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Comment by Maxine Bligh

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Director of public policy at the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, a UK recruitment industry body.
The key message from us to recruiters is to go digital where it matters and human where it counts. AI tools are helpful, even essential, when dealing with a huge volume of applications, but it takes skill and professionalism to make the right call.
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Maxine Bligh, quoted in Christian Cawley, “Workers are hitting back at employer plans to use AI to screen job applications,” TechRadar, August 6, 2026.
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Ban fully automated hiring decisions without human review
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AI Verified Bligh says recruiters should be digital where useful but human where it counts, with professionals making the call; this supports human review. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 57min ago
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AI Verified Bligh says human professional judgment must make the hiring call, supporting human review; recorded answer is for. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 56min ago

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AI Verified TechRadar, Aug. 6, 2026, reproduces this two-sentence Maxine Bligh quotation and attribution. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 57min ago
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