As if trying to land a new gig isn’t demoralizing enough, job seekers are meeting with characters powered by generative AI who are capable of meeting with infinite candidates to judge their skills.
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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/thatsawce on 2024-06-09 20:21:27+00:00.

“Some HR tools have been caught making negative judgements on applicants who have Black-sounding names, giving preference to men, or skipping over candidates with employment gaps on résumés.”

That right there is what I’m afraid of. I’m Hispanic and my last name (depending on how you say it, because apparently its origins trace back to Japan and Mexico) sounds ethnic. I feel like I’ve been denied many jobs just because of my last name.