Since graduating from a U.S. university four years ago, Kevin Carballo has lost count of the number of times he has applied for a job only to receive a swift, automated rejection email ¡ª sometimes just hours after applying.

Like many job seekers around the world, Carballo¡¯s applications are increasingly being screened by algorithms built to automatically flag attractive applicants to hiring managers.

¡°There¡¯s no way to apply for a job these days without being analyzed by some sort of automated system,¡± said Carballo, 27, who is Latino and the first member of his family to go to university.