AI in Hiring & Recruiting
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Hiring and Recruiting
Artificial intelligence, or AI for short, is being discussed in nearly every business environment. The use of AI in various employment processes, especially diversity-focused recruiting and hiring, is advancing rapidly with new products and services entering the market at an explosive pace. These new technologies promise dramatic efficiencies and added value, while pledging a healthy return on investment.
99%
of Fortune 500 companies rely on the aid of talent-sifting software
55%
of HR leaders in the U.S. use predictive algorithms to support hiring
46%
of business leaders are using AI to make DEIB-related workforce decisions
But a challenge for rapid innovation in any industry is the ability for regulatory requirements to keep pace. In the recruiting and hiring process, where AI provides an aid to human decision making and a welcome relief to managing a deluge of data, how can you combine important technological innovation with a proactive approach to employment law regulations and compliance requirements?
The logical solution is a system of industry self-regulation.
In collaboration with Epstein Becker & Green and senior legal and privacy representatives from more than a dozen large global employers, including Amazon, Allegis, Dentsu Americas, Koch Industries, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and Unilever, the Center for Industry Self-Regulation incubator has launched an initiative to develop a new self-regulatory regime for AI in recruiting and hiring.
June 8, 2023: BBB National Programs’ Center for Industry Self-Regulation Publishes Principles and Protocols for Trustworthy AI in Recruiting and Hiring (Read the Press Release)
Why Now
Regulatory shortcomings remain fertile ground for lawsuits, and the Biden Administration civil rights law enforcement agencies are focused on AI.
However, there are still few regulatory restrictions on AI in the job hiring/recruiting space at the federal or state levels beyond new guidance analyzing existing employment law. As a result, products sometimes come to market untested, un-validated, and generally unwitting of employment law requirements for a company’s particular use case...creating fertile ground for lawsuits alleging disparate impact or treatment against both vendors and employers who use these products.
AI Principles & Protocols
In June 2023, this Incubator project released self-regulatory Principles for Trustworthy AI in Recruiting and Hiring, which serve as a global baseline standard for the use of AI applications in recruitment and hiring, providing practical and actionable guidance for employers and vendors seeking to leverage AI technology responsibly and equitably.
The Independent Certification Protocols for AI-Enabled Hiring and Recruiting Technologies supplement the Principles by providing employers and vendors a framework for self-certifying compliance with the Principles.
The Incubator working group developed the AI Principles and Protocols with a focus on the following objectives:
Ensuring systems are valid and reliable.
Promoting equitable outcomes, with harmful bias managed.
Increasing inclusivity.
Facilitating compliance, transparency, and accountability.
Striving for systems that are safe, secure, resilient, explainable, interpretable, and privacy-enhanced.
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