Algorithms used in the recruitment of staff are confirming existing prejudices, research by the Radboud University commissioned by jobs website Nationale Vacaturebank has found. The jobs agency matched 9,000 anonymous CVs with 12 million job descriptions using artificial intelligence. It found women and men were matched with jobs in traditionally female and male sectors like childcare and the building trade, …
Age, sex and racial discrimination remain a major issue in the Dutch labour market, according to a survey of 2,100 people carried out on behalf of Intermediair magazine and the jobs bank Nationale Vacaturebank. In total, 55% of the respondents said they had faced discrimination at some point when applying for a job – a figure that rises to 85% …