According to a lawsuit filed against Eightfold AI, its hiring software gathers information from sources beyond submitted resumes and application materials, including social media, location data, device activity, cookies, and
A growing number of job seekers are responding to the modern hiring process with a “spray and pray” strategy—submitting applications broadly and regardless of fit—in the hope that something breaks
Traditional entry-level hiring benchmarks have lost their reliability—in the case of GPAs, due to “[r]ampant grade inflation” that has “rendered GPAs almost meaningless.” Similarly, AI has muddied the analysis of
In March, Governor Evers signed into law two bills of note to Wisconsin employers: 2023 Wisconsin Act 237 and 2023 Wisconsin Act 228. Act 237 requires certain employers to provide
Economists recently conducted an experiment to test whether certain personal characteristics—including those that are protected by law—affect who gets job offers. For instance, race seemed to play a factor in
Hiring based on metrics such as college degrees can be a real miss, especially when businesses have the ability to assess applicants’ skills in other ways. Some businesses are turning
