Nowadays, the first person to look at a job candidate's application is usually, well, not a person at all. To be sure, artificial intelligence did not originate the resume black hole. "The black hole exists pre-technology," says Frida Polli, chief data science officer at talent recruiting platform Harver. "The resume black hole oftentimes just has to do with the fact that companies are, quite frankly, just ignoring certain pools of candidates. Still, the black hole remains a fixture of the hiring process, and today, it is automated by an artificially intelligent algorithm.

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Persons: Frida Polli Organizations: Commission, Fortune