When it comes to hiring, it’s increasingly becoming an AI’s world, we’re just working in it. In this, the final episode of Season 2, and the conclusion of our series on AI and hiring, we take a look at how AI-based systems are increasingly playing gatekeeper in the hiring process—screening out applicants by the millions, based on little more than what they see in your resume. But we aren’t powerless against the machines. In fact, an increasing number of people and services are designed to help you play by—and in some cases bend—their rules to give you an edge.

We Meet: 

Jamaal Eggleston, Work Readiness Instructor, The HOPE Program

Ian Siegel, CEO, ZipRecruiter

Sami Mäkeläinen, Head of Strategic Foresight, Telstra

Salil Pande, CEO, VMock

Gracy Sarkissian, Interim Executive Director, Wasserman Center for Career Development, New York University

We Talked To: 

Jamaal Eggleston, Work Readiness Instructor, The HOPE Program

Students and Teachers from The HOPE Program in Brooklyn, NY

Jonathan Kestenbaum, Co-founder & Managing Director of Talent Tech Labs

Josh Bersin, Global Industry Analyst

Brian Kropp, Vice President Research, Gartner

Ian Siegel, CEO, ZipRecruiter

Sami Mäkeläinen, Head of Strategic Foresight, Telstra

Salil Pande, CEO, VMock

Kiran Pande, Co-Founder, VMock

Gracy Sarkissian, Interim Executive Director, Wasserman Center for Career Development, New York University

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Credits:

This miniseries on hiring was reported by Hilke Schellmann and produced by Jennifer Strong, Emma Cillekens, Anthony Green and Karen Hao. We’re edited by Michael Reilly.