Governed signal Official source
SIG-182: A&O Shearman
A&O Shearman states that candidates may use AI responsibly to complement rather than substitute their skills, including refining CVs, applications and written responses, while requiring honest representation of skills and experience.
Observed · United Kingdom · Early careers recruitment · AI preparation and application
Evidence passage recorded against the source
A&O Shearman says AI can help refine a CV, application and written responses, but should complement rather than substitute the candidate's voice and capabilities and must not misrepresent skills.
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Scope as recorded
- Institution
- A&O Shearman
- Market
- United Kingdom
- Programme or route
- Early careers recruitment
- Category
- AI preparation and application
- Observed
- Verification
- Verified 13 Sep 2026
- Publication ruling
- Safe with source
- Record status
- Active
- Corpus layer
- Append-only canonical supplement (publication-rulings-supplement-06-2026-09-13.csv)
Official source record
https://careers.aoshearman.com/en/how-to-use-ai-responsibly-application-process
SRC-117 · retrieved 13 September 2026 · Official page retrieval · source record page
- A&O Shearman candidate-facing guidance on responsible AI use in applications
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Cite this object
Who Gets In? (Elite Careers Strategy), SIG-182 A&O Shearman, observed 13 September 2026, https://www.accessecs.com/who-gets-in/signals/SIG-182/
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