How New York City’s New AI Law Affects Job Search

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New York City to begin enforcement this week unprecedented law It focuses on bias in the workplace, the kind of bias brought about by AI.

Because artificial intelligence isn’t just changing the way we work. It also determines whether we can get a job.Companies are increasingly adopting algorithmic tools Incorporate into the hiring processfrom software that reads resumes to AI bots that grade your first interview.

Now the city aims to enforce transparency into the algorithmic tools companies use to make hiring and promotion decisions. The law requires companies to disclose when they use AI software in the hiring process and to audit those tools annually for bias. Job seekers also have the right to request information about what personal data is being collected and evaluated by algorithms.

The law is just the first in a series of pending regulations aimed at regulating regulation from states like California and New Jersey to legislative bodies like the European Union.The workplace, especially hiring, is like an algorithmic western.

But not everyone supports the new regulation. This is especially true of ethical AI advocates, who argue that New York law is not sufficient to meaningfully protect job seekers.

Ben Winters, who leads the AI and Human Rights Project at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said, “I am really concerned that good governance tools such as audits and impact assessments on artificial intelligence programs will come to wield the cane in front of us. It is being done,” he said. (or EPIC) and tells Quartz.

So, is there any hope for this new rule, and what does it mean for your next job application? Let’s take a peek inside the room.

🎧 And listen to the algorithm at length. Quartz’s Gabriela Riccardi and Scott Nover talk about how algorithms are changing the world’s jobs. Quartz Obsession Podcast. listen here again read the transcript.

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This week, a hotel employee in California staged a rendition of what is perhaps one of a kind. Largest Hospitality Strike in U.S. History.

📉 According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, labor strikes in the United States are facing a significant decline over the past 50 years. But on July 3, more than 15,000 cooks, housekeepers, dishwashers and front desk workers left in search of better wages and benefits.

The strike comes at a time when Southern California has seen some of the highest cost of living increases in the nation in recent years, while other states have seen more pronounced work stoppages.

quartz Reported by Diego Lasarte on how this strike fits into the (re)growing US labor movement.

Pop Quiz: Hand the Mic

In theory, a good meeting gives everyone a chance to add their 2 cents. But in reality, not everyone can contribute easily. So which tactic will help get people excited at your next team meeting?

A. 🚥 What’s New in the Stop and Go Group

B. 🪑 Radical rearrangement of rooms

C. 🍿 A sweet conversation starter

D. 🚪 Begging for an invitation to retire

Quartz has collected the best advice for getting people to actually speak up at your meetings. Three words worth trying to the advantage of completely silent. Find the answers (and other chatter). our roundup.

weekly job hack

Team mapping can help you become a better collaborator. “It’s rare that a team can get a job done without the help of other teams,” Atlassian’s Mark Cruth wrote in Quartz. But often they don’t spend the time building rapport with overlapping teams.

Engage in group exercises to strengthen your relationships.it is called team mapping.

Lay out adjacent teams together, identify the people involved in the success of the project, and plan how to improve collaboration between teams. Even better: only takes about an hour.