Hung Lee on the uncomfortable questions AI is forcing TA teams to answer

The most controversial questions you need to answer this year... Ignore them at your peril??

In our last issue of the TA Disruptors weekly bulletin, we curated a carefully considered set of the most important questions for TA teams to reflect on to kick-start 2024, alongside a curated list of the best resources to use to shape your thinking on each of them.??

But what about the most controversial questions you need to answer this year?

We're talking about the ones that make you deeply uncomfortable... that AI is forcing us all to have an opinion on –– from the very real impact of the snap decisions some TA teams are making about where to permit vs deny AI usage to whether AI is going to make recruiters less-skilled.

?While these topics aren't new, a lot of the debate about these areas has barely scratched the surface. Until now.?

?This is the week to ask yourself whether you're really facing up to the big questions and start to dig deep.?

?And who better to guide you on that journey than the legend that is Hung Lee, who joined Robert on the TA Disruptors podcast for perhaps one of our spiciest episodes yet ???

?With a community of more than 60,000 recruiters at his fingertips, if anyone has their finger on the pulse of TA's most pressing issues... it’s Hung.?

?Listen to the podcast for a thoughtful, deeply considered, scarily accurate deep dive into the reality facing us all this January… with some uncomfortable truths that the less disruptive among us might not want to hear ??

The big questions Hung and Robert tackle??

?? What does the AI-enabled candidate mean for the future of recruitment and can we really still get away with calling candidate use of GenAI cheating???

?? Is the only answer to battling ‘Mass Apply’ technology to go back to open hiring, what does that mean for social mobility, and are some TA teams seriously considering making it a 'potluck' to get a job as it is to get Glastonbury tickets???

?? Will AI force a wave of de-skilling? Are human qualities less relevant than they were before? And can we imagine a world in which AI could adopt or even replace skills like critical thinking, creativity, and coachability??

??? In a world where TA teams and candidates can take advantage of new tech, what does a world of recruitment look like where we simply have AI talking to AI? Is that scalable, does it offer the same level of accurate screening, and is it even ethical…??

?? Is asking the state to mandate how we develop and recruit future talent the only answer to truly creating an equitable hiring process?

Finally, if you want to hear the hot take that inspired Robert to call “Hung for Prime Minister!” you won’t want to miss this episode.

Now that’s an election campaign we can really get behind… ?

Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts now!

3 nuggets of wisdom ??

?? This ISE article on "How AI is changing early careers recruitment" shares practical insights from the likes of GSK, KPMG, and Boeing on how they're already evolving their processes –– from banning to embracing usage.

?? John Vlastelica, founder of Recruiting Toolbox, shares his insights on ‘Why You Need a Company-Wide Point of View on Candidate Cheating’.

?? Skills-based hiring is the buzzword of the moment. But the challenge is, everyone has a different definition of what skills-based hiring actually means. To make life easier for every TA Disruptor, we crawled tonnes of resources and definitions to give you our perspective on what Skills-based hiring really?is and where it can make an impact.

?If you have any questions let us know!

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