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Job Agreement Candidate Finder (KVB)
- Publication category
- Other algorithms
- Impact assessment
- N/A
- Status
- Out of use
General information
Theme
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Contact information
Responsible use
Goal and impact
The KVB was launched in 2017 under the Participation Act. This Act is designed to ensure that more people find work. This includes people with a disability. With the KVB, employers can specify on werk.nl what sort of staff they are looking for. They create a search profile and can then see if there are any people with a disability who fit the bill.
Considerations
The KVB is a tool on werk.nl for employers and intermediaries, such as temporary employment agencies. It enables them to find suitable candidates who fall under the employment agreement. These are people who, due to a work-related disability, are unable to earn the minimum wage but are able to carry out specific types of work.
Human intervention
Our staff monitor the use of the algorithm in the following ways:
- Employers decide which candidates from the list of (anonymous) applicants they would like to contact. They then submit a request to our Employer Service Point (WSP). A member of staff from the WSP then discusses with the employer the profile the candidate must meet, how many people the employer wishes to interview, and the timeframe involved. An adviser from the WSP then matches the candidates with the employer or intermediary.
- If the first 200 candidates do not prove suitable, our adviser can also suggest people who have not been shortlisted by the algorithm.
- Employers can also read the personal motivation or explanation that candidates can enter themselves in free-text fields. This information is not used by the algorithm, but helps employers and recruitment agencies to gain a better understanding of a candidate.
Risk management
We ensure that we (continue to) comply with information security and privacy requirements. We do this in the following ways:
- We are constantly working on maintaining the algorithm.
- We comply with the Records Management Act by deleting data that is no longer relevant.
- The algorithm does not use personal data such as name, address and age.
- The profiles of the candidates displayed by the KVB are anonymous.
- Employers or recruitment agencies decide which profile to proceed with. The algorithm does not determine this.
Impact assessment
Operations
Data
The KVB uses the following profile data:
- level of education
- travel distance to the available vacancy
- whether a candidate can travel independently
- whether a candidate is available for work
- how many hours a candidate can work per day
- how many hours a candidate can work per week
- what specific requirements a candidate has (for example, working alone, working with tools or work involving a lot of walking and physical activity)
- in which sector(s) a candidate wishes to work
Technical design
The employer can specify in the search criteria the requirements a candidate must meet. The KVB then checks to what extent candidates’ profiles match these criteria. Each answer is awarded a number of points. For example, if a candidate has ticked the same answers as the employer under ‘availability’ and ‘specific requirements’, this earns them a lot of points. Ultimately, the algorithm displays a list of 200 potential candidates who fall within the scope of the job agreement. Profiles with the highest number of points appear at the top, whilst those with the lowest appear at the bottom. The employer can then review the profiles and make their own selection.