Research
AI training helped some women more job interviews, but not as many as their rivals got
Earth.com · By Eric Ralls ·
The Brief
- A new study ran a hiring experiment in London testing whether holding an AI training certificate affects job interview invitations.
- For women who already receive fewer interviews, the AI certificate raised their interview invitation rate only slightly.
- The gain was smaller than the one seen by their male rivals, so the gap is not closed.
Why it matters
The findings suggest that popular upskilling credentials may not offset existing hiring disadvantages for women, which matters for anyone relying on training as a route into work or for those designing equity measures.
Who’s affected
- job seekers considering AI certifications
- employers and recruiters
- researchers studying labour market discrimination
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Learning a popular skill like AI is supposed to help you get a job. But a new study found that for women who already get fewer interviews, having an AI certificate only helped a little bit. In a London hiring experiment, it lifted their rate of interview invitations from about 11…