Is technology rejecting excellence? (Automated hiring processes)

An interesting article doing the rounds of blogs, journals raises the important issue of automated resume screening… and that candidates need to “clear the hurdle” of diverse software management before they are even considered.

Touted as cost-saving, this sort of software encourages employers to hand over the thinking part of the hiring process to technology. While most of us passionately embrace evolving technology, is it not prudent to remember that humans create and decode software? To be saleable such products have to appeal to the middle line… Suffice to say excellence will be discarded along with truly unsuitable candidates!

Being seen for who one is a primary human requirement! What will be the consequences for both effective business, and our society in general, if we are governed by an ever increasing template that ignores individuality, uniqueness, and seeks only those who are able to blindly comply with middle of the road requirements?  

https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304821304577436172660988042

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First published: 04 Jun. 2012