To learn more about the Position:: Java Developer right from the industry leaders, we would like to say “Hello” to our first round of speakers:

• Anna Zaharova, Java Developers at Cortlex 
• Mani Sarkar, Polyglot Programmer: Software I Data I ML Engineer
• Nina Pivavarchyk, People and Culture Lead at Cortlex

The discussion will be moderated by Iva Abadjieva, Founder of the largest technology conference in Eastern Europe Java2Days, Founder and Editor in Chief of DevStyleR.

At this year’s event our discussion panellists will comment on some of the following topics (and many more):

• Salaries (around the world)
• Employee Benefits
• Career Development Opportunities
• Employers’ Requirements
• Recruitment Process
• Interview Questions
• Professional Training

The second wave of panellists will be released later today and will be featuring professionals from Axway.

Participation at the event will be free of charge. You can register here.

We are looking forward to seeing you tomorrow!

The technology company will train 26,000 DWP work coaches in accessibility fundamentals and how to use Microsoft tools such as immersive reader, magnifier and automated captions, which will enable coaches to create accessible experiences for job seekers and show them how they can use those free tools at home to get support with the use of technology in the recruitment process and the increasingly digital workplace.

The Accessibility Fundamentals training will be offered to DWP work coaches from May.

Through their partnership, Microsoft and SeeAbility will invest in training programs for carers to build their digital skills, so they can help people with disabilities rebuild and strengthen social connections following lockdown.

Many people with disabilities have been shielding throughout the Coronavirus pandemic as they have underlying health conditions.

According to research by the Office for National Statistics in May 2020, nearly two-thirds (62.4%) of people with disabilities said COVID-19-related concerns were affecting their well-being, compared with less than half (49.6%) of adults without a disability.

In their article, BBC asked is it fair for an Al recruitment software alone to accept or reject your job application?

The online tests from the company Pymetrics typically take 25 minutes
Photo credits: BBC News

Well, that’s what the New York-based firm Pymetrics does with its future employees. Your questions and answers are designed to evaluate several aspects of a jobseeker’s personality and intelligence, such as your risk tolerance and how quickly you respond to situations. Or as Pymetrics explained:

“to fairly and accurately measure cognitive and emotional attributes in only 25 minutes”.

The Pymetrics founder Frida Polli also added:

“It’s about helping firms process a much wider pool, and getting signals that someone will be successful in a job. The AI tests are more beneficial than reading a candidate’s resume or CV.” 

Another provider of AI recruitment software records videos of job applicants answering interview questions.The audio is then converted into text, and an AI algorithm analyses it for keywords, such as the use of “I” instead of “we” in response to questions about teamwork.

Despite everything, the online retail giant Amazon doesn’t think that Al recruitment is preferable and trustworthy.

In 2018 it was widely reported to have scrapped its own system, because it showed bias against female applicants. The Reuters news agency said that Amazon’s AI system had “taught itself that male candidates were preferable” because they more often had greater tech industry experience on their resume.

James Meachin, a specialist from the recruitment sector says that AI systems still have a number of challenges such as correctly understanding what the candidates have said, or detecting the meaning embedded in those words.

To help firms and other organisations avoid bias in their AI systems, Prof Wachter wrote a paper on the issue last year. Subsequently, her proposals have been adopted by Amazon.

А report from 2019 said that such is the growth in the use of AI that it will replace 16% of recruitment sector jobs before 2029.