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AI Disrupts Talent Acquisition0:48 – 6:50

Josh AndersonHost

0:48

Welcome to the podcast, Sam.

Josh AndersonHost

0:50

Excited to have you.

Josh AndersonHost

0:51

We are gonna jump into the first topic, and like everything today, it's about AI.

Josh AndersonHost

0:56

And I've heard stories about how AI is disrupting the hiring space on the engineering side, but I wanna learn from the inside on the talent ac- acquisition world.

Josh AndersonHost

1:09

Operationally, what has it changed? Is it all in upheaval? Is it crazy? Is it starting to sort itself out? What's it look like these days?

1:18

I would say it's not, it's, it's, for us, it's not necessarily crazy.

1:22

We've definitely had our share of incidents, I think like everyone else.

1:28

Um, you know, to give a little bit of di- you know, sort of context, the company I work for is 107 people.

1:35

Um, we're fully distributed.

1:36

We're in the US and Canada, have employees in about two dozen states and two provinces.

1:41

And my team is myself, my lieut- I have two lieutenants.

1:45

One of them is all over op- the operational side of the business, and then the other one is the talent and learning and development.

1:52

And so, you know, as a recruiter, you know, typically Justin manages anywhere from 10 to 15 recs a year, depending on...

2:01

We usually don't have that many net new, and we, we luckily have a very high retention rate.

2:06

Um, and I'll tell you, he's had, like, 100% offer close rate since he's been here for two years.

2:13

Uh, I think last year we had one decline.

2:14

But it, w- we, we do find, and we, we-- I mean, listen, the company in general from an OKR perspective is all about AI right now, and so we are looking across the enterprise.

2:24

And, and for me right now, the focus the next three to six months is very much on what are the things we can do from an-- more from an automation perspective.

2:32

When Justin came in two years ago next month, [coughs] he was very much, you know, all in on AI.

2:40

And I was actually the one who was, like, not there yet.

2:43

And now, of course, I'm fully engaged, uh, sometime, you know, by choice and also to some degree, like, it's just inevitable.

2:50

So I'd say in the last couple years, Justin's been really smart and savvy around incorporating some tools about, around that are AI-driven, but not necessarily...

3:00

You know, there's, there-- I'll say this real quick too, Josh.

3:02

There's a really wonderful article that got published today.

3:05

It's gonna be in The New York Times magazine by, uh, Callie Holterman.

AI Disrupts Talent Acquisition0:48 – 6:50

Josh AndersonHost

0:48

Welcome to the podcast, Sam.

Josh AndersonHost

0:50

Excited to have you.

Josh AndersonHost

0:51

We are gonna jump into the first topic, and like everything today, it's about AI.

Josh AndersonHost

0:56

And I've heard stories about how AI is disrupting the hiring space on the engineering side, but I wanna learn from the inside on the talent ac- acquisition world.

Josh AndersonHost

1:09

Operationally, what has it changed? Is it all in upheaval? Is it crazy? Is it starting to sort itself out? What's it look like these days?

1:18

I would say it's not, it's, it's, for us, it's not necessarily crazy.

1:22

We've definitely had our share of incidents, I think like everyone else.

1:28

Um, you know, to give a little bit of di- you know, sort of context, the company I work for is 107 people.

1:35

Um, we're fully distributed.

1:36

We're in the US and Canada, have employees in about two dozen states and two provinces.

1:41

And my team is myself, my lieut- I have two lieutenants.

1:45

One of them is all over op- the operational side of the business, and then the other one is the talent and learning and development.

1:52

And so, you know, as a recruiter, you know, typically Justin manages anywhere from 10 to 15 recs a year, depending on...

2:01

We usually don't have that many net new, and we, we luckily have a very high retention rate.

2:06

Um, and I'll tell you, he's had, like, 100% offer close rate since he's been here for two years.

2:13

Uh, I think last year we had one decline.

2:14

But it, w- we, we do find, and we, we-- I mean, listen, the company in general from an OKR perspective is all about AI right now, and so we are looking across the enterprise.

2:24

And, and for me right now, the focus the next three to six months is very much on what are the things we can do from an-- more from an automation perspective.

2:32

When Justin came in two years ago next month, [coughs] he was very much, you know, all in on AI.

2:40

And I was actually the one who was, like, not there yet.

2:43

And now, of course, I'm fully engaged, uh, sometime, you know, by choice and also to some degree, like, it's just inevitable.

2:50

So I'd say in the last couple years, Justin's been really smart and savvy around incorporating some tools about, around that are AI-driven, but not necessarily...

3:00

You know, there's, there-- I'll say this real quick too, Josh.

3:02

There's a really wonderful article that got published today.

3:05

It's gonna be in The New York Times magazine by, uh, Callie Holterman.