Artwork

Content provided by BBC and BBC Radio. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by BBC and BBC Radio or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
Player FM - Podcast App
Go offline with the Player FM app!

In Business: Recruiting by Algorithm

27:55
 
Share
 

Manage episode 165057963 series 1301621
Content provided by BBC and BBC Radio. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by BBC and BBC Radio or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

Can a computer programme choose the right applicant for a job? Online assessments, scanning programmes, computer algorithms and the number crunching of social network data are all now part of the tool kit of the recruitment industry. As Peter Day discovers, to get through to an actual interview, you often have to impress a computer algorithm first. Traditionally a subjective process, Peter looks at this huge change in the way people are selected for jobs and asks whether technology can achieve the recruiters' aim of eliminating bias from hiring.

Producer Caroline Bayley.

  continue reading

472 episodes

Artwork
iconShare
 
Manage episode 165057963 series 1301621
Content provided by BBC and BBC Radio. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by BBC and BBC Radio or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

Can a computer programme choose the right applicant for a job? Online assessments, scanning programmes, computer algorithms and the number crunching of social network data are all now part of the tool kit of the recruitment industry. As Peter Day discovers, to get through to an actual interview, you often have to impress a computer algorithm first. Traditionally a subjective process, Peter looks at this huge change in the way people are selected for jobs and asks whether technology can achieve the recruiters' aim of eliminating bias from hiring.

Producer Caroline Bayley.

  continue reading

472 episodes

All episodes

×
 
Loading …

Welcome to Player FM!

Player FM is scanning the web for high-quality podcasts for you to enjoy right now. It's the best podcast app and works on Android, iPhone, and the web. Signup to sync subscriptions across devices.

 

Quick Reference Guide