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AI hiring tools may be filtering out the best job applicants (www.bbc.com)

submitted 9 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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AI hiring tools may be filtering out the best job applicants::As firms increasingly rely on artificial intelligence-driven hiring platforms, many highly qualified candidates are finding themselves on the cutting room floor.

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[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 36 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

LinkedIn used to say how many people applied to a job. Some jobs I would see said 1000s of applicants now they changed it and it says "over 100" that's an indicator that the job market is shit now. Companies have to use something to filter that many applications.

[–] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But sholdnt that product actually WORK? If its not working, then why pay for the product?

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

From the perspective of the decision maker it does "work". It rejects a % of candidates in such a way they can pretend it's objective rather than random. Imho, just randomly selecting 100 out of 2000 for human review would actually be more fair and give better results.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 9 months ago

Eh… these numbers are often meaningless. I’ve heard directly from job posters that 99% of the applicants aren’t even within the location requirements (remote in the US being applied for by an Egyptian citizen for a non sponsor listing) and of the 1% remaining most are not qualified.

I was literally told “if your resume fits and you meet the other requirements, apply apply apply.”