Before I start, I’ll fight anyone who calls me a Luddite…
Straw poll: how many people needed to Google 'Luddite'?
Another year, another cutting edge recruiting tech promises to disrupt the industry.
But we’ve seen this movie before. It ends up being another widget recruiters use.
There’s a couple reasons why the new new misses the mark:
It’s usually created by non-recruiters. People who want to disrupt the industry by reinventing the wheel.
That’s not a knock. But the reality is: recruiting is complex. People who haven’t lived it don’t grasp the use cases. Even great ideas are a little off.
None of it integrates well. Sales tools have to integrate with Salesforce. The recruiting world? There is no dominant player. Most of the ATS systems are dated messes themselves.
Not to mention every recruiter’s best friend: LinkedIn. They make it a policy to make integrations as difficult and limited as possible. (Why do you think there are so many bots?)
This is not to say all is hopeless. Evaluating and integrating recruiting tech can make incredible efficiency gains.
But it falls on recruiters themselves to pick up the technical chops to tie it together.
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