The robot apocalypse did not happen. Nope. No recruiter blood was shed and there was no outpouring of grievance.
Instead, ATC2018 served up some deep insights and great conversations on artificial intelligence (A.I.) in Talent Acquisition (TA) that left everyone in no doubt that there is still so much for a recruiter to do.
Let’s take a look at some of the key takeaways from the conference.
Keynote speaker Rob McIntosh debunking the myths of A.I. at ATC2018.
Yes, it is. There are hundreds if not thousands of recruiting tools currently in the market claiming A.I. capability.
Keynote speaker Rob McIntosh spoke about early A.I. definition and urged people not to get too caught up on terminology and instead to focus on “does this technology solve my problem?’”
He suggested we ask for evidence and run our own pilot experiments. The big opportunity however is to look at adding value to the ‘space that A.I. creates’ meaning that if the repetitive lower value tasks are automated – what can you do with that time to add significant value to your function?
Rob believes that today’s candidates expect consumer-type (immediate, personalised and high service) interactions and TA professionals will need to work alongside A.I. to provide that.
Crowd favourite Dr Jason Fox wowed the audience with his unique take on modern work culture and he calls for a rethink in the way we work.
Keynote speaker Dr Jason Fox speaking at ATC2018.
Jason urged us to step outside of our relentless ‘busywork’ that we all get caught up in and to resist the ‘Curse Of Efficiency’ which gets in the way of meaningful progress.
Change is now the new normal so proven formulas can’t guarantee enduring relevance. With the future being both complex and ambiguous, he challenged us to not to get caught up in the ‘Delusion of Progress’ where we are too busy ticking boxes towards meaningless goals that we become too busy for curiosity, exploration and slow thinking.
He also asked us to question what is informing and influencing our thinking, to challenge our defaults and open our minds to path that may lead us to enduring relevance. Powerful stuff.
“Culture fit” is another way of making everything look the same and if you want to add diversity to your team, you have to “culture add” – i.e. adding the bits that you don’t have.
Head of diversity and belonging at Atlassian, Aubrey Blanche, speaking at ATC2018.
LiveHire co-founder Antonluigi (Gigi) Gozzi’s presentation was a timely reminder to everyone on the importance hiring the right people. And if A.I. is going to help you achieve that, TA professionals will need to learn to manage and embrace it.
LiveHire co-founder Antonluigi (Gigi) Gozzi speaking at the ATC2018.
Speaker Raquel Lemon from Vicinity Centres at ATC2018.
What skills and attributes does the recruiter of the future need in order to be successful? We crowdsourced the answers here are the top six:
What do you think? Did we miss anything? Comment below to let us know!
From one winner to another – 2017 Innovation Lab winner Weploy was present to hand over the award to this year’s winner – Hiretual!
2017 winner Weploy presenting the trophy to this year’s Innovation Lab competition winner, Hiretual.
Talent Futurist Kevin Wheeler speaking at ATC2018.
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