Triple Pundit recently published the article “This New AI Tool Helps Recruiters See Skilled Immigrant Talent and Fill Jobs Faster,” which highlights Upwardly Global’s work to create inclusive AI products — particularly Upwardly Global Fetch, a custom-built API integrated into Workday’s HiredScore AI for Recruiting.
Innovating with AI, Upwardly Global aims to bridge the gap between newly arrived immigrant professionals and skill-aligned jobs by ensuring AI-powered recruitment tools do not overlook candidates with international degrees and experience, and unfamiliar titles that do not have a straightforward U.S. equivalent.
Mary Lee, Upwardly Global’s National Director of Employer Engagement, shared in the article about our collaboration with HiredScore:
“We were really excited to explore a partnership that would utilize responsible AI to mitigate these challenges. … We primarily needed two things: a system that looked one-to-one at job requirements against candidate profiles, thereby mitigating some of the traditional recruitment biases. But also, what’s exciting about AI is the potential for scale, right? We were eager to find a system that would create visibility for our candidate pool at scale.”
The article highlights key findings from the Upwardly Global Fetch pilot:
In the nonprofit’s first analysis, the Fetch tool effectively surfaced 575 candidate recommendations for open roles from a pool of 1,500 immigrant job-seekers, a number that has grown steadily since, [Lee] said. “To us, it demonstrates both a strong demand for the skills and competencies represented by our talent pool, and that there was a high rate of discoverability — meaning the AI was able to recognize the talent and match them for open roles.”
