October, should give both executives and job candidates food for thought.
In practice, employees bypass internal tools they consider unsuitable and use publicly available AI tools instead, sometimes without informing their managers. In a company of 500 people, even ten minutes saved per employee per day represents more than 18,000 hours recovered over a year. An employee who completes in a few minutes what previously took an hour is not necessarily challenging their company’s IT department: they are mainly wondering why their work was so complicated before.
For employability, this phenomenon changes two things. First, AI skills are now being acquired through self-directed learning, ahead of official training programs that are still rare in companies. Second, recruiters are beginning to look for concrete evidence of independent AI use rather than a simple mention on a CV: which tools, for which tasks, and with what measurable gains.
A concrete action for this week
Write down three tasks in your current role where you already use AI on your own initiative, along with the estimated time saved. This document becomes a direct argument for an interview or an internal negotiation, and a basis for a LinkedIn post such as: “Here’s how I reduced a repetitive task by X hours per week using AI, without waiting for official training.”