Amaya Toman Technology and automation are usually seen as great enhancements to our lives, but sometimes they can actually be detrimental. A recent study by Harvard researchers shows that automated software designed to sort professional resumes and job applications is responsible for many hopeful applicants falling through the cracks and not getting jobs they undoubtedly could handle. Next, we will focus on Sony and its PlayStation console.
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Horizon Forbidden West free update with a bitter twist
Sony recently officially announced that players who purchased Horizon Forbidden West for the PlayStation 4 game console are now entitled to a free upgrade of the game to the PlayStation 5 version: Sony has decided to take this step after persistent pressure and appeals from the players themselves. In connection with this news, Sony published on official blog, dedicated to PlayStation game consoles, a post in which, among other things, the president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment Jim Ryan also comments on the whole matter. He states in the aforementioned statement:"Last year we made a commitment to distribute free game title updates across generations of our game consoles," and adds that even though the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected the planned release date of Horizon Forbidden West, Sony will honor its commitment and offer owners of the PS4 version of the game a free upgrade to the PlayStation 5 version.
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Unfortunately, Jim Ryan did not present only positive news to the public in the aforementioned post. In it, he also added that this is the last time that the cross-generational upgrade of a PlayStation game title is free. From now on, all game updates for the new generation of PlayStation game consoles will be ten dollars more expensive - this applies, for example, to new versions of God of War titles or Gran Turismo 7.
Automated software rejected the resumes of a number of promising applicants
He had special software that is used to automatically scan professional resumes according to researchers from Harvard Business School on account of the rejection of the job applications of a number of promising applicants. It was not a negligible handful of applications, but millions of capable candidates for selected job positions. According to the scientists, however, the fault is not in the software, but in the automation as such. Because of it, resumes of applicants who are willing and able to work, but specific problems on the labor market are standing in their way, are rejected. A related study found that automation is one of the most significant factors preventing people from finding employment.
The researchers claim that while the search as such is easier thanks to modern technologies, the actual attachment to the labor market is, on the contrary, more complicated in some cases. The fault lies in the overly simple and inflexible criteria on the basis of which automatic software sorts suitable and unsuitable candidates, or good and bad job applications. Some companies admit that they are aware of this problem and that they are trying to find ways to avoid it. But the researchers warn that fixing this problem will require a huge amount of work, and many processes will need to be redesigned from the ground up.
