Artificial intelligence

AI (artificial intelligence) is the buzzing word almost in all fields nowadays and recruitment is not an exception. AI is establishing itself a game changer in the hiring process and enabling organizations to find and hire potential candidates more readily. Artificial intelligence is not just a trend but becoming the breathing part of the recruiting industry. It is seen that more and more recruitment software and tools are making use of AI in some form. It can say that AI is not only the current trend but will dominate the industry for the next years.

In 2019, it is seen that

  1. The recruiting market is buzzing with innovation
  2. There are advanced AI applications available almost for every stage of recruitment funnel which helps in:

–  Reducing bias

–  Improving candidate experience

–  Employer branding

–  Focusing on the human element in HR

Here I am sharing top 5 fascinating uses of AI that would help to transform your recruiting process.

 

  1. Chatbots to improve candidate engagement:

A chatbot is an AI-powered assistant that automates relevant conversation with candidates and eliminates manual intervention. It uses NLP (natural language processing) and AI together so that they can screen candidates through questions about their skills, experience, and qualification. It is programmed to respond relevantly to candidate queries about their job application, interview schedule, and other administrative tasks.

–  Chatbots like Mya, Olivia respond to all questions immediately without any sign of impatience.

–  It helps in improving the candidate experience.

–  It saves the time of recruiters so that they can invest their time into any other productive task.

 

  1. AI-powered recruiting tools for screening candidates:

Many talent acquisition leaders say that screening candidates from the large applicant pool are the hardest part of the recruitment process. Screening those resumes and applications manually is one of the most time-consuming processes of recruitment, especially when in some cases most of them are not qualified for the desired job position.

AI-powered recruiting tools such as ATS, parsing software helps in automating resume and applicant screening. It helps to save time and recruiters can focus on other valuable tasks. It also improves candidate screening and quality of candidates in your pipeline in many ways.

 

  1. Writing job adverts:

AI-powered solutions and software programs can assist HR practitioners in preparing a perfect job description to attract top talent. This tool uses predictive analytics and data while writing job adverts to improve communication which can result in more favorable responses.

It uses an algorithm to analyze language pattern and rate phrases against criteria such as the number of applicants a job gets and the percentage who qualified to get an interview.

This software collects more than 10 million job openings per month. It finds alternative phrases for a few of the words using NLP which can help to make job description more effective such as ‘passionate about’ instead of ‘focused on.’

 

  1. AI to attract diverse candidates:

AI tools help companies to hire diverse candidates so that they don’t miss out potential talent. It helps in finding the gender biased analyzing job postings for gender-neutral language. Many times, most of the job descriptions are more likely men-centric rather than women. Hence, gender-neutral language helps in attracting more diverse talent towards you.

 

  1. Virtual interviews:

This method allows recruiters to conduct an interview using an automated online platform. The video interview is becoming a standard method for screening candidates for fair and effective judgment in the first round of an interview. It automatically records candidates’ answers, creates their profiles and sends them relevant hiring authorities.