MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Eightfold.ai®️, the inventor of the Talent Intelligence Platform™, the first AI-powered solution for enterprise talent needs, today announced a new deal with Booking.com, one of the world’s leading digital travel companies, that plans to leverage Eightfold.ai technology to further modernize and standardize its talent acquisition initiatives. Booking.com is a division of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG).
Booking.com plans to adopt Eightfold.ai’s Talent Intelligence Platform with a goal of further enhancing all aspects of hiring, including candidate experience, candidate engagement, screening, and selection. By leveraging the powerful deep-learning algorithms that underpin the Platform, Booking.com hopes to see measurable improvements to the effectiveness and efficiency of its talent operations. Moreover, Eightfold’s bias-prevention capabilities will contribute to Booking.com’s ongoing commitment to make diversity and inclusion (D&I) a core component of its workforce ethos.
“To be a great company, you need to recruit great talent – they truly go hand in hand,” said Matt Moore, Global Head of Talent Acquisition at Booking.com. “In order to continue attracting top talent, we know we need to continuously innovate the way we approach hiring, and look for new ways to boost efficiency and collaboration as part of our talent acquisition efforts. By working with Eightfold.ai, we hope to streamline and standardize our existing hiring processes through their data-driven, intelligent Platform, helping ensure we’re always attracting and retaining the talented employees we need to keep our company and culture thriving long into the future.”
By implementing Eightfold’s technology, a single Platform for talent acquisition can be used across a company’s enterprise, improving the overall experience for recruiters, hiring managers, and prospective talent. Working with the Platform can help companies consolidate various point solutions into one cohesive solution that can be leveraged globally, furthering a company’s ongoing digital transformation of its hiring initiatives.
“Booking.com takes the hassle out of travel, and they are taking the same approach by working with Eightfold.ai to simplify their talent operations,” said Kamal Ahluwalia, President of Eightfold.ai. “We are excited that Booking.com’s talent strategy aligns well with our single AI-powered Platform for talent.”
By analyzing billions of anonymized data points, the Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform uses powerful deep learning AI to radically improve hiring, engagement, retention, and D&I processes. Enterprise customers have achieved results for talent acquisition including 35 percent faster time-to-fill across all positions, 50 percent greater recruiter efficiency, 60 percent higher qualified candidate volume, 88 percent increase in employee referrals, and 19 percent increase in hiring of female candidates, among other verified outcomes.
To learn more about the Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform, please visit: https://eightfold.ai/talent-intelligence-platform/
