We, humans, share a relationship of love with science owing to the fact that the application of scientific knowledge has helped fulfill many basic human needs and improve overall living standards. Science led to technological advancements, and today we humans feel confident to bring about a solution to any problem using science. Technologies like AI have become integral to almost all sectors. The application areas are increasing with each passing day. 

The pandemic was harsh on people around employment and jobs. The recruiters had a tough time finding the right talent, while the job seekers struggled to find a job.

In the last few years, AI is gaining momentum as an aid to both recruiters and job seekers. AI is using its capabilities like decision making, visual and vocal recognition, and translation. However, AI has been in usage for recruitment for many years and has been growing and improving since then. Recruiters may use AI for a host of recruitment activities. AI has been found to be impactful in the hiring cycle, from advertising and attracting potential applicants to predicting candidates’ job performance.

Let’s look at some of the popular use cases of AI in recruitment:

Initial screening of CVs - AI-powered initial screening eliminates any bias from the preliminary selection process. Initial digital interviews can help hiring teams have a transparent mechanism set for the initial screening, and this speeds up the process along with making the candidate adjust to the process.

Scoring those resumes - AI aided resume selection works on an algorithm, and hence there is no scope for human bias. This will give a fair chance to each candidate based on his skillset.

Application engagements - With the help of AI-enabled chatbots, recruiters can foster engagement, providing value addition for both recruiter and applicant. These chatbots can be customized as per your brand and may ask detailed preliminary questions and analyze answers. These chatbots can also provide prompt replies to inquiries. As a USP, they can provide 24*7 assistance. With chatbots, feedback sharing is also encouraged at every stage of the recruitment.

Schedules meetings - The chatbots can easily set a meeting at a convenient time for both the parties and remind them to.

Creates personality, subjective, and psychometric tests - AI-based algorithms can also be trained to create tests in accordance to the job role and hence checks the candidate on the desired traits. 

Interview Setups - Using AI enabled chatbots, the interviews can be scheduled and rescheduled across geographies making it extremely seamless for the recruitment teams as well as for the candidates.

One-way video self-introduction - These introductory videos help recruiters in assessing the candidate’s skillset and whether it matches the basic requirements for the job. Recruiters can evaluate and analyze these videos with the help of AI and plan to move on to the next round.

Lets now look at some of the benefits of using AI in the recruitment process:

• Saves time 
• Removes bias
• Finds the most suitable candidates
• Identifies the right skills and experience
• Makes assessment more objective
• Enhances the overall experience for the candidate

Unconscious or conscious biases may hamper hiring decisions leading to negative outcomes. However, with emotional AI, the candidate’s attributes are highlighted that might otherwise go unnoticed.

With these advantages of AI, the HR teams can focus more on the core tasks rather than doing monotonous jobs. This way recruitment process will become more strategic and meaningful. This will also provide the HR team valuable time to have better communication with the existing employees. With the use of metrics for skill assessment, the quality of hire will improve.