80% of CEOs Are Funding AI. Here is the Job-Seeker Playbook

What the C-suite data suggests

The KPMG U.S. CEO Outlook Pulse (March 2026) found that nearly 80% of U.S. CEOs commit at least 5% of capital budget to AI and 41% at least 10%. A majority also tie innovation pace and risk to long-term success. For candidates: employers are buying automation and resiliency, which often reshapes role definitions, interview questions, and which skills are table stakes.

That same survey notes many CEOs believe generative AI may have been overhyped in the short term but that its disruptive potential over 5–10 years may be underhyped—a messy middle where hiring can feel inconsistent from role to role and company to company.

A practical candidate strategy

1. Clarify your target (function, level, industry). Scattershot applications waste the time you need for quality.
2. Update proof points (metrics, impact, tools). AI fluency is increasingly a screener-adjacent line item.
3. Remove friction from the pipe: every hour re-keying work history is an hour not spent on referrals and follow-ups.
4. Track applications in one place to avoid double-submitting and to time follow-ups.

Where Fillio fits

Fillio turns the repetitive ATS workflow into a one-resume, many-forms system: upload once, review the structured profile, then on Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, and many custom pages, use intelligent field matching to populate applications. Screening-question memory helps with recurring prompts, and the application tracker supports consistency—behaviors that outlast a single quarter’s budget headlines.