AI Hiring Bias2024n = 948
67% of leaders say their AI hiring tools are biased (n=948)
67% of US business leaders say their AI hiring tools produce bias to some degree, and 21% report letting AI auto-reject candidates without human review at some stage.
Primary source
ResumeBuilder.com, Nov 2024
https://www.resumebuilder.com/7-in-10-companies-will-use-ai-in-the-hiring-process-in-2025-despite-most-saying-its-biased/Published 2024 — sample n = 948 — compiled by JobCannon Research.
Why this stat matters
This figure belongs to the ai hiring biasvertical of JobCannon's ongoing review of hiring, AI, and career-outcome research. We track it because it is one of the few primary-source estimates with a published sample, methodology, or legal record. Cite the original source first; this page exists to make the figure easy to find and link to.
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