LinkedIn announced its first artificial intelligence agent, Hiring Assistant, created to free recruiters from the more tedious parts of their jobs.
It’s no surprise that LinkedIn would get in on agentic AI, the next big step in AI technology, especially as the networking site sits atop one of the world’s most impressive employment datasets.
“Recruiters can choose to delegate time-consuming tasks to Hiring Assistant, including finding candidates and assisting in applicant review, so they can focus on the most strategic, people-centric parts of their job,” said Hari Srinivasan, vice president of product at LinkedIn. “Hiring Assistant is designed to take on a recruiter’s most repetitive tasks so they can spend more time on their most impactful work—like advising hiring managers, connecting with candidates, and creating exceptional candidate experiences.”
As an add-on to LinkedIn’s Recruiter product, talent acquisition professionals will be able to upload job descriptions and intake notes from hiring managers into Hiring Assistant. It will immediately translate that information into role qualifications and build a pipeline of qualified candidates based on their LinkedIn profiles. Talent acquisition professionals will also be able to use Hiring Assistant to identify past applicants in their own applicant tracking systems through an integration with LinkedIn Recruiter.
“Hirers will be in the loop and able to provide feedback on candidates throughout the entire process, helping Hiring Assistant to continuously learn each recruiter’s preferences and become more personalized,” Srinivasan said.
Rather than just supplying a list of candidate names, the tool is expected to analyze results. It will also provide new messaging and scheduling support to help respond to basic candidate questions and manage interview coordination.
Hiring Assistant will become widely available by this time next year. It is currently available to a group of pilot customers and LinkedIn’s internal recruiters. Pricing has not been announced.
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