How Technology is Helping the Hiring Process

As hiring trends continue to change, many hiring managers and recruiters are turning to technology and artificial intelligence to help augment their hiring duties.  Those responsible for hiring and acquiring talent are seeing more pressure to fill option positions, and due to the number of job candidates, it is becoming increasingly difficult to sift through so many candidates in the timeframes given.

Experts believe that the role of the hiring manager and recruiter will continue to change, and although technology will play an important role, it cannot replace all aspects of the hiring process.  Here are a few ways in which technology can help you in your hiring process:

• One of the biggest time consumers in a hiring manager or recruiter’s role is manually reviewing resumes.  As more and more job applicants apply for open positions, it will continue to become increasing difficult to continue this task manually.  Every day, new technology and applications are released to help offset this time-consuming task.  This software will allow a hiring manager or recruiter to automatically sift through thousands of resumes, looking for keywords, or specific phrases.  On average, one hire takes more than 23 hours of resume viewing – imagine if that was cut to 2 hours.
• Candidates today live in an electronic world and are looking for instant feedback.  You can enhance your candidates experience by implementing chat features in your hiring process.  Technology is being released that will allow a recruiter to chat with potential candidates from the beginning stage of the hiring process, all the way to the actual hire.  The cool feature of this technology is you can automate some repetitive answers, thereby leaving you free to work on other tasks that need your hands-on approach.

Even conducting interviews electronically are becoming more popular, again freeing up valuable time for both hiring manager and candidate.  Many involved in the hiring process have expressed concern for some of the technology, saying the hiring process must have a human touch.  However, think of this emerging technology as a way to augment your duties, not replace them.  This technology will help you become better at your job.