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We tried the AI software companies like Goldman Sachs and Unilever use to analyze job applicants

We got to experience HireVue’s AI technology that allows companies to sort and grade video job applicants. Below is a transcript of the video. Rich Feloni: I’m Rich Feloni, strategy reporter at Business Insider. I first heard about HireVue when I wrote about Unilever’s experiment in hiring. Unilever is one of many large companies that is […]

Louisiana is the first state to prohibit public universities from asking applicants about their criminal histories

Thomson Reuters JULY 5, 2017 —After nine years in prison, Syrita Steib-Martin was ready for college.  With 30 transfer credits and a 3.8 GPA from taking classes while incarcerated, the Louisiana native filled out an application to attend the University of New Orleans. When she reached the box asking whether she had a criminal record, […]

Trump administration rolls out social media vetting of visa applicants

Enlarge (credit: oddharmonic) Visa applicants who the US State Department suspects may pose a danger if allowed into the country will be required to provide their social media handles on a new application (PDF) the government just unveiled. The new vetting, the State Department said, would likely ensnare about 0.5 percent of visa applicants annually—the equivalent of […]

Feds propose heightened social media vetting of visa applicants

The State Department is opening the public comment period for a proposal that seeks to inspect social media accounts and other data of visa applicants the government believes may pose a danger. The new vetting, the State Department said, likely will only impact about 0.5 percent of visa applicants per year—roughly 65,000 people. The new vetting […]

100,000 federal student aid applicants at risk of identity theft after IRS breach

The IRS has discovered a breach that could mean the personal information of up to 100,000 students and others who filed for financial aid from the federal program FAFSA was stolen by hackers. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen admitted that information from student financial aid applicants may have been stolen by hackers, including […]