This is part of a 3 part Blog Series where we talk about the effects of AI in recruitment from each the Candidates, Company and Recruitment Companies perspective - Make sure you check out our other posts!
Part 2: Companies
The Automation Trap: There are plenty of tech platforms out there right now trying to completely automate the recruitment process.They are pitching a utopian future where software handles absolutely everything, from sourcing a candidate to signing the offer letter and I think they are missing the point entirely.
With an educational background in Mechatronics and a decade and a half spent specialising in engineering recruitment, I love technology. However, recruitment is a fundamentally human-centric, highly emotional process.
You are building teams, shaping the culture of your business, and dealing with people making life-changing career decisions.
The human element is absolutely essential, and we will always want someone by our side whom we trust for comfort.
Think about buying a house, making a major investment, or seeking business consulting - You want an expert in your corner and someone to turn to that isn’t a screen just telling you what you want to hear.
The way AI is generally pushed right now is to replace this human connection. I think that is wrong. But if we implement it correctly, AI can give you the ultimate luxury as a hiring manager: TIME!
Focus on the Waste, Not the Value
Take our business for example - TA is specialist technology recruitment consultancy built to Support and Consult your business through the entire product lifecycle and difficult hiring challenges.Our mission is simple: to align the right talent with the right organisations and build exceptional culture and tenure with it.
We do not achieve this by automating the relationship building.
We achieve this by acting as an extension of your business and a trusted source of advisory. We help you solve complex hiring problems, assist in creating accurate job descriptions, and provide deep market and salary insights to ensure your pitch to the market is competitive and compelling.
THIS is our value and an area we shouldn’t touch with AI in any way.. It is what makes us US! And Adds value to you..
So, when integrating AI we looked at it this way –
The goal should be LEAN continuous improvement. You need to eliminate the wasteful, non-value-adding administrative tasks so that your time saved can be redistributed into value-adding tasks that make us special and valuable..If you are trying to automate the final interview or the human assessment of a cultural fit, you are applying AI to the wrong area.
The true benefit of AI is clearing the administrative bottleneck so you can actually speak to the best people for your needs.
Tactical AI Solutions: Enter VBench
We designed our AI Talent platform, VBench, specifically to slot cleanly into Company’s existing workflow and free up your time to do what is important: sell why your company is great and make great connections.Instead of spending hours manually reviewing resumes from a massive pile, VBench does the heavy lifting instantly.
• VBench can score 200 applications in a few minutes, telling you exactly who is best and why.
• The platform will automatically flag critical issues regarding location, visas, or specific skill set gaps.
• It is trained to spot hidden opportunities in cross-functional skills that a non-technical reviewer might miss.
• It even gives you tailored questions to ask at the interview stage to make sure you have it 100% right.
We use VBench religiously: Having this technology running in the background perfectly complements our core methodology.
It gives us more time to focus on engaging the best talent available, not just those who are actively looking for work and providing genuine value to the businesses that we partner with - over and above just finding people.
It’s important to remember:
What it is like being on the other side of the fence when you are job hunting. Recruitment is stressful!So, if you could us AI to close everyone's loop, spot the best people instantly, and reduce your time spent on the non-value-adding tasks, why wouldn't you?
It gives you time to do what you do best – building connections & great teams.
For a free demo of how VBench AI can transform your workflow visit Https://vbench.com.au/