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Lets get on with this weeks recruitment tools and technology finds. 🚀

#theresatoolforthat

One of the main reasons for establishing this newsletter was to unearth and present to you the hidden treasures in Talent Acquisition and recruitment technology.

Talent acquisition isn't merely about filling vacancies anymore. It's evolved. It's about pinpointing potential and unearthing hidden gems.

Consider the new kid on the block - 'Predictive Hiring'. Merging data science with talent acquisition, it forecasts a candidate's future performance based on past actions and trends.

Then there's 'Programmatic Advertising' - a game-changer. It automates job ads, targeting them towards suitable candidates and improving the quality of applications. It's like having a personalised billboard on every corner! We recently met with market leader in this space, Adway, for a demo of what’s to come!

Lastly, let's not forget the rising star of 'Employer Branding'. Companies are now storytellers, weaving narratives around their culture and values. It attracts like-minded individuals, creating a workforce that resonates with the company's ethos.

The landscape of talent acquisition is shifting. We're moving from a reactive to a proactive approach, from gut feeling to data-driven strategies. It's a journey towards a smarter, more efficient future in hiring.

And we look forward to covering all the new tools that will come out for these areas?

🛠️Tools of the Week🛠️

XOR

CV Screening / Productivity / AI

🚀 What is it and how does it work? The aim of technology is to reduce manual work of it users or achieve a goal in as little steps as possible. This is why we are seeing more and more TA team investing automation tools.

One of the most manual tasks for recruiters is sifting through CVs and applications. In their own words, XOR AI Recruiter will attract, pre-screen and then schedule the best candidates into recruiters' calendars so that you can focus on hiring.

XOR use AI technology to source candidates that wont be found on the job boards and also integrates with popular ATS platforms so that your candidate info storage and usage remains seamless.

Other solutions that XOR provides is text hiring allowing you to communicate with candidates at scale through text message campaigns

XOR is a fast-growing HR Technology company, the global leader in quality recruitment. Their AI recruiter platform enables hiring teams to run virtual job fairs and launch digital marketing campaigns to attract candidates and increase employer branding.

💡 Who is it for? Probably a service best suited for those involved in large volume hiring. XOR presence is strongest stateside but we’re sure their platform can accommodate international clients as it offers language options.

💸 How much does it cost? XOR has not made any pricing plans publicly available

🧰 Alternatives: Phenom / Ciivsoft

🌐 Website: https://xor.ai/

Context

Email / Automation / Productivity

🚀 What is it and how does it work? One for the Gmail users! Context is great email productivity tool that help you remember the email interactions you’ve had with correspondents and presents it to you at the right time! It displays as a side panel and provides contextual insights when you need them.

It will present to you your own email habits so you can get an understanding of your email habits. For example, the most active hours of your work day and how frequently you work on weekends and late nights, which could be very useful if you’re a freelancer or a recruiter who is involved in fractional or day rate contractual work.

The plugin also gives you actional insights about the person you’re emailing, helping you build stronger relationships by understanding more about the people you interact with. Know their email habits, most active hours, unnoticed interactions with you, and more. The same can be done for companies, Context gives you a high level view of companies that you interact with by knowing interaction frequencies, key people you interact with, and again, unnoticed interactions which could be key for people involved in new business.

💡 Who is it for? Of course you have to be a Gmail user first, however think a tool like this make a string user case for staffing agency recruiters who are not only speaking candidates but various end client as well.

💸 How much does it cost? Context is free to download but is apaid service. However, we can’t see the cost of usage until you download

🧰 Alternatives: Boomerang Gmail / Klayvio / Superhuman

🌐 Website: https://contextpal.com/

Interview AI

AI / Interview automation

🚀 What is it and how does it work? In their own words, InteviewAI is an AI-powered platform that generates questions based on the job category and position you select, so you can be sure that the questions are relevant and effective. This not only helps you to conduct more efficient and productive interviews but also ensures that you are asking the right questions to assess a candidate's suitability for the role. Moreover, InterviewAI allows you to save questions, notes, and follow-up questions for individual candidates, so you can refer back to them later and make more informed hiring decisions.

Some of the cool features include, a Question Library that is pre-loaded with a vast library of interview questions, saving you time and providing a starting point for creating customized questions.

The tool uses AI in the form of its feature that generates smart follow-up questions based on a candidate's responses, helping you dig deeper and uncover valuable insights.

💡 Who is it for? Apart from the cool features for recruiters to use, we think that this tooled could really be positioned as tool purely used to train recruiters and hiring managers alike, especially with is vast library of questions

💸 How much does it cost? InterviewAI currently offers free and paid subscription features. Users are not required to subscribe to leverage their free features.

🧰 Alternatives: Willo Interview / Bright Hire

🌐 Website: https://www.interviewai.io/

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