Hiring is expensive and time-consuming. Employers often deal with hundreds of applicants per job opening and are often under great time pressure. This pressure explains why more and more public and private employers are turning to Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), algorithms that support them in pre-sorting or ranking candidates. However, these hiring tools can reinforce existing patterns of discrimination or create new ones – often without the knowledge of the people using these tools.
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