That would be amazing! The hubby just a couple of months ago personally read through and assessed 350 applications for one business analyst role. It was brutal, he had to be ruthless with his cuts but at the same time he didn't want to put anyone through a machine and find out amazing candidates were rejected. I think when so many people are looking for work now, we have even more responsibility to give everyone a fair go.
Thanks for yet again raising such a critical issue around AI and bias. I'm really bored of BigTech telling us all that these systems aren't affected by the same inherent biases of the humans that built their systems. 🤪 And when are companies going to start being transparent about their use of AI in the hiring process?!?
It's really interesting because I'm on the tail end of it, I get "high quality" candidates and am one of the yes/no voices for technical hires. But the initial screening is completely invisible to me, so I started researching.
Heard a story, true or not, about a company that talked to a guy they decided they needed to have on their team. They built a role so specific only he could qualify. They opened the position on their system, told him to apply. After a couple weeks they hadn't seen his info come through yet so they followed up. He said he did apply, and received a rejection notice. They said they would fix. He said no thanks, not interested in working for a group that can't get this right.
Honestly grateful for it. Enough of these rejections turned me off to the whole idea of jobs that require a resume or even an application process. Forced me to take an entrepreneur approach.
Hopefully we have enough people who do the same. It’s soul crushing experience, and people have all sorts of value they bring that can’t be measured by an ai over spreadsheet.
I am going to write a follow up piece on what you can do about it. As someone who interviews people in big tech, I can answer a lot of questions.
That would be amazing! The hubby just a couple of months ago personally read through and assessed 350 applications for one business analyst role. It was brutal, he had to be ruthless with his cuts but at the same time he didn't want to put anyone through a machine and find out amazing candidates were rejected. I think when so many people are looking for work now, we have even more responsibility to give everyone a fair go.
Yeah it’s really tough to be ruthless and objective. But the cost of hiring a wrong fit it a lot higher than missing a great one, unfortunately.
Really cool read, hopefully awareness can turn this around!
Totally agree.
Very frustrating to deal with IMO
Thanks for yet again raising such a critical issue around AI and bias. I'm really bored of BigTech telling us all that these systems aren't affected by the same inherent biases of the humans that built their systems. 🤪 And when are companies going to start being transparent about their use of AI in the hiring process?!?
It's really interesting because I'm on the tail end of it, I get "high quality" candidates and am one of the yes/no voices for technical hires. But the initial screening is completely invisible to me, so I started researching.
Well that's concerning...
A little 🫠
Great read, and its more than just bias its something I have just written about its called AI Meta-Bias, its epistemic bias , bias in the bias.
Anyway have a read, might be a little long.. let me know
https://aimirrorandmez.substack.com/p/ai-meta-bias?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=o3au4
I will absolutely take a look this sounds like a great subject :)!!
Even HR teams do the same not big deal anyways 😃🤷🏻♀️
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Meaning that is processing complexity and task complexity with workforce configurations.
Once that is refined only it can be made systems advancements for the good 😊
Else let the cited to be problem stay as it is not to blame the system design for the same for the good 😊
Yeah that makes a lot of sense!
Great explanation of the current hiring black box!
Appreciate it! I think it’s definitely an issue that has been causing a lot of friction lately.
Heard a story, true or not, about a company that talked to a guy they decided they needed to have on their team. They built a role so specific only he could qualify. They opened the position on their system, told him to apply. After a couple weeks they hadn't seen his info come through yet so they followed up. He said he did apply, and received a rejection notice. They said they would fix. He said no thanks, not interested in working for a group that can't get this right.
I would believe it. Automated rejection is insanely high rates.
Honestly grateful for it. Enough of these rejections turned me off to the whole idea of jobs that require a resume or even an application process. Forced me to take an entrepreneur approach.
Hopefully we have enough people who do the same. It’s soul crushing experience, and people have all sorts of value they bring that can’t be measured by an ai over spreadsheet.