Using AI to Screen Job Applications

The WSJ (Dec. 2019) describes how employers are using AI to screen applicants and offers advice. Some money quotes follow.

• "Spice up your résumé with specific on-the-job results, use meaningful job titles and tailor your choice of words to match companies’ requirements.
• "Rock Brouwer has hired many candidates ZipRecruiter has brought to his attention. 'When I get one of those, it just makes my day,' says Mr. Brouwer
• "About 60% of employers admit such tools cause them to miss some qualified candidates,
• "Most vendors refuse to tell employers how their algorithms work. And most employers lack deep, accurate performance data.
  The systems risk magnifying managers’ prejudices if those biases are reflected in the makeup of the employer’s current workforce
  ... High performers may share traits that have nothing to do with job performance, skewing outcomes." 
• "Even if employers and vendors aren’t trying to reject female or minority applicants, they still risk doing so if they train algorithms on data gleaned from a current workforce that lacks diversity."