Does it keep being automated? Joe: Is there an automated rejection component as well? Because we hear a lot about ghosting and automating from a company. Darrian Mikell: So it's not automated, but there is dispositioning in the platform. And I think everyone's looking at AI and automation as a way to advance and compete.

Joel: To automate content and certainly the ability to write nice messages is now automated or AI powered I don't think we ever want it to be where, Hey, this is fully automated. And yeah, you could automate that and hey you can automate the sending too. So I think we're probably not going to get to the fully automated place. Joel: Yeah. And by automated, I don't mean the actual content.

Joel: The second horseman is automation. But there's more of a certainty that automation will take jobs. So forward progress through automation is not a straight line. So AI to me is sort of the flip side of automation. Automation I think is gonna kick the working class in the you know what.

She also touches on the impact of automation on recruiting processes and the future of HR in a more automated Joel Cheesman (13:03.528) And if so, do they look different or is everyone just going to automate as I do think there's automation that's going to happen. I don't think it takes over talent. Chad (15:47.264) automation because everybody's talking about AI. That's all well and good. Um, whether it's RPA AI, just process automation in itself.

in the drive to look at AI solutions, I would also say what in my current stack actually has these automation Automation is automation. in losing to competition because competition's actually utilizing the large language models or the automation Matt Charney: And so if you were just a messenger, yeah, you are gonna be eliminated by AI or automation And that's where I'm starting to get concerned as I'm seeing a lot of technologies that are AI or automation

With AI and automation tools that are on a whole other level to tech of the past, many wonder how the So, I mean, I think that clearly there's going to be a huge push toward automation, partly because of They know that when they look at Japan, which is, the car manufacturing there is like 80% automated and So you're going to see this acceleration and the use of automation for everything. And I think, most other countries will follow that, will have to follow that because the automation wave

the automation numbers in their quarterly reports. Joel Cheesman (08:37.995) Never automated, never automated is the free stuff at Chattanoches. Chad Sowash (08:40.26) no, never automated. Joel Cheesman (41:36.267) By the way, we talk about automation. So like, this isn't something that the airlines can automate.

And what does that mean in a world that's progressively getting to a place where applying is automated Talk about real people and maybe automation in that process. Chad (15:32.706) recording. Chad (17:39.959) That's a great point because if you think about it before AI or really tech in the automation And AI, if we're using AI automation, some of these platforms that are orchestrating and they're created are really, I mean, they're glowing because they're using some of these platforms that have AI and automation

We're using new materials, new techniques, new degrees of automation, et cetera. But A, everything that can be automated in the iPhone supply chain already is automated. But there's all kinds of automation in the process. So people either think it's either automated or it's handcrafted. It's both. So it's not as though if we just have a breakthrough in automation, it all transfers here.

He highlights the irreplaceable value of genuine interactions over automation and advocates for a supportive And technology has at least changed the fact that something comes out, a conversation, automated replies But what I'm hearing you say is that a robotic or automated response now is worse than maybe the black

Chad: So automation's effect on workforce dynamics was another big topic. 25% of all new code out of Google now is automated. Should programmers be worried? They wanna automate as quickly as possible. The C-suite, like being disgruntled. [automated voice] Automated Voice: What are you doing Step bro? So this year it's been a lot of, Automation AI has been the buzzword in everybody's tech platform.

Recruiters are currently drowning in an avalanche of roughly 11,000 automated, AI-generated applications perspective, the employers who are playing a game of whack-a-mole and they're going just as robotic and automated got beforehand and they all look perfect, what choice do they have but to try to use more and more automation They're not necessarily lying, but they are using automation to get into more companies and apply to In your mind, is government play any role in policing all of these automated and company screening tools

[automated voice] Joel Cheesman: Shout out for me to Rupert Murdoch. [automated voice] Chad Sowash: And the one of the slips was all faded. [automated voice] Joel Cheesman: I am. [automated voice] Chad Sowash: Yes. [automated voice] Chad Sowash: The Black Mirror episode.

of Legacy Job Boards: Analysis of the Dutch privacy regulator's €825 million fine against Uber for automated Chad auto drafts because he's asleep in Europe. Here's your breakdown in the grades. Automation came in. The power of the worker continues to get hit. GDPR bars high-stakes automated decisions. The algorithms are coming for your job. I'm a massive fan of AI, but I don't want it to be totally automated.

However, companies are not moving away from automation entirely. Will all companies move away from the scale of automation back to in-person interviewing? No. Lieven (22:24.482) All the other stuff can be automated. Chad Sowash (26:04.709) out of the process and they're starting to automate that. AI and automation. iCIMS is going to have to do something dramatic.

Let's talk about UPS, obviously big into automation. So, being on the recruiting side of the house, what have you been seeing in automation that has gotten So that piece of automation in the background and how we make that happen, kind of smooth everything That automated system now has the ability to text directly to the person where it is the location so How do we budget to prepare for automation?

And you saved a bunch when you pivoted to a more automated process, I assume. Joel Cheesman: How is the business looking at automation? How do you guys look at automation, and balancing that with employees, and what's sort of your, do you There's been no talk of automation in our kitchens, yeah. Joel Cheesman: So, your kiosk ordering, that option, that kind of automation, you're cool with.

Oh, I should say we have a full-fledged recruiting automation offering, and we compete with the fountains Okay, so you have a unique perspective on automation because Uber was really focused on automation, I But Uber was really focused on automated drivers and driverless taxis. I think if you look at where automation is headed right now, it's really at entry-level white collar Sticky apps being the actual lifestyle app, process automation, AI load balancing, some of the shit that

Nicole shares practical advice on collaborating with other departments, automating processes without Joel: A lot of talk about automation here at the conference and we're looking for efficiencies. How do you look at automation in a way that doesn't hurt the brand that actually could enhance it? And someone in a session yesterday said something like, we're confusing AI with automation. they were great on AI, but are we really using them for decision-making or are we using something to automate

[overlapping conversation] Joel: Sounds like your totally automated. You got the right ads at the right time, and you have an automated 24/7 communication device to get them

Obviously, automation was a topic point. I think every country, at least in the advanced world, is dealing with the automation questions. What are we gonna do about automation? What are we gonna do about these things? I mean, that's being automated more so than many other industries. Automation is everywhere, even in kind of the classic craft of making Scottish whiskey.

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Joel Cheesman (07:13.326) automation, of course, we're hearing a lot about. what, you know, what, what Optimize your resume for automated software. Give us a sense of our younger people sort of doing this automated lazy apply thousands of applications Joel Cheesman (20:42.734) Could there be more automation with the older folks than the younger folks? Even though we keep talking about automation and tools and blasting your shit everywhere, going back

I genuinely believe if someone says to me, "So you're telling me all these tasks are being automated I'm very focused on hiring right now, but every day I think, just imagine, everyone talks about AI as automation Ritu Mohanka: So even in my role, if AI can automate 40% of tasks that I do—because what's a job? excited about every single day, that it's so much more than hiring, and AI is so much more than fear or automation

One, roll with the automation. Two, my recommendation, customize it, personalize it a little bit. And these are all automated. So, "Hey, how you doing?" And if there's a reply, then another automated message goes out. Shannon Pritchett: No. Joel: No. But right where we're headed in the roadmap is more automation, more better reporting. And so if we can add in more automation, so a recruiter is displacing candidates in the ATS and having

It was focused on AEDTs, which are automated employment decisioning tools, for hiring and promotion, but only if it's automated, completely automated. It's not automated and get around it. The EU AI act is much more broad. We know how to automate it. We know the ins and out, we know the details. You can automate all of that. There's so many opportunities.

boosted apply conversion from 2% to 12% using Dalia, while turning chaos into a hiring machine—using automation And a big part of my role was all of the technology partnerships, the automation, you know, what we wanted We weren't doing a good job with automation at that time. It is all automated and like it took one week. We didn't have to prove it to them. And then through all the different automation, we're like, we don't really need a sourcing team.

Like what is automation and AI meant to this whole quagmire of an organization that Marriott is? You can automate somebody's work or part of it, they will feel just as busy. So here's the irony is that if I spend a bunch of money to automate half your job and I'm successful

300 million jobs to be replaced by automation Everybody gonna ChatGPT - Hireology, Beamery, Seekout, [music] Chad: Automation, you might have heard of it, kids. Quincy: Well, I've not. those things that should be automated. Every system out there is doing this, exactly, you have automated interview scheduling, you have automated Now, everybody's ChatGPT, everybody is, how do we automate? How do we do all of these things?

Then, we look at a major AI reality check as Ford rehired 350 engineers after automation failed their Scott Galloway now says working from home, not automation, is the real force behind the youth hiring We're gonna do all automated AI, whatever. The machines the machines are here. like just totally drowned by automated. It would be like it'd be like dating if you picked your dates totally o by automation.

conspiracy, or just incredibly biased automation? Maybe RPA, you know, robotic process, you know, automation, yeah, just basic automations. Maybe RPA, w you know, robotic process you know automation, yeah. Now the problem is not even that Meta is trying to automate stuff. Companies have always tried to automate repetitive tasks and automation has been around all the time.

Sam Davies: What we realized was we needed to really crack internal marketing automation. These generic automated comms going from our platform to employees being here's the latest jobs. So if we're sending these automated Slack messages to go with that example for a tech hiring campaign They're now able to automate all of that via the Real Links platform. a company has permissions to do that, or automated text messages.

As I said, with LinkedIn hiring assistant, it actually automates all that for you. So I get that people think, AI is going to automate all of our jobs so they don't need us anymore. Quarter, 25 % of all new code out of Google now is automated. Should programmers be worried? Now marketers are going to be automated and recruiting as we see in our business, being automated. We went automation and Emi B (37:03.647) Exactly. Emi B (37:10.368) Yeah. Emi B (37:14.442) Yeah.

and that needs to have content on there, needs to have consultants on there, everything needs to be automated So we are very much about automating that whole process so once that website is set up, everything is very, very simple and automated and SEO-optimized. sense is that most recruiters don't like making landing pages or managing pages, and if they could automate You really saved your shit when you said, "We're putting in some ChatGPT automation."

friend Alexander Tchaikovsky had an interesting take on this problem and solution by saying that the automated In other words, if there's payment, there's going to be friction around the application and the automated confirms what many thought leaders in the recruiting have recognized as a significant industry problem, automated You've got an ad network and then now you've got this process methodology that is automated applications

Sense is an automated talent communication and engagement platform. What you can use for automated job matching using machine learning. So we started out as automated candidate, contractor, employee experience. They come from job boards, they come from recruiting, marketing automation. They come from marketing automation kind of companies.

She has been efficiently scaling and building strong teams, most recently, through recruitment automation Vanessa: Yeah, the matching, engagement scoring, candidate experience management and all the automated Chad: It surfaces candidates, and then they're automatically invited to apply for the job. Well, I think you have to set up as much automation as possible, but I do believe there still has to Was it something that was part of your strategy, part of your automation stack?

But so there's a real trend toward automation where instead of a one-on-one, there's an automated one-on-one message to them, they come back and that's totally automated. Is automation in the plans in terms of texting or mobile apply? So there is a group within my team that is working on automation. We've got some RPA, robotic process automation projects in play, but they are very selective.

Joel: Brett, where are you on automization? So where are you on automation and all this? Brett Marz: This is a perfect topic right now. And I go in and you get the ticket from the automation machine. So we wanted to automate that, right? So while we are trying to use automation to make it easier, it's also not working in some cases.

Yeah. it's, automation baby. Chad (16:57.656) I think they've already automated that other stuff out. Chad (17:03.64) I think they've already automated all that other stuff out. Like the production side of the house, I think that's already been automated. Chad (48:36.494) So fast food, this is moving toward fully automated and it's gonna be take away.

Chad: Robotic Process Automation. Joel: Got it? Max: And then repeating it and automating it. Max: We focus on automation and AI, and this is what the buyers are interested in Max: Usually the low-hanging fruit is automating that scheduling in a pre-screening All of these could be automated.

Then, rural communities are being disenfranchised by the automation of everything. This country, however, is starting to outlaw automation. Take that, free market capitalism.

We gotta figure out how to do this quickly and introduce automation. And by the way we called it automation, not AI because nobody was wanting to touch AI. So one side is today 80% of recruiting can be done with automation, AI, etcetera. So they've completely automated their hiring process for package handlers. Why? So I don't necessarily think it's going to be a world where we see like 100% automation or like or not

bias. iTutor Group paid $365,000 to settle a case where AI was programmed into their a their ATS to auto-reject As things are changing dramatically from the standpoint of whether it's automations, robots, whatever And if if if more and more things are automated, there's no repercussions, right? Chad Sowash (28:51.536) automation yet. I mean, we've had automation in this space and technology for well over a decade.

Max Armbruster: And want to automate all the boring stuff, like scheduling interviews, doing background And so it's very hard today with an ATS and a CRM to get both of those experiences, the automation and So what we do is we work at the front of the marketing of the recruitment funnel, and we automate the If our sales team talks to a company that wants to automate, but they have, let's say, 2,000 job openings Automation is like a one-way street where you don't go back three years later and say, I remember the

My shout-out goes to automation, huh? Stick with me here for a second. Okay. News out this week, approximately 12 million jobs will be lost to automation across France, Germany, Joel (4m 33s): Shout out for better or worse from me to automation. And I think automation will somehow will balance this a bit, but I don't think that automation is there I mean, we were talking about automation.

Joel: He was interviewed recently about the state of restaurants, and talent, and automation and I thought So I'm at the National Restaurant Association convention now and it's all about robotics, and automation Wendy's is about to launch a Chatbox program in Europe for automated ordering. If we can't solve it with employees then we're gonna go to automation. Chad: Yeah, automation... Yes, human suck, we totally get that.

Joel, and Emi crank up the chaos: 🎃 Layoff-a-Palooza: Amazon, UPS, Target, and GM swing the axe while automation This week, Amazon cut 14,000 corporate jobs with an eye toward automation. Number one, automation. The Amazon story is very automation heavy. I mean, Chad Sowash (19:57.999) Mm-hmm. We know that if you bring in automation, that's going to help to reduce the cost.

Can't we just automate this whole thing with AI? Are you gonna stick with this human model? So we do have automations and everything, integrations with ATSs, but partnering with a Workday or Oracle You zagged and I zigged, you said there's no way in hell that we're gonna go automation, we're gonna I wrote it down in Uber for phone interviews, and I was gonna say, even Uber is looking to automate all Joel: The difference is, if I'm an automated robo taxi or a taxi with a taxi driver, I don't really care

Robots Can’t Cook Gumbo: Automation might make life easier, but it’s not making you a killer bowl of Chad: You're clearly a fan of people and you made a comment about automation that you're not such a fan What are your thoughts on automation and where the world is going with more automated tools and AI? General Honoré: Well, I've been in automobile assembly line still a lot of people out there working.