How Artificial Intelligence Can (And Can't) Take The Headache Out Of Talent Recruitment

On top of the technology, Talenya hires and trains folks with experience in a particular industry to use the firm's tools and act as part-time recruiters to help screen talent to fill specific roles for Talenya's clients, which include companies like robotics firm Universal Robots, ad-tech player DoubeVerify and gift registration service, MyRegistry.com. "Ultimately, what we're trying to do is deliver three to five amazing candidates that are interested, qualified and evaluated within two weeks," says Cosentino. A firm addressing the issue of bias in the job markets is Textio, which uses language to boost the effectiveness of job posts. The company's software examines language for possible biases that may exist under the radar that could alienate certain job candidates, Chamberlain explained, identifying "overly feminine or overly masculine terms, or terms that have been associated with having trouble recruiting diverse candidates based on their past experience and their training data." Textio's programs also highlight phrases found to be attractive to job seekers, and suggests alternatives to problematic phrases to improve communication.