How AI is deciding who gets hired

AI is turning the recruitment process upside down and leading to a jobs market which can be frustrating and difficult to navigate.

So while it is easy to apply for a job online – multiple jobs even, in one go – it’s a harsh reality particularly for business or tech graduates looking for their first job that their achievement-filled CV won’t be read by a person.

Instead it will be put through an AI-powered predictive hiring tool designed to evaluate CVs.

In a blink it will find keywords related to many categories such as education and experience, and weight them according to the company’s requirements.

And there is a strong possibility it won’t just be looking at the CV; it will also scrape the web for a candidate’s social media posts and any other web mention.

And then if the candidate does get through that process, a video interview, with AI, might follow. Meeting an actual human is a long way off.

So how does it all work and why are recent graduates having such a hard time finding suitable employment?

Peter Cosgrove, managing director of Futurewise explains what AI does in the recruitment process, and why not getting the job might not be entirely the algorithm’s fault.

Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by John Casey.

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