Zoom rejects Andy Burnham's criticism of video job interviews

Martyn Redstone: Burnham is wrong about AI hiring

Martyn Redstone is Head of Responsible AI and Industry Engagement at Warden AI When Andy Burnham called on employers to abandon AI screening tools and video interviews in favour of “old-fashioned” recruitment, he offered a textbook example of technological retreat. On a recent ‘Jimmy’s Jobs of the Future’ podcast episode, Burnham offered a diagnosis: that young people face a brutal battle breaking into the workforce. Whilst it is an accurate rea…

Hiring tech is not the root of the hiring problem

Andy Burnham’s comments last week on video interviews and hiring tech have reignited the debate around fairness and opportunity in jobseeking. But, says Maxine Bligh from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, employers need more certainty to reduce the frustrations faced by young people. Finding the right person for the job and the right job for the person is a human skill. The Prime Minister’s comments on video interviewing and its pote…

Zoom rejects Andy Burnham's criticism of video job interviews

Zoom has rejected Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s criticism of employers interviewing job candidates by video call, saying the fairness of an interview depends on the skills of the interviewer rather than the format of the meeting. Burnham told the Jimmy’s Jobs of the Future podcast that he disliked the practice, which he described as convenient for the organisations using it but a potential barrier for young candidates trying to make a personal c…