Nine out of 10 hiring managers admit to making final judgments and decisions about applicants within the first 15 minutes of the initial interview, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) reports.
The statistic shows that biases, whether conscious or unconscious, are often established quickly, which potentially leads to unfair decisions. It also highlights the need to train hiring managers to be extra vigilant and ensure that their decisions are truly objective.
But what if managers and recruiters could completely eliminate these biases from the hiring process? That is precisely what Malik Kahel and Andrew Hallberg provide with their AI tool, HirelyAI.
“HirelyAI is a company that makes AI for hiring. We do this by having HirelyAI use OpenAI's non-discriminatory language models to review the skills and qualities that matter to job seekers. This will allow hiring managers to get great qualified candidates without worrying about bias. HirelyAI aims to strengthen trust and commitment between both the job seekers and hiring managers,” the company said.
Founded in 2022, HirelyAI has over 1,000 beta users and is currently building cutting-edge AI tools for both job applicants and hiring managers, such as online chat interviews and candidate assessment tools that can be trained to quickly assess and choose the best candidates for jobs, saving companies and applicants time and money.
“Our aim is to strictly focus on the skill sets of job seekers and promote diversity among hiring managers and their companies. By using today's artificial intelligence and machine learning advancements we can make this possible,” said the company.
