Machines, like IBM’s Watson, are being used to sort through job applications. This way, humans are not overwhelmed and exhausted looking through them to find the most qualified candidates. The AI apps do this. Then the humans conduct interviews
The first time that Watson was exposed to the public, the machine had to play a game of Jeopardy. IBM has since looked at the skills that Watson had and has made them specific for different industries.
It turns out that digging through job applications was something the computer could do well. The computer relies on a processor that builds profiles that are used to compare candidates. It uses the processor to evaluate personality traits that are gathered by looking at social media, text messages, emails, blogs, and forum posts.
The human ways of finding job candidates
Prior to using something like Watson to sort through candidate resumes and read their cover letters, there were other, more human ways of finding candidates. Companies relied on recruiters and their current employees to find people who had the skills, knowledge, and personalities that would fit.
