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Amazon scraps secret AI recruiting tool that showed bias against women: sources
Amazon.com Inc.'s machine-learning specialists learned something unexpected from the machine: their new recruiting engine did not like women. The team had been building computer programs since 2014 to review job applicants' resumes, with the aim of mechanizing the search for top talent, five people familiar ...
Keidanren to scrap long-held Japan recruitment guidelines in 2021
Japan’s largest business lobby has decided to scrap its long-held guidelines for corporate hiring of university students to give flexibility in recruiting amid increasing competition for new talent.
Japan online flea market operator Mercari hires large number of non-Japanese grads
Mercari Inc., Japan's leading online flea market operator, has hired about 50 new graduates, including 44 with foreign nationalities. Through the recruitment of the foreign graduates, the firm hopes to boost its operations abroad and develop new businesses utilizing their information and technology expertise. Among the ...
Keidanren arranging talks over review of graduate hiring rules
Keidanren is arranging talks with the government and universities to review its guidelines on the hiring of university graduates, it was learned Wednesday. The country's biggest business lobby, also known as the Japan Business Federation, hopes to discuss whether to introduce year-round recruitment for university ...
Cabinet members voiced support for an idea by the head of Keidanren to scrap guidelines that set the recruitment schedule for new college graduates beginning in spring 2021.
Pasona taps Indian talent for Japanese firms in Middle Eastern and African markets
Staffing firm Pasona Group Inc. has started recruiting Indian talent to help Japanese businesses find suitable candidates for their operations in the Middle East and Africa. Pasona India Pvt. Ltd., a local arm of the Tokyo-based company, established divisions for the territories on Friday to ...
Japan's 'Matrix'-style job fairs evolving as employers forced to think outside the square
Graduate recruitment in Japan looks a bit like a scene from the movie "The Matrix." Hordes of students dressed in identical black suits and white shirts make the rounds of seminars, tests and interviews. Even as jobs outnumber applicants, these "Agent Smiths" still fight it ...
Keidanren to rethink timing of annual student recruitment drive
Keidanren plans to revamp its rules on how member firms can conduct recruitment campaigns for university students, sources said. The shake-up comes after some small companies and students complained about a change that came into play this year. This year, the nation's biggest business lobby ...
Facing 15-year stretch, U.S. youth admits recruiting for, coaching Islamic State
A 17-year-old pleaded guilty Thursday to terrorism charges for helping another teen travel to Syria to join the Islamic State. Ali Shukri Amin pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. Before his arrest, Amin was an honor student at a local high ...
Ride-hailing app Uber, under the microscope due to a handful of driver assaults on passengers in some cities, pledged in a blog post on Tuesday to sign up 1 million female drivers around the world by 2020. The ride service did not provide comparable figures ...
If Yohei Shibasaki hadn't previously worked for Sony Corp., the giant that once dominated the global electronics industry, his 7-year-old human resources firm might not have grown so fast. "Don't just look at the Japanese market, but always target the global market. Offer innovative products ...
A new education ministry team will request that businesses delay job-recruitment activities for university students until April of their senior year.
