For many years, artificial intelligence (AI) has been used in the hiring process. Anyone who has ever wrangled their résumé into an Applicant Tracking System has experienced the frustration of distilling your human-ness for a keyword-focused bot. But that is just scratching the surface. Already a quarter of employers use some form of AI in their hiring process and, according to some estimates, nearly 70 percent of companies will be using AI tools to hire by the end of this year.
It's no surprise that AI in hiring is attractive to employers. It can make what’s often an overwhelming and time-consuming process much more efficient. But for job seekers, this technology can make the already opaque hiring process more difficult to navigate. And now, as AI becomes more sophisticated and widespread, it won't stop there. Even the interview, often the most human part of the hiring process, is being outsourced to bots.
So, how can job seekers prepare for these changes? What should companies and hiring managers consider before implementing new tech? On the latest episode of The New Way We Work, I spoke to Dr. Kerry McInerney, an AI ethicist and researcher at the University of Cambridge. She says that from a candidate's perspective the job search process now has "a lot of unknown unknowns."
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