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A non technical recruiter built an AI that sources five candidates a day across five systems

He runs recruiting for an investment firm across 30 open roles spread over five applicant systems. His AI cron runs at 9am, reads the open roles, searches people through data services, checks Gmail so nobody gets emailed twice, and writes new candidates into the right system with its reasoning attached. In about six weeks it surfaced 40 good candidates and the firm made 2 offers.

How it works

  1. The cron runs at 9am
  2. It pulls open roles from each system
  3. It turns each role into search filters
  4. It finds candidates with contact details
  5. It checks Gmail for past contact
  6. It writes new candidates into the right system with its reasoning

Why it’s worth knowing

The hard part was not finding people. It was knowing which of five systems each role lived in and who had already been emailed.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on reddit.com. See the original ↗

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