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”

  • Vanth@reddthat.com
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    8 months ago

    Where did I say I’m weeding out if they don’t wear a suit? JFC, the lack of reading comprehension is the sort of thing that comes through in these videos. All the time to read, reread, and prep and you still miss 90% of what I wrote.

    Customer facing. Interacting with government officials. No, it doesn’t make me a boomer to expect that they be able to prep, be professional, and wear a shirt free of obscenities. Being professional on a video call is literally a required skill for certain jobs these days.