LinkedIn has introduced its first AI-powered recruiting agent in Australia, known as the Hiring Assistant, which automates tasks such as sourcing, screening, and candidate outreach. The platform is now available to Australian recruiters and has already shown promising results among early adopters, with reports of saving more than four hours per role, reducing profile reviews by 62%, and increasing InMail response rates by 69%.
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Australian recruiters face mounting challenges as job seekers submit more applications than before, with candidates averaging seven applications per week, according to LinkedIn research. This surge has made it harder to identify qualified candidates, particularly as 34% of Australians now use AI tools to create CVs and cover letters. The impact on HR teams is substantial, with 17% of professionals spending three to five hours daily reviewing applications, while 94% report that most submissions fail to meet job requirements.
The skills required for Australian jobs are expected to shift by 66% by 2030 compared to 2016, according to LinkedIn data. Technology keeps changing how work gets done, and companies need people with different abilities than they did years ago. The Hiring Assistant tackles this problem by looking at what candidates can actually do instead of where they went to school or who employed them before. The AI agent searches through LinkedIn's network of 16 million Australian members and over 1.2 billion global users to identify talent pools that recruiters might otherwise overlook.
A skills-focused approach can expand candidate pools by 7.7 times in Australia, based on LinkedIn's findings. Additionally, 68% of Australian HR professionals believe AI will create more career opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds, while 56% expect employers to prioritise skills over traditional credentials such as degrees.
Aurecon, a design, engineering, and advisory company in Australia, has integrated the Hiring Assistant into its recruitment process and achieved a 30% reduction in candidate-sourcing time. People who work in talent acquisition at the company said the AI tool acts as a partner and finds candidates they had missed before, even when looking for specialised roles. Recruiters can now spend time talking strategy with hiring managers instead of running the same searches over and over.
LinkedIn built the Hiring Assistant to cut down on paperwork and admin work so recruiters can find the right people faster. Job seekers are applying to more positions than before, with 41% submitting applications at record rates, and HR teams need AI tools to handle the volume and match candidates who have the abilities that jobs now require.
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