Are we as human beings merely a bunch of zeros and ones?
When did we as human beings become a bunch of zeros and ones?
Did you study, sacrifice time with your family and friends, let your health slip at times, work evenings and weekends to move up in your career and build your management skills merely for an algorithm to decide that you are not suitable for a job you applied for?
Candidates have apps (artificial intelligence - AI) applying for positions on their behalf, the irony is that there is AI screening their application on the other side too and they wonder why they are not successful?
I appreciate that AI will make certain steps in the recruitment process more efficient, and I am not na?ve to the benefits of a good system. However, we at OutsideCapital know what recruitment is about, it is very simple, individuals.
We may be called ‘old fashioned’ by some in the industry, but we could not be paid a bigger compliment. If ‘old fashioned’ means meeting with your clients, spending time with them, getting to understand their business, truly helping them grow their business – then actively searching for candidates, meeting with your candidates, getting to understand what they need and want, helping them further their careers and improve their family life – then yes, we are old fashioned.
I am always cautious to put my predictions out there, but here goes. To companies using LinkedIn as their ‘answer’ to recruitment. I don’t doubt you will save costs, I don’t doubt you will get bums on your empty seats, but you will truly only see the effect on your bottom line when you lose your competitive edge (which is your staff if you had not realised by now). When the business leadership realises that you/they have hired the best candidate that responded to your job advert on LinkedIn, instead of hiring the best candidate in the market place and taking the time to truly understand why that candidate was on the market.
Experienced tech and non tech recruiter with international market experience across industries, including Information technology, Telecoms and Fintech.
5 å¹´I love this article as it calls a spade a spade.? No AI, Soc media or any form of digital tech can replace the value of the "human touch".? In this instance I agree and in my opinion "old school is cool", especially in executive search and management placements.
Director of Pricing & Business Optimisation @ RS Asia Pacific | M&A | strategy | P&L management | leadership | CA(SA) | CAANZ | AICD
7 å¹´Agree with you completely Jayson Theron. AI cannot determine a culture fit, both for the candidate and for the company. Ultimately, skills can be verified and tested but to truly know the right culture fit, old fashioned human interaction is the only way to mitigate wasted time for candidates and companies. ??
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7 å¹´Brian Cornelius
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7 å¹´I agree Jayson Theron. There's no substitute for human relationships and interactions. I like what you said in your closing about the difference between identifying the best candidates who "apply" for a position versus finding the best in the market.
Head: Strategic Business and Partner Development
7 å¹´Absolutely agree Jayson Theron. It is clear that AI has it's place and will continue to be used more and more into the future for "scale recruiting" - but one key aspect that it CANNOT assist with is differentiating between skill sets and personality types. We work with individuals - human beings - each one unique in his/her own right, and different to the next. Getting the mix right between skill sets AND personality type, and focussing on overall best fit for the hiring organisation is absolutely critical to the longevity of individual's careers AND the longer term sustainability of the companies hiring them. Furthermore, there are many talented individuals out there who are NOT present on LinkedIn, NOT registered on any of the usual job boards and therefore, at face value anyway, seemingly "absent" from the marketplace. Personal interactions based on sustainable, long term relationships is the only way to reach these golden nuggets of talent, who otherwise cannot ever be "mined" via the online methods alluded to above as they simply do not exist there.