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AI in recruitment: what’s the latest trend in smart hiring?

Written by Logic Melon | Jan 1, 2019 12:00:00 AM

AI in recruitment is gaining steam.

The technology at your fingertips has gone from ‘must do better’ to ‘A*’ in recent years.

 

Think of almost any of those boring, menial, repetitive recruitment tasks – chances are AI will now do it faster and better than before.

Let's take a look at what you can do with AI in recruitment today:

Analysis

How many people are on your books right now? Tens of thousands? More? It's enough to make your head spin!

Instead of going square-eyed looking for candidates with the right skills on dusty old spreadsheets, you could just boot up that AI and let it do all the work for you... faster, and with no unconscious bias.

What might be a whole day's work for a human is a five second job with AI. It'll give you a bespoke shortlist, plus a reason for choosing each candidate, faster than you can boil the kettle.

AI can also scan all their social media feeds fast, then tell you about their attitudes, interests and work ethic. This'll let you know whether they'd fit with your company culture.

Then, there's the cherry on top. AI can give you a head start with candidates who haven't even applied for your job.

Say you're searching for new admin staff. If someone keeps searching "admin roles" on a job board, AI can be set to notice and send them your job ad in a way that's personalised to perfection.

Even if they're a passive candidate, AI can keep a close eye on their social media and other channels to predict when they might start thinking about switching jobs. It's super-discreet, too!

Communications

Bored of emailing candidates answers to the same old questions? You're not alone.

Candidates aren't too keen on recruiters who forget to reply, either. Right now, a mahoosive 85% of applicants are a bit miffed at never hearing back after spending hours crafting and submitting their applications.

Recruitment tech that automates candidate communications has been around a little while now. But, AI is changing the game.

Chatbots can reply to thousands of candidates instantly, in real-time. They're so clever, they can ask contextual questions based on the job's requirements, provide personalised updates or feedback, or tell them what to do next.

Just imagine what you could do with all that extra time!

Interviews

One day, AI might even get those interviews sorted for you.

There's already tech out there that can interview hundreds of thousands of candidates each year.

You'd have to have your recruitment game on point to interview multiple individual candidates at the same time. But, with AI, that's a doddle.

This clever ol' algorithm can automatically log candidate info. It can even assess and rank candidates. This means you get a short-but-sweet shortlist of the best folks for the job.

Take a minute or two to review all the candidates who made the cut, pick your fav and away you go!

This might all sound a little daunting. But, AI won't replace you. It'll just give you more time to boss all the human aspects of recruitment. So, now's the time to get on board!

Discover just how handy it can be to use AI in recruitment, and what you can do to get started with such advanced recruitment technology.