The robots are coming…to recruit you! How AI is disrupting hiring | Posted by Gaurav Sapkal | Coins | February 2024

I’ll admit it. I was pretty skeptical at first. As a long-time recruiting leader, I’ve seen exciting new technologies that have the potential to transform recruiting. But when a fast-growing startup adopted an AI-powered recruiting tool last year, I swiped right and matched it with what I love most about my professional life!

Let’s go back to life before algorithms entered our world. I read uninspiring resumes until my eyes bleed. Stay up late at night sorting through meaningless Excel columns on the same application. Through hundreds of robotic video interviews, we found that 95% of candidates lack the skills they actually need.

I constantly strive to balance quality and speed. But as we continued to play whack-a-mole during our rapid expansion, we ended up prioritizing quantity over finding the perfect person. I could feel my passion for recruiting slowly fading amidst a pile of resumes that seemed to topple over.

Then came my AI wingman. I’m ready to rekindle the spark before my first date with a candidate and tackle the tedious tasks that get in the way of my style.

After some simple setup and training, we were busy uploading our most popular public requests. Within minutes, my algorithm was searching, screening, and ranking the best matches much faster than a human could achieve. No more endlessly trolling LinkedIn to become a ghost.

With a list of new prospects at your fingertips, you suddenly have the freedom again to do more calls, demos, and cultural interviews instead of trawling through applications. The bot didn’t steal my job, it just gave me a digital assistant to prepare for the fun!

In addition to improving efficiency, I’m making sharper talent decisions based on data. My keyword search is so limited that my eyes playing resume bingo make even worse decisions. But algorithms that use predictive analytics uncover insights that can easily be missed when benchmarking candidates against their successful teammates’ DNA.

By going beyond background details and combining confirmatory indicators like work samples, test scores, and competency checks, you can get a 360-degree view of a candidate’s potential from the start. Don’t be discouraged any longer if that Ivy League job seemed perfect on paper but wasn’t feasible in reality.

Have algorithms revolutionized the recruiting game? Obviously so. The breakthrough lies in AI, which removes human guesswork and combines unmatched scale and speed. While the computer quickly verifies functionality, I can focus purely on connecting with people to discover intangible things like driving.

The rise of the recruiting machine no longer keeps me up at night because the algorithms are operating cooperatively as my wingmen instead of stealing center stage. I feel that spark again by reinventing some of the parts of talent acquisition that had slowly been sapping my passion.

So, if you feel frustrated as a recruiter, give automated matchmakers a chance! Together, humans and smart machines may unlock the magic of recruitment you never knew existed.