Technology & Fairness

Automated screening tools are now widely used to shortlist job applicants, and their vendors often present procedural transparency as a guarantee of fairness. This article examines that claim. We analyse 46 hiring systems used by mid-sized employers, combining audits of published decision rules with interviews of recruiters and applicants. We find that making a procedure visible does not prevent unequal outcomes when the data used to train or tune the tool reflect earlier patterns of exclusion. Applicants also read transparency differently from designers: many treated detailed scoring explana…

This review considers a recent book that takes stock of how work is changing and asks what leaders, workers and policymakers should do about it. The author moves from automation and platform labour to hybrid offices, ageing workforces and shifting expectations of employers, supporting each theme with case studies and a wide reading of current research. We assess the strength of the central argument, the quality of the evidence and the usefulness of the practical chapters. The book is at its best when it connects technology to everyday decisions about schedules, skills and career paths, and we…