Web-based employment application software offers a convenient alternative to paper-based job applications. More than 50 percent of companies use job boards, making it the top hiring tool.

AI-powered services like LazyApply zip through the grunt work of job applications, helping one programmer apply for 5,000 jobs. But they can make mistakes, and some recruiters scorn the technology.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has told a federal judge that human resources software firm Workday must face a proposed class action alleging that it violated federal anti-bias ...