LinkedIn launched a brand new synthetic intelligence (AI) software dubbed Hiring Assistant on Tuesday. The corporate stated that the function is the platform’s first AI agent which might automate a number of duties within the hiring workflow to make the method simpler for recruiters and hiring professionals. The software is at the moment being rolled out to a choose variety of enterprise shoppers, and can steadily be expanded to all hiring professionals. The Hiring Assistant can carry out duties comparable to curating an inventory of certified candidates, reaching out to the candidates with the best info, providing them solutions to widespread queries, and extra.

LinkedIn Introduces Hiring Assistant

In a newsroom post, the skilled social community platform stated that it’s introducing the platform’s first AI agent known as Hiring Assistant. Not like the opposite AI options on the platform, which require lively participation of the consumer and may solely help with sure duties, the AI agent can deal with a number of duties end-to-end within the recruitment workflow. LinkedIn stated it may well deal with all of the handbook duties that take up a good portion of the every day work of pros.

The Hiring Assistant will help recruiters in sourcing the best individuals for the job by constructing a pipeline of certified candidates, highlighting the highest candidates, drafting outreach emails, and conserving the candidates within the hiring funnel by participating with them and answering queries in regards to the position.

LinkedIn’s newest AI software additionally goes past common task-managing and presents proactive help as properly. As an illustration, LinkedIn says the Hiring Assistant can even present proactive updates and insight-backed suggestions to assist ease the subsequent steps within the hiring workflow.

The corporate stated the software is designed to let recruiters concentrate on strategic duties comparable to advising hiring managers, connecting with candidates, and making a seamless candidate journey. Hiring Assistant is at the moment obtainable to AMD, Canva, Siemens, and Zurich Insurance coverage. It is going to be expanded to others sooner or later.

Hiring Assistant can be obtainable to the paid enterprise customers of the platform who additionally use LinkedIn Recruiter — the corporate’s suite of recruitment instruments for hiring managers and job professionals.