Ep 59: Are Chatbots The Future Of Recruiting?

Published: July 18, 2016, 12:41 p.m.

We live in interesting times. Technology is evolving constantly around us and unsurprisingly everyone\u2019s attention is often focused on what will be the next disruptive game changer for the recruitment industry. What we don\u2019t pay enough attention to though is the experiences and frustrations of candidate who have to try and stand out in a noisy world using the tools that are completely outmoded in other aspects of life but jealously held onto by the recruitment industry. A shiny new CRM or a brilliant assessment algorithm may make recruiters\u2019 lives easier but they don\u2019t really make the experience of recruitment very different for the candidate when everything still hangs round them having to use a word document CV or static LinkedIn profile to get the recruiter\u2019s attention in the first place. The situation is untenable in the long term and it shouldn\u2019t come as a shock that eventually the jobseekers were going to take things into their own hands. My guest on this week\u2019s episode is Esther Crawford creator of a \u201cResumebot\u201d which took her from frustrated jobseeker to funded entrepreneur. I want you to imagine a world where artificially intelligent chatbots match candidates and recruiters in a completely authentic and bespoke way. In the interview you will hear Esther\u2019s story and find out how she might have taken us on the first step of the journey to a new way of recruiting This week\u2019s podcast is kindly supported by Lever, where ATS meets CRM Subscribe to this podcast in iTunes