How Robots Will Help You Get Your Next Job

Hiring managers can spend hours using primitive keyword search tools to sift through half-relevant resumes on job boards, and workers with in-demand skills get bombarded with emails from recruiters offering them jobs they're not particularly interested in, says Ed Donner, cofounder and CEO of New York startup Untapt. "Hiring tech people is an incredible pain point," says Donner, who previously headed a technology team with hundreds of employees at JPMorgan Chase. "It's still impossibly hard to find talent." Untapt is one of a number of companies looking to make it easier to digitally dig through piles of resumes, using machine learning techniques to develop algorithms that predict how well-suited a candidate is for a job. Advocates and industry experts say that adding automation to recruiting can save time and money and can potentially help hiring managers find and consider a more diverse set of applicants.