LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky announced on Tuesday that the prominent job search app will soon launch its AI-driven recruiter assistant to help find job candidates who are more or less qualified.
Describing the new feature, Roslansky noted that the AI-driven assistant would seemingly increase the accessibility of LinkedIn's database to recruiters and talent acquisition in general, Reuters reported.
The tool is designed to help recruiters identify candidates who possess the necessary skills for the job regardless of the specifics. AI will be designed to ask and recommend recruiters to many qualified candidates beyond "titles and education."
An AI-Driven LinkedIn
This AI tool is not the first in LinkedIn and recruiter's repertoire, as last May saw the launch of AI-assisted messages. LinkedIn is set to release two AI tools soon.
First, a chatbot called "Learn With AI" that will create better advice and content recommendations for users, and another AI tool called Accelerate to help B2B marketers make things like craft campaigns and choose audiences within the site, Tech Brew reported.
While AI seems to be emerging and possibly replacing certain parts of the recruitment process, LinkedIn's VP of Engineering, Erran Berger, said otherwise in an interview with Tech Brew.
Berger noted that these tools are designed to help flourish the human side of the recruitment process and allow recruiters to do their best "that generative AI can't do."
How AI Searches for Job Candidates
Several experts and research firms have stated that more than half of companies globally have used AI during their different recruitment processes, proving to show mixed results.
AI was used by Amazon, according to Vox, when it allegedly tried to replace certain human resource employees in scheduling employees and candidates for interviews.
AI reportedly built AI hiring technology in the mid-2010s to analyze employee records and understand candidates' qualifications to fast-track them to an interview.
However, Amazon reportedly discontinued using the system after it demonstrated a bias against women for certain jobs, showing that AI-driven recruitment still has biases and flaws in the candidate search.
HireVue used AI in candidate testing to gauge and understand candidate competencies through "game-based assessments," allowing recruiters to "prioritise talent faster."
LinkedIn, which Microsoft owns, noted that approximately 74% of hiring professionals remain hopeful that AI will help automate repetitive tasks. The same survey saw that most recruiters in the US see AI as a way to make candidate sourcing and engagement more efficient in the future.
LinkedIn's recent and ongoing AI-driven tools and initiatives continue to be a direct cause of Microsoft's blockbuster partnership with OpenAI, which is valued at $29 billion, according to CNBC.
LinkedIn's biggest competitor, Indeed, also uses AI in job and candidate search through instant matching and smarter recruitment processes.
Raj Mukherjee, Indeed's executive vice president and general manager for Employer, said in an interview with Forbes that the company plans to use AI to align its service more closely with user preferences and improve the speed of its hiring processes.
