As firms increasingly rely on artificial intelligence-driven hiring platforms, many highly qualified candidates are finding themselves on the cutting room floor.

an AI resume screener had been trained on CVs of employees already at the firm, giving people extra marks if they listed “baseball” or “basketball” – hobbies that were linked to more successful staff, often men. Those who mentioned “softball” – typically women – were downgraded.

Marginalised groups often “fall through the cracks, because they have different hobbies, they went to different schools”

  • bane_killgrind@kbin.social
    2·
    9 months ago

    Holding the position that video interviews are fine but pre-recorded video is not is baffling to me

    Yeah lol that’s because you don’t seem to have any empathy for the people you are hiring. Why is it important if you don’t care about it? Easy answer is it isn’t.

    • Vanth@reddthat.comEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Candidates could have recorded on their own time, not some ungodly early AM hour to accommodate the US hiring panel. And especially for the ones for whom English wasn’t their first language, it would have given them time to prepare and re-record as many times as necessary to get a submission they were satisfied with.

      What part of this makes me unempathetic? I am truly baffled by your position. When used correctly, this tool gives an applicant the control to put their best foot forward.

      • bane_killgrind@kbin.social
        1·
        9 months ago

        Not just that

        it may be unfriendly to some neuro-atypical people. You know that, I know that.

        You should do some introspection.

        • Vanth@reddthat.comEnglish
          2·
          9 months ago

          Way to dodge my question. Go ahead and answer that and then I’ll respond to your attempt at a blanket statement about neurodiverse people.

            • Vanth@reddthat.comEnglish
              1·
              9 months ago

              Super amazing communication skills there, bud. “I think your position is dumb but I refuse to explain why”.

              • bane_killgrind@kbin.social
                1·
                9 months ago

                The implication that volume of work excuses dehumanizing people and your other comment that “excluding some people is OK, they weren’t going to succeed anyway”, is clear as day, I’m not going to waste time writing a proof about why you suck.

                • Vanth@reddthat.comEnglish
                  1·
                  9 months ago

                  *video being part of an interview when being on video is a key part of the job. Still not seeing your logic in why a person would adapt a hiring process to accommodate people who literally can’t do the job. No amount of empathy on my part magically makes these people able to do the necessary “communicating in person and while on camera” portion of the job.

                  Would you expect someone hiring taxi drivers to design an application process that makes sure people who can’t drive are included? Or a coffee shop making it clear that people with severe allergies to coffee can apply and work there and… be chronically sick at work or worse?

                  I think you’re stretching things to absurdity and I can no longer tell if I’m being manipulated by a bit or you just refuse to read what I’m writing. Even LLM chat bots tend not to be so stubbornly black and white as this.

                  Are you a bot? Legally, you have to tell me the truth if I ask, just like an undercover cop has to tell. /s