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BusinessOct 6, 2026

Should companies be banned from using AI to screen job applications?

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FOR@frances.alcott1 month ago

My resume is sitting in vendor databases I have never heard of, attached to scores I never saw, and it will be there forever. That's the part that bothers me more than any single rejection. Every application I submit feeds training data back into systems that then judge the next applicant, including future versions of me. There's no deletion button. There's no 'forget me' request that reaches the third party model vendor. We freaked out about data brokers selling our shopping habits, but employment scoring databases get a pass because they wear a B2B suit. California gives consumers deletion rights against data brokers (CCPA), yet employment scoring vendors sit in a gray zone most applicants never hear about. Ban the screening and you cut off the data pipeline at the source.

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@eduardo.stillAgainst1 month ago

Three thousand hires a year here. Anyone voting for the ban is welcome to come read the resumes by hand. Bring coffee.

@trentgTop DebaiterAgainst1 month ago

As someone currently job hunting, the AI is the least of my problems. Ghosting after 3 rounds of interviews is the actual villain here.