Legaltech News: Diversity, Metrics Demands Are Pushing Firms to Embrace AI Hiring Tools
January 13, 2021
O’Melveny’s use of applicant assessment software Pymetrics is noted in this article, which examined law firms’ changing perceptions around the use of artificial intelligence in their recruitment and hiring processes.
Legaltech News reported that this shift is being driven by law firms’ growing reliance on metric-based decision-making coupled with the renewed demand for diversity in law firms. Hiring tools leveraging AI are not yet common practice among firms, however.
The publication added that while O’Melveny announced its use of an AI-based tool to help eliminate bias in its recruitment and hiring process in 2018, only a small number of firms have followed.
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