Fairness and bias in algorithmic hiring: a multidisciplinary survey

Employers are adopting algorithmic hiring technology throughout the recruitment pipeline. Algorithmic fairness is especially applicable in this domain due to its high stakes and structural inequalities. Unfortunately, most work in this space provides partial treatment, often constrained by two compe...

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Autores: Fabris, Alessandro, Baranowska, Nina, Dennis, Matthew J., Graus, David, Hacker, Philipp, Saldivar Galli, Jorge A., Zuiderveen Borgesius, Frederik, Biega, Asia J.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:recercat____::7ea4dc71d5ee1b77c3b9cd9a909ce4b3
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10230/72926
http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3696457
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Algorithmic hiring
Online recruitment
Algorithmic fairness
Bias
Anti-discrimination
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Sumario:Employers are adopting algorithmic hiring technology throughout the recruitment pipeline. Algorithmic fairness is especially applicable in this domain due to its high stakes and structural inequalities. Unfortunately, most work in this space provides partial treatment, often constrained by two competing narratives, optimistically focused on replacing biased recruiter decisions or pessimistically pointing to the automation of discrimination. Whether, and more importantly what types of, algorithmic hiring can be less biased and more beneficial to society than low-tech alternatives currently remains unanswered, to the detriment of trustworthiness. This multidisciplinary survey caters to practitioners and researchers with a balanced and integrated coverage of systems, biases, measures, mitigation strategies, datasets, and legal aspects of algorithmic hiring and fairness. Our work supports a contextualized understanding and governance of this technology by highlighting current opportunities and limitations, providing recommendations for future work to ensure shared benefits for all stakeholders.