Priyanka Jain: How to make applying for jobs less painful
Priyanka Jain: Como facer que a solicitude de emprego sexa menos dolorosa
Priyanka Jain heads up product for pymetrics, an NYC-based startup that uses neuroscience and AI to make hiring more diverse and effective. Full bio
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digital experiences of our time.
experiencias dixitais do noso tempo.
really isn't much better.
non é moito mellor.
is broken on many fronts.
está rota en moitas frontes.
using various methods in the past year
por varios métodos no último ano
from the employer.
nunca lles contestou.
it's not much better.
son despedidas ou deixan o traballo
of starting their jobs.
than we have unemployed people,
que persoas desempregadas,
that we have a problem.
que temos un problema.
is a single piece of paper: the résumé.
hai un único papel: o currículo vitae.
some useful pieces in it:
computer skills,
as habilidades informáticas,
what they have the potential to do
dicir qué potencial teñen de facer
the opportunity to do in the past.
a oportunidade de facer no pasado.
where jobs are coming online
onde os traballos que veñen en liña
habilidades que ninguén ten,
has done in the past,
fixo no pasado,
to match people to the jobs of the future.
aos traballos do futuro.
can be really helpful.
pode ser de gran axuda.
that algorithms have gotten pretty good
que os algoritmos
a xente con cousas,
that same technology
esa mesma tecnoloxía
that we're really well-suited for?
un emprego que se adapte a nós?
sounds a little bit scary,
escollan o seu seguinte traballo,
of someone's future success in a job,
no éxito futuro de alguén nun traballo,
a multimeasure test.
non son realmente nada novo,
really aren't anything new,
sentado ao seu carón
and writing reports.
e escribindo informes.
os rasgos inherentes de alguén,
about really what the traits are
sobre cales son os rasgos
them a good fit for a job?
to clap when the circle is red
aplaudir cando o círculo está vermello
after a red circle appears.
de ver o círculo vermello.
to be 100 percent sure.
estar 100 por cento seguro.
even though you're not supposed to.
aínda que se supón que non debe.
this isn't like a standardized test
como unha proba normalizada
and some people aren't.
son empregables e outras non.
the fit between your characteristics
o axuste entre as súas características
good a certain job.
and you never clap on the green,
e nunca aplaude ao verde,
and high in restraint.
e de contención.
great students, great test-takers,
grandes estudantes e probadores,
ou en contabilidade.
and sometimes clap on green,
ao vermello e ás veces ao verde,
you're more impulsive and creative,
máis impulsivo e creativo,
salespeople often embody these traits.
dos vendedores de mellor rendemento.
go through neuroscience exercises
como este cos mellores.
those top performers unique.
aos máis destacados.
who might be best suited for that job.
para ese traballo de entre os candidatos.
there's a danger in this.
que hai un perigo nisto.
is not the most diverse
non é o máis diverso
based on current top performers,
en base aos mellores na actualidade,
the biases that already exist?
os sesgos xa existentes?
an algorithm based on top performing CEOs
baseado nos CEOs de mellor rendemento
como conxunto de adestramento,
a white man named John than any woman.
chamado Xoán que a calquera muller.
of who's in those roles right now.
de quen está nesas posicións agora.
a really interesting opportunity.
unha oportunidade realmente interesante.
that are more equitable
have ever been.
algunha vez foi o ser humano.
into production has been pretested
foron probados antes
any gender or ethnicity.
a ningún xénero ou etnia.
that's being overfavored,
que está sendo desfavorecida,
until that's no longer true.
ata que iso non ocorra.
characteristics
nas características inherentes
a good fit for a job,
classism, sexism, ageism --
clasismo, sexismo, idade,
shouldn't just be used
non debería usarse
or new favorite Justin Bieber song.
ou o último éxito de Justin Bieber.
the power of technology
o poder da tecnoloxía
on what we should be doing
do que deberiamos estar a facer
a un nivel máis profundo.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Priyanka Jain - TechnologistPriyanka Jain heads up product for pymetrics, an NYC-based startup that uses neuroscience and AI to make hiring more diverse and effective.
Why you should listen
Passionate about using technology to create a fairer workplace and global economy, Priyanka Jain is a spokesperson for the United Nations Foundation's Girl Up Campaign, Chair of the Acumen Fund's Junior Council and on the Innovation Board for the XPrize Foundation. She received her B.S. from Stanford University, where she was President of Stanford Women in Business and one of 12 Mayfield Entrepreneurship Fellows. Her previous experience includes internships at IBM Watson, Shift Technologies, Canvas Ventures and the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences. Outside of work, she loves playing tennis and eating anything covered in dark chocolate.
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