Artificial Intelligence: The Benefits for Recruitment

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Everything and everyone has become completely reliant on technology in today’s society. You can connect to the internet pretty much anywhere and do anything online without having to click a button, which has completely changed how the world can function.

One of the biggest and established systems that has only just started to revolutionise how everything can operate, is Artificial Intelligence. AI is inspired by our very own human intellect, and is designed to support people and businesses, to ensure they can work as efficiently as possible.

What Companies Are Currently Using AI?

Microsoft - Forus Health created a portable eye screening device that uses Microsoft AI. In less than a minute, AI can identify whether a person is at risk for vision loss, so people at risk can get the treatment they need.

Netflix – This streaming service uses AI to record your previous preferences and user behaviour to give you new and relevant suggestions, making it easy for you to find the next programme or film to watch in half the time.

Facebook – Social Media uses AI to record what you’ve searched for, where you’ve been and what you’ve been doing so it can target relatable advertisements and content that will interest you on your timeline.

Businesses use AI systems because they can be tailored to the business’s needs, AI features can help deliver faster services with better results as it can sort, analyse and track large amounts of data, which is why it works so well for recruitment.

How Has AI Improved the Recruitment Process?

According to Ideal 52% of Talent Acquisition leaders say the hardest part of recruitment is screening candidates from a large applicant pool.

However, there are now Recruitment Systems that can support this. These systems are built with Artificial Intelligence software to suit your style of business, by using tags and codes in your data, this allows the system to work quickly and deliver accurate results for you, by using AI at different levels.

There are lots of AI driven software on the market, but here are a few to look at:

·       FireFish

·       BambooHR

·       Freshteam

·       LinkedIn Recruiter

These systems all use a variety of different Artificial Intelligence in different ways to support your recruitment process.

We know how important it is for recruiters to be able to deliver the best and quickest service, so if you want to look at other ways you can reduce your hiring time for every part of the recruitment process, please click through to our blog here.

Automation:

Artificial Intelligence has really helped streamline recruitment; however, it can still be a lengthy process. So other systems within Artificial Intelligence that offer automated services, could give you extra support in your recruitment process.

Chatbots

Chatbots aren’t new to the technological world, however using Chatbots for recruitment purposes could really help improve your reputation. The AI Natural Language Processing system is what makes a Chatbot any businesses dream “employee”.

Chatbots can be programmed with accurate information, as well as words and phrases that could mirror your businesses personality. Which could help to transform how you interact with potential clients and candidates.

Digitised interviews

Skype, has been around since 2003, and since then has been widely used to conduct video interviews. Although Skype doesn’t use Artificial Intelligence, there are now AI systems claiming they can assess candidates based on their word choices, speech patterns, and facial expressions, to see if they are a good fit for the role.  

This can be achieved through Video Interviewing and pre-hire assessments, which is something that HireVue specialises in. They combine video interviews with predictive, validated IO science and AI to give candidates the best interviewing experience, which allows recruiters to still make confident choices about candidates.

This is just the tip of the technological iceberg, and as it is going to continue to grow, so is our research and content on this subject, so look out for more posts based around Artificial Intelligence!

We have a NEW! article that looks into How Voice Search Within Fashion E-commerce could be the Future, as well as a great blog that has been written by our Creative Director, Edward Ball and what his Fashion and Voice Search Fantasy would be, which is a great read!

As all types of technology are always developing, this would be a great time to think about how systems like AI could be beneficial for your business. Not only could it help to surpass your competition, but it could support you to have the best working practices for your business and employees.

The beauty of Artificial Intelligence is the automation and efficiency, and if you feel like your business is lacking in these areas, why not do some research to see if there is a system out there that could work for you and your business’s needs.