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Growing frustration with the talent acquisition process is leading some employers to dust off long-shelved tools like niche job boards or handwritten referrals. It’s all about AI.
While AI-based ATS’s offer efficiency and improved speed, they’ve also turned the TA pipeline into a firehose. Recruiters find themselves on the receiving end of mass submissions, bad resumes and outright fraud. The noise has become so loud, employers find it difficult to identify the candidates they actually want.
For their part, job seekers have found businesses are presenting more pathways that are deliberately clunky or increasingly human-driven. Although these take more effort to use, they also offer a better chance of rising above the flood.
In fact, some companies are deliberately slowing down the process. Digitalis Education Solutions in Bemerton, Wash., buries its applications in the copy of its job descriptions, reported The Wall Street Journal. Now only 10% of applicants who begin the process actually follow through. That helps identify candidates who use AI to strengthen their communications but can’t maintain a façade during in-person interviews.
That’s a big reason why, after years of highlighting virtual interviews and remote hiring, many companies are bringing back in-person interviews. One staffing executive told the Journal
