{"id":69159,"date":"2020-01-03T09:25:51","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T14:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=69159"},"modified":"2020-01-03T19:34:47","modified_gmt":"2020-01-04T00:34:47","slug":"ai-arms-race-burke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2020\/01\/03\/ai-arms-race-burke\/","title":{"rendered":"AI arms race [Burke]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2019\/12\/17\/r%C3%A9sum%C3%A9-scanners-gain-ground-college-career-centers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>AI arms race<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; insidehighered.com by Lilah Burke<br \/>\n<em>More employers are using applicant tracking systems to hire employees. Some colleges are using new AI-based tools, like VMock, to help students keep up.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">When college students need help with their r\u00e9sum\u00e9s, some now will be turning to algorithms rather than advisers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">In the last decade, a growing number of large companies have started hiring using applicant tracking systems, AI-based platforms that scan r\u00e9sum\u00e9s for keywords and rank job candidates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Similarly, video interviewing platforms that use algorithms to evaluate a candidate\u2019s voice, gestures and emotions have become ubiquitous in some industries. HireVue, the most well-known of these platforms, has drawn\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2019\/11\/04\/ai-assessed-job-interviewing-grows-colleges-try-prepare-students\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accusations<\/a>\u00a0of being pseudoscientific and potentially exacerbating bias in hiring.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The frustration many job candidates\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2019\/10\/22\/ai-hiring-face-scanning-algorithm-increasingly-decides-whether-you-deserve-job\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">voice<\/a>\u00a0when coming up against these platforms is that they have no way of knowing what they could have done better. The systems give no feedback to candidates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">So what if students, job seekers and career advisers could use the AI for themselves?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Boston University, in a\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/careers\/files\/2018\/12\/VMOCKguide-tips-resume-samples_general.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">document<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">of VMock tips for students, also advised graphic design or other creative industry students to have two versions of their r\u00e9sum\u00e9, one with a conventional layout.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Per my nephew, who works in a recruiting type of position within HR for a Fortune 500 organization:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Without a doubt HR recruiting is using AI to help in the selection process.<\/li>\n<li>Many companies use keyword scanners, but not everyone [and, in fact, his company did not].<\/li>\n<li>HireVue is very important to use when it comes to understanding a person&#8217;s presentation skills since a lot of presenting is done via Skype\/live video these days. So HireVue is not going away anytime soon. I think it\u2019s a great system\/product.<\/li>\n<li>At the end of the day, a good recruiter will identify the best talent that has applied to a position. I think it\u2019s important for students to really think about what position they\u2019re applying for and be realistic with their applications. I think that\u2019s where a lot of frustration happens with students that apply to positions and never get to the first round interview. They apply to 20-50 positions that don\u2019t reflect their experience at all&#8230;so that\u2019s where coaching and personal advisement is important<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI arms race &#8212; insidehighered.com by Lilah Burke More employers are using applicant tracking systems to hire employees. Some colleges are using new AI-based tools, like VMock, to help students keep up. Excerpt: When college students need help with their r\u00e9sum\u00e9s, some now will be turning to algorithms rather than advisers. 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