HR Leaders How AI Will Transform Recruiting by 2026
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Oct 23, 2025 Anoop Gupta, Co-founder and CEO of SeekOut, brings deep expertise in AI and a notable career from academia to tech giant Microsoft. In this discussion, he highlights how AI is revolutionizing recruiting by automating repetitive tasks, allowing human recruiters to focus on strategy and relationships. Gupta emphasizes the need for CHROs to prepare for a future of AI-human collaboration and advocates for proactive experimentation with AI tools. He also explores the evolving role of recruiters as talent advisors and the critical nature of effective talent strategies for organizational success.
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AI Handles Repetition, Humans Handle Nuance
- AI agents can automate ~70% of repetitive recruiting tasks like sourcing and screening.
- Humans should focus on relationship, creativity, and strategic talent advising.
Redeploy Recruiters As Talent Advisors
- Reassure recruiters: use AI to remove boring tasks so they can focus on selling roles and building relationships.
- Offer reskilling and new role definitions emphasizing talent advising.
Most Top Candidates Aren't Visible
- Many top candidates don't update public profiles, so sourcing must go beyond LinkedIn resumes.
- Deep exploration uncovers hidden talent that profile-based searches miss.