{
  "registry_version": "2026.08.2",
  "data": {
    "title": "Remove Career Gap Feature from Automated Ranking Models",
    "status": "active",
    "evidence_ids": [
      "EVD-003"
    ],
    "content": "# Remove Career Gap Feature from Automated Ranking Models\n\nDisable employment duration gap penalties in recruitment AI algorithms and screening models.\n\n### Expected Effects\n- Break algorithmic unemployment penalty loop\n- Broaden candidate pool to include skilled returning talent\n\n### Measurements\n- `gap_candidate_screen_rate`\n- `long_term_placement_success`",
    "id": "I-004",
    "type": "intervention",
    "summary": "Disable employment duration gap penalties in recruitment AI algorithms and screening models.",
    "targets": [
      "M-011",
      "L-001"
    ],
    "actor": "ats-vendor",
    "scope": "ecosystem",
    "cost": "low",
    "evidence_level": "supported",
    "expected_effects": [
      "Break algorithmic unemployment penalty loop",
      "Broaden candidate pool to include skilled returning talent"
    ],
    "measurements": [
      "gap_candidate_screen_rate",
      "long_term_placement_success"
    ],
    "specimens": [
      {
        "kind": "ats",
        "label": "The same profile, with the feature removed",
        "lines": [
          {
            "text": "Skills match: 91/100 · Domain match: 88/100",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "text": "Continuity penalty: feature disabled",
            "tell": true
          },
          {
            "text": "Final rank: 89/100 — advanced to recruiter queue",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "text": "Model card updated: employment_gap removed from feature set, 14 March.",
            "tell": false
          }
        ],
        "reading": "The arithmetic is the whole intervention. The same person, the same work, above the threshold instead of below it."
      }
    ]
  }
}