Job Recruiters are using Artificial Intelligence to Search for Recruits

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The days of companies doing a simple Google search of a potential employee may be over. You always here that employers will Google your name to see what results they find, such as your Facebook page or you Twitter presence. Companies have now found a way to combine a search where they can catch a glimpse of your personal profile, and search for those employees that match what they are looking for in a recruit. This beats searching around individual sites to see what information is available about you. This is more of a one stop shop for them. A newer company called Connectifier developed a product that uses search technology and machine learning to help assist them along the hiring process. Basically what Connectifier does is they sift through millions of pages of social networks and sites that display your public information, and they build a profile from this data. This is done through the use of many complex algorithms. Millions of profiles have already been developed, and the number continues to grow. Recruitment sites like LinkedIn are starting to follow suit with this new technology. Connectifier is currently raising money to continue to develop this platform and improve it.

What I take away from this article is that you need to be extra aware of what you put out there on the Internet for everyone to see. Yeah you may think you are being funny and you don't think it won't make a difference, but news like this about this search technology makes you double think before you post a potentially offensive tweet or picture. When looking to get into the workforce professors and others always tell you to take what you do on social networks seriously, because there are companies out there that do things like this where they want to see how recruits act based on actions on the Internet. I think this technology is a good option to look at for companies. I don't think it should be a major decider in choosing a recruit, but it should give them a way of learning a more about who they may potentially hire. I think the read they get from you in a face to face interview is much more important, which makes me say these online profiles should not be taken as a major decision factor. They should be used to enhance their understanding of that person. I find it interesting what privacy laws and other acts these companies may run into when using this search technology. It sounds like all the data they are using is public, so it will be at the discretion of the recruit to limit their own personal data. My recommendation would be to go back and update your social profiles to make them more professional looking and appealing to recruiters. Be conscience of what you are doing on social network sites before you decide to post something stupid that may come back to bite you in the you know what. Take what you do seriously, and always be aware of what you are posting.

Siri

So many people in today's world have iPhones. A lot of these users love to use the "Siri" feature.  Siri is a feature that allows you to give certain commands and ask questions. Many knows how this feature works, as you just open the feature and talk into the microphone. Installed in the phone is a recognizer that decides whether or not your command or question can be decided within your phone or by your phone. If it may not be done within the phone, it will then connect to a network to try and finish the command.

The fact that Siri can understand what yo are saying is amazing in itself. The interpretation is done within the phone as it first estimates the vowels and consonants for each letter spoken.  It will then use those estimates create a pool of words with these consonants. From these words there are a series of sentence estimates. The phone will then decide which sentence makes the most sense and use that sentence as the command. Siri isn't perfect though, and also comes up with some very interesting answers as you can see from the pictures below.

Older functions of Siri, which are still available today, were simple things such as answering basic questions, sending a text message, setting an alarm, or calling a contact on your phone. You can also ask Siri what the name of a song is while recording it for a few seconds. Newer things that Siri can do come from the new iOS 9 update that is available on iPhones.  For example, let's say you took photos a few months ago back in July.  All you have to do is simply ask Siri to show you the photos you took in July and they will pop up on your screen. You can also have her remind you of something at a certain time of day or specific time.  She will even open up a map for you once you get in your car hours from now if your phone is somehow connected with your car. With your phone being able to connect to many things today, you can also command Siri to turn of lights in your house or turn on things such as the TV! Also, the maps feature is huge for today's world, as it has almost completely gotten ridden of paper maps to use while trying to find something.  The new iOS 9 now has transit information in the maps application and all you have to do is ask Siri for transit directions and she will show you a map of public transit information. Siri is also available on Apple tablets. It is truly amazing how Siri can do the things she does, and it has made life a lot easier for a lot of people with phones who struggle to find certain things in the settings or other parts of their phones.  Other technology companies that make phones have started implementing things very similar to Siri into their phones. It is a feature that many use daily and don't even think twice about how the whole process works.



Published by Austin Eller