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How AI Hiring Tools Penalize Unpaid Internships
Lucas and Luna explore how AI recruiting systems devalue unpaid internships and work experience, revealing a hidden bias in talent acquisition. They discuss a 2025 study showing that AI models trained on job descriptions and hiring data exhibit socioeconomic bias against candidates with volunteer or unpaid roles, and how this perpetuates inequality. The episode examines the mechanics of these algorithms, the impact on candidates from lower-income backgrounds, and what companies can do to counter this bias, including alternative hiring practices and algorithmic audits. #AIHiring…
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