Words on AI Hiring
4/4/2022
Why do I have no skills when I have to apply for a job?
However, when I do not have to apply for a job, I have many skills!
Is it the fear that I will be kicked out of consideration by an AI bot, fear of a remote interview, or apprehension about an implementation of employee monitoring software on my computer in order for me to earn a dollar? This self-recognition made it easier to research and write this.
Since I would apply through the variations of the broadly utilized AI selection software and, once hired, required to use the employee monitoring digital programs, I am not including my disability. While writing this, I have done several different tasks and listened to music, which would have been logged by a company's software.
In order to land a job, you have to exert yourself for “5 to 6 months” against an artificially intelligent Eyes Without A Face that may lead you to a conspiracy group since you have to feed social media algorithms to be visible to a “recruiting chatbot”.
AI tools that companies use to scan resumes are stopping 27 million people finding new jobs, a Harvard report says examines how companies rely on software to focus on acceptable resume words and not on abilities that may provide value to them. The affected people are:
“Groups that are disproportionately affected include caregivers, veterans, immigrants, people with disabilities, prison leavers, and people whose spouse has relocated, the report said.”
It is only logical for computer programmers to try to outsmart AI hiring software. How Job Applicants Try to Hack Résumé-Reading Software discusses how "applicant tracking systems" are being hack-proofed against "keyword stuffing" and are using programs:
"recruiters are now turning to other types of assessments to evaluate job candidates, beyond their résumés. Pymetrics, an AI job-matching platform, offers soft skills assessments in the form of little games. The company says it takes the pressure off candidates to self-report their skills and allows them to show how they might perform in a workplace. Berke, used by a number of Fortune 500 companies, offers personality assessments of job candidates, to tell hiring managers how they might fit into an existing team. The job platform Indeed also offers tools to test a job applicant’s attention to detail, critical thinking, or ability to memorize information."
As an introvert, I am not a social person. This Investopedia article says to network with people since it is the best way to get a job. Then, in the next section it says,
"According to a 2020 survey conducted by the research website the Manifest, 90% of employers browse their candidates’ social media profiles as part of the hiring process."
So, for those of us who understand how algorithms work and do not participate on Facebook because they allowed planning for January 6 to happen are at a major disadvantage.
Run yourself ragged to impress an artificial conversation entity. In the article, Don’t Let Chatbots Throw Off Your Job Search Game - I failed this part,
"To make it easier to be found, curate your online presence. Start by Googling yourself. Make sure the top hits in your search portray you as a professional in your desired industry by revising, deleting or creating content as needed. “Like” the social media profiles of the companies you want to work for. Finally, increase your activity on career sites to further attract the attention of recruiting chatbots by commenting on others’ posts, sharing content you found helpful and even writing your own posts."
By being active on social media to increase their presence, Q-Anon benefits from job seekers exhausting themselves for almost half a year since conspiracy groups utilize algorithms to entice / ensnare the auditionee who is trying to impress the algorithmic's "intelligence".
Since I could not search for many articles, I will not go into depth on “AI interviews”. The two articles which I looked at are, AI Interviews Can Be Biased and Just Plain Weird, and another article saying that they generate better questions.
Businesses are digitally and invasively tracking employees who work from home which is causing them to leave their jobs with greater frequency. In the article, Is Use of Employee Monitoring Contributing to the Great Resignation?, the two important quotes, which I am quoting using the fair use rule, are:
"Companies are using monitoring software to measure employee keystrokes, oversee use of workplace applications and e-mail, and gauge employees' active versus idle time at their computers. In some cases, organizations use the technology to take random screenshots of employee desktops to ensure they're not spending too much time on social media, or flip on webcams to verify people are sitting at workstations."
"A recent report from the European Commission's Joint Research Council found that use of monitoring can contribute to decreased job satisfaction, increased stress and increased turnover. A 2021 study by Gartner found that employee concerns about monitoring can contribute to burnout and remote workers not knowing how to "switch off" during their increasingly longer workdays because of fears of being constantly watched."
Why 78% Of Employers Are Sacrificing Employee Trust By Spying On Them talks about how receiving advice from and valuing their employees on a fundamental level creates confidence which can be destroyed through digital scrutiny.
“Sadly, the ExpressVPN study also found that 59% of employers not currently surveilling staff are likely to implement monitoring software in the future—and 21% are unlikely to inform staff if they do. Spying on your workforce is the opposite of trusting them, and companies that move in this direction may find that their people aren’t going with them.”
As a result of this dependency on technology to be the Kings and Queens of hiring decisions, companies will get worse since their expertise depends on rightly worded resumes and well played (AI-measured) games.
April 27, 2022, Update:
" ‘Bossware is coming for almost every worker’: the software you might not realize is watching you "
Yahoo is where I saw the article.
The Guardian has the original article.
So, your skill-less and experience-less Visual Newsletter writer will keep videoing and writing 4 - 6 monthly posts (2 posts will include videos of myself). 😀
I have to wait until April 11 at 12pm CDT for my EIN (Employer Identification Number) to be permanent (it takes 2 weeks) in the IRS database before I can start a paid newsletter. I applied for it on March 28, 2022. Stripe.com, Substack's payment processor, is requiring this.
Having a paid-subscriber newsletter will allow me to have financial independence and security.
My current "income” is Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI Disabled Adult Child). If I earn more than $1,350 / month (non-blind), then I enter a "Trial Work Period", which I am still confused about, but, hey, at least, I am trying. 😀
Thank you for reading.
The world of AI is disappointing and depressing so far. :( On the bright side, working from your own computer at home will grant you more privacy and autonomy. For Stripe you can use your SSN in place of the EIN as a sole proprietor.