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26Jan

Harnessing the Power of
Artificial Intelligence in Recruiting

In recent years, advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have made their way into virtually every industry—including recruiting. AI is helping savvy recruiters make more informed decisions about candidates and streamlining their recruitment process from start to finish. Let’s look at how AI is changing the recruitment game.

How AI Works In Recruiting

AI-based recruiting systems use algorithms and machine learning technology that learns from past hiring decisions, data points such as resumes, and other sources of information to narrow down the candidate search and identify potential matches that meet specific criteria. By leveraging large amounts of data, AI can identify job requirements and candidate qualification patterns that would take much more time for humans to uncover through traditional methods. This process makes it easier for recruiters to quickly zero in on the best candidates for a given position.

In addition, AI-based recruiting tools make it possible to automate certain parts of the recruitment process, such as sorting through resumes, scheduling interviews, and gathering feedback from candidates—all of which can save significant amounts of time for human recruiters. This initial phase means professional recruiters can take it further by including the necessary human element in the following methodologies.

  • Use their in-house assessment skills to manually review the resumes to weed out further job seekers who would not be a good fit for the company they are serving.
  • Focus their efforts on building relationships with candidates instead of spending countless hours sifting through piles of resumes or manually scheduling interviews.

Using AI for Job Matching

One of the most common ways AI is used in recruiting is for job matching. By using algorithms to analyze large amounts of data quickly, AI can match candidates with jobs faster than ever. This tool helps unite recruiters and employees with the skills needed to fill a position. Plus, AI-driven job matching helps ensure that candidates don’t slip through the cracks by providing detailed recommendations based on factors such as experience, skillsets, job preferences, and location.

Improving Candidate Selection

Recruiters can also use AI to improve candidate selection by analyzing resumes or application forms to identify relevant keywords or phrases associated with successful hires in a particular role. This helps to quickly narrow down the pool of applicants and eliminate any unqualified ones from contention early in the recruitment process. Additionally, some recruiters use AI-driven personality assessments or video interviews to determine if an applicant has the right personality traits for a given role. This can help recruiters better understand what kind of person they’re looking for when making hiring decisions.

The Benefits Of AI-Based Recruiting

Using a professional staffing recruiter who incorporates AI has many benefits beyond saving time. For example, it helps businesses ensure they are making unbiased decisions when selecting new hires since the algorithm does not favor any particular individual or group over another based on age, gender, race, etc. It also allows businesses access to a larger talent pool since they no longer need to limit themselves by geography or other factors when searching for potential candidates.
Finally, it helps businesses speed up their hiring process to fill positions faster and get top talent into roles sooner rather than later.
In short, artificial intelligence is revolutionizing how professional recruiters approach recruiting new employees—from matching qualified candidates with roles that best fit their skillset to helping employers select only those who meet their unique criteria for success.

By leveraging this technology, businesses can make smarter hiring decisions.

Ultimately, it’s clear that leveraging AI in the early phases of recruiting, in combination with the experienced human factor, is becoming increasingly crucial for staffing firms that want to stay competitive in today’s market.
12Aug

Is Every Company Becoming a Technology Company?

The simple answer to the opening question is… “If the business wants to keep up, they are!”
Leading companies across various industries (healthcare, retail, finance, etc.) have eased into an operating model that has transformed their technology mindset from “business support” to “BUSINESS DRIVER!” Becoming a technology company doesn’t mean that each of these companies is changing their product or service to sell infrastructure, code, or software. In this era, a technology company utilizes technology as a critical proponent to enhancing its operations, experiences, and capabilities.

If every great company becomes a technology company, how can you use this to stand out further in your career?

Here are two simple but powerful points of advice:

EMBRACE the technology and RUN WITH IT

The amount of technology introduced into every person’s daily profession (devices, software, tools, machines, etc.) can be amazing and overwhelming at the same time. In fact, there are times where it probably seems like the technology makes jobs harder because it can be overwhelming enough just learning the new software and tools.

This fact has led to a heightened focus for employers to focus on what potential employees know how to do something AND the tools they use to do it! New technology and tools are being introduced into various professions every day! Some don’t stick around and while others can revolutionize a profession.

If you want to stand out, then embrace and master the technology you are exposed to because it could quickly be what separates you later on.

Become a SOLUTIONS THINKER and not just a TASK EXECUTIONER

One of the most sought-after technology benefits is automation. Technology specialists worldwide are constantly looking at tasks and processes that can be automated for efficiency within any industry.

Some professionals might see this as a threat to their career, but solution thinkers should see this as the key to unlocking more time for impactful business creativity.

This goes back to embracing the technology, especially the technology allowing professionals to do their jobs better and faster. This best practice allows creative and forward thinkers to stand out.
In many leading companies, some leaders have emerged (the solutions thinkers) who are constantly looking for ways to have the most significant impact on the business AND are proactively looking at what advancements in technology and processes can help!

Think about it… What if you introduce your company to a technology that changed how they did business for the better?

In many leading companies, some leaders have emerged (the solutions thinkers) who are constantly looking for ways to have the most significant impact on the business AND are proactively looking at what advancements in technology and processes can help!
Technology is changing the world before our very eyes, and every great company WILL continue to transition into a “Technology Company.” A McKinsey study revealed that “60% of jobs will be transformed through the automation of component tasks by 2030.”
Chances are that your dream company is already taking the steps needed to become a “Technology Company” and embracing the advancements it brings. It’s time to stand out as the employee that can help them get there.
16Jun

Agile Methodology – Lessons For Any Career Path

As a technology staffing company with many of our founders and leaders who have been in the technology industry for upwards of 20 and 30+ years, we have witnessed first-hand game-changing advancements among technologies, languages, and methodologies.

Agile Methodology was introduced in the early 2000s and REALLY started taking off around ten years ago.

Agile methodology is a project management strategy that uses short development cycle “sprints” to focus on continuous improvement in the development of a product or service. In a nutshell, Agile focuses on 12 fundamental principles and has drastically transformed how development teams operate, giving a stronger focus on the customer and becoming faster and more flexible!

After seeing Agile take the technology industry by storm and its central focus around better productivity and customer satisfaction, leaders across all segments and industries are trying to translate it into their own careers.
WE DON’T BLAME THEM!

Here are just a couple of those critical principles that we feel you should immediately translate into your “Career Methodology.”
ONE: Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software.

Every great company should have their clients/customers top-of-mind when making business decisions, and that should trickle down no differently to an individual contributor level. Agile gave a new level of attention and focus to customer satisfaction, which should easily translate into everyone’s daily focus, whether in technology, accounting, manual labor, etc. If your continuous delivery is not already centrally focused on the client/customer — CHANGE IT IMMEDIATELY.

TWO: Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project.

In technology, Agile has aligned business initiatives with technology delivery like never before! Thanks to integrating business focus and leaders into the design, product owners/business analysts began to play an even more integral role as the liaison within a successful Agile team. This business alignment or overall cross-team collaboration should be applied for any delivery model impacted by multiple parties. The more segmented you are from different business units that affect your delivery, the more subject you are to delays, gaps, and misunderstandings.

THREE: Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done.

This principle is pretty self-explanatory when you consider using your motivated teammates/employees as a centerpiece to whatever you are trying to accomplish. However, this can have an impact in ways that are important to understand. If you are a leader in any segment, start building projects and initiatives around your most motivated employees. This leadership style gives them an extra sense of ownership and accountability for the delivery, and when communicated the right way — WATCH WHAT HAPPENS!

FOUR: Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility.

Paul J. Meyer once said, “Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.”

I have to think that the creators of Agile Methodology took a page out of this iconic motivators book. This principle is crucial for Agile’s success and something everyone should follow while performing their daily tasks. People have heard for years, “Do it right the first time.” Set your goals high, and ALWAYS shoot for excellence!

FIVE: The team reflects on becoming more effective at regular intervals, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly.

As part of this Agile Methodology, you have something call CI/CD. I like to think the CI has two meanings, Continuous integration, and Continuous Improvement. Agile Methodology trains all parties involved to not wait until the final delivery to reflect on the success of the project/initiative. In this methodology, regular intervals are created to better gauge the current effectiveness of duties and tasks. This ideation provides an opportunity to be more nimble and make adjustments before advancing further into the project!

Take a daily step back and reflect on your success so you can continually compare your output and effectiveness to your overall goals. That way, you can adjust accordingly to help avoid getting off track in the long run!

For your benefit, we encourage you to look at the 12 Principals of Agile Methodology and choose which ones you can immediately translate into maximizing your daily delivery. Good luck on becoming MORE AGILE as we have in our business!!!