29/09/2026
🤔 TUESDAY THOUGHTS 🤔 The Impact of AI on Recruitment 🤔
AI and its impact on recruitment is a question we have been considering for several months. Like many businesses, we initially feared that, as a small company, we might be squeezed out of the market. Instead, the opposite has happened, and we would like to explain why.
AI is amazing, we use it ourselves in certain circumstances but NEVER when it comes to sifting out candidates for submission to clients – there lies the danger! Whilst AI can easily manage the volume of applicants by filtering out unqualified candidates, its dependence on specific words and formats can result in missing well qualified candidates.
Candidates can feel anxious when recruitment lacks human interaction, and that stress may affect their performance. Personal engagement is also essential for assessing cultural fit and soft skills. As a result, more skilled candidates are contacting our consultants for help and advice with their job search. At the same time, many clients have been disappointed by their AI trials, leaving us extremely busy matching people’s skills to suitable roles.
Basically – no matter what anyone says, as efficient as AI is (and it is), it will never be able to replicate or beat human instinct, experience and gut.
If you need the human touch - whether you have a vacancy to fill or are looing for a job, we would LOVE to help.
