<story><title>TikTok launching jobs service for Gen Z</title><url>https://www.axios.com/tiktok-job-hiring-tiktok-576f3b99-602c-46ac-afed-218ddf61a9ba.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>logshipper</author><text>&amp;gt; Users can post a TikTok video resume to the site rather than a traditional resume. The idea is for users to give an elevator pitch or work experience summary via the video in a unique way.&lt;p&gt;Genuine question. Can anyone tell me how recruiters intend to parse through thousands of videos without some level of automation or software-based filtering?&lt;p&gt;I understand that there are AI systems that can pick up keywords and sentiment, but we all know they are far from perfect. Plus we end up with all sorts of issues where some accents might be under-represented, leading to exclusion etc.&lt;p&gt;For all the flaws in text resume-based hiring, automated systems can, at least to _some_ extent, help sift through thousands of candidates.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m not saying that the present system is perfect, just that the proposed video-based system could be worse in terms of scale.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mrtksn</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s actually very easy to go through thousands of TikTok videos.  The app is very fluid and as soon as the algorithm begins to get what kind of content you like, the cognitive load of going through videos becomes very low. It&amp;#x27;s very different from the Spotify algo that assumes you are all into Japanese music just because you liked one song or YouTube that will show you how deep the rabbit hole goes in anything.&lt;p&gt;I like the idea of elevator pitch style TikToks where you can quickly express yourself and show your creativity. I would imagine the algorithm can start  showing the recruiters through the job relevant hashtags and work its magic from there.&lt;p&gt;The creativity tools of the app can prove very useful, the simplest idea that comes to my mind is a recruiter creating a TikTok video and says something like &amp;quot;Show me something that you learn in your career as X that isn&amp;#x27;t taught in school&amp;quot; and have the TikToker&amp;#x27;s quote and reply to the video. The recruiters then can go through the replies and pick candidates for interviewing.&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t think that anybody will hire through click of a button like shopping for employees, that doesn&amp;#x27;t happen on LinkedIn, on Indeed, on HN or anywhere.  CV or Video, it&amp;#x27;s just a lead and I bet a few second of a video can tell much more than 2 pages of written CV.</text></comment>
<story><title>TikTok launching jobs service for Gen Z</title><url>https://www.axios.com/tiktok-job-hiring-tiktok-576f3b99-602c-46ac-afed-218ddf61a9ba.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>logshipper</author><text>&amp;gt; Users can post a TikTok video resume to the site rather than a traditional resume. The idea is for users to give an elevator pitch or work experience summary via the video in a unique way.&lt;p&gt;Genuine question. Can anyone tell me how recruiters intend to parse through thousands of videos without some level of automation or software-based filtering?&lt;p&gt;I understand that there are AI systems that can pick up keywords and sentiment, but we all know they are far from perfect. Plus we end up with all sorts of issues where some accents might be under-represented, leading to exclusion etc.&lt;p&gt;For all the flaws in text resume-based hiring, automated systems can, at least to _some_ extent, help sift through thousands of candidates.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m not saying that the present system is perfect, just that the proposed video-based system could be worse in terms of scale.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dangus</author><text>I also see it as a huge vehicle for hiring discrimination.&lt;p&gt;Introverted? Neurodiverse? Ugly? Differently abled? Have a regional accent? Too bad, your video resume is disqualified for not being as “good” as the charismatic member of the cultural&amp;#x2F;ethnic majority.&lt;p&gt;I think it’s especially important for employers to make their evaluations as blind as they can be for as long as possible, including things like removing names from resumes before presenting them to hiring managers.&lt;p&gt;In my view this is an incredibly lazy way for TikTok to launch a new revenue stream while engaging in a bare minimum amount of product development. They see how LinkedIn can charge a hundred bucks a month to recruiters and they want in.</text></comment>