LinkedIn launches new AI tools to make recruiting easier

Job search platform LinkedIn is launching new artificial intelligence-powered recruiting tools, aiming to make the hiring process easier for everyone involved — especially hiring managers.  

In an effort to integrate more tech into the traditional application process, LinkedIn has launched Recruiter 2024, which will leverage generative AI to discover and assess new candidates. The tool will create shortlists of top candidates, streamline HR workflows and automate administrative tasks so that there's less time spent on finding and vetting talent, and more time spent on the tasks that need their attention the most. 

"This economic climate requires that businesses be agile," Karin Kimbrough, LinkedIn's chief economist, said in a release. "That is especially true when it comes to talent strategies." 

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Ninety percent of HR professionals say their role has become more strategic in the last year, according to LinkedIn, and many are looking for ways to cut down on redundancies. Recruiter 2024 allows hiring managers to type in their own hiring criteria such as "I want to hire a senior growth marketing leader" and the tool will make candidate recommendations based on those specifications. Based on Recruiter's findings, it can also suggest managers expand the targeted location, add the fastest-growing skills based on the role or recommend if a role should be hybrid. 

LinkedIn Learning, the site's applicant upskilling and reskilling program, is also getting an update. Job seekers can now receive coaching from a chatbot that will give both real-time advice and tailored content recommendations based on current job title, career goals as well as the skills they follow. Users can ask the bot questions such as "How can I delegate tasks and responsibility effectively?" Instead of pointing them to an FAQ or giving a generic answer, it will clarify questions and use feedback from LinkedIn instructors to tailor the response. 

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"Businesses need new skills at a rate faster than I've ever seen before — which means they need to help their employees evolve via upskilling and internal mobility," said Jennifer Shapley, LinkedIn's VP of global talent, in the release. "In years past, companies might have relied more on talent acquisition to "buy" the new skills they needed, but that strategy no longer works in isolation for today's labor market and business environment."

LinkedIn will roll out Recruiter 2024 in a series of waves throughout the year and LinkedIn Learning's AI-powered coaching will only be available to a small number of customers in the beginning with plans to expand the user base in the coming months. 

"We've long known that employees consider career development opportunities to be one of the top reasons to stay at or leave their company," said Stephanie Conway, LinkedIn's senior director of talent development."The difficult but important work comes in better understanding what career development really means to our diverse employee populations.