Recruitment in a Digitised World

The BBC 3 programme, Computer Says No explores the use of algorithm and computer-automated hiring. The automated process could be used to screen CVs and even conduct video interviews. In one example, the programme also looks into the alleged use of automated systems in letting people go.

Questions raised by the programme include the impact on accuracy – and therefore the decisions taken by the systems - of race, gender, emotion, and regional UK accents.

So what’s wrong with traditional recruitment processes and how might we see recruitment evolve in the future? To discuss this question, I was joined on the podcast by Director and Co-Founder of Working the Future, Cat Barnard.

We discussed:

1. The existing characteristics (pros and cons) of the current recruitment process.
2. The potential risks of taking people out of the loop and using technologies like AI, ML, and facial recognition being used in recruitment.
3. What an effective future recruitment process might look like.

Listen to the podcast on Spotify’s Anchor podcast platform or click below to listen on YouTube

You can learn more about Cat and her work by connecting with her as follows:

LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/cathrynbarnard
Twitter twitter.com/workingfuture1
Email cathryn@workingthefuture.com
Web workingthefuture.com

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Informing Choices Mini-Pod - The Future of Recruitment

The dynamics of recruiting are changing, and changing fast. For tech-savvy recruiters, there’s a whole gamut of options: from automated applicant tracking systems, to video-based interview platforms, to gamified skills assessments, to simulations of on-the-job scenarios using virtual reality. All of which can take place in a remote environment.

The Covid pandemic has accelerated remote working and is likely to leave behind a more decentralised hybrid work model. Overlay that with the post-pandemic economic scenarios and we have an increasingly uncertain future environment. So what is the Future of Recruitment? 

To consider this question, explore how recruitment has recently evolved, how it looks set to change into the future, and explore the role technology might play, I am joined on the podcast by Human Resources Consultant, International Job Coach, and Mentor Ron Mayne.

You can listen to the podcast on You Tube by clicking below or on the Anchor podcast platform here. 

You can learn more about Ron and his business through his website at yournewtomorrow.eu, contact Ron by email, and connect with him on LinkedIn. 

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