Analysis

April 7, 2025

Where can AI help (or not) in recruitment?

Recruiters say they're already using tools to automate part of the hiring process, but some tasks still require a human touch.


With all the hype around AI, I (an AI novice) was keen to understand more about how companies are using the technology in one of the most “human” activities of any company: hiring.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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