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Diwesh Saxena
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15 June 2024

Mitigating Bias in AI-Powered Recruitment

AI-powered hiring tools can amplify historical bias unless fairness is engineered into the release process. This paper outlines evaluation frameworks for candidate ranking — demographic parity checks, explainability requirements, and recruiter override loops — drawn from production ATS work at Noble House Consulting.

Key takeaways

  • Bias mitigation is a release gate, not a one-time audit.
  • Explainable ranking signals improve recruiter trust and catch drift early.
  • Override reasons from recruiters should feed back into evaluation datasets.
  • Holdout sets must reflect real funnel diversity, not lab conditions.

Abstract

Techniques and evaluation frameworks to reduce algorithmic bias in candidate ranking and screening systems.

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