According to a recently released report from HireVue, a leading provider of hiring platforms leveraging AI, 73% of HR professionals surveyed indicated their willingness to rely on artificial intelligence when making hiring decisions. Despite the identical survey’s findings, employees remain unconvinced about the adoption of AI in the hiring process.
Available for download from our website since July 11, HireVue’s platform can be accessed directly at this time. The study draws on insights from a comprehensive survey of 3,100 employees and 1,000 HR professionals across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. According to a report, nearly three-fourths (73%) of human resources professionals believe that AI can be utilized to provide candidate recommendations; concurrently, roughly seven out of ten (70%) are currently utilizing or intend to leverage AI capabilities within the next year. Sixty-six percent of human resources professionals now adopt an even more optimistic outlook on artificial intelligence’s integration into the workplace, a marked shift from their perspective just 12 months prior. Seventy-five percent of employees surveyed expressed concerns about AI making final decisions on hires, while nearly eighty percent indicated they would like to be informed whether an employer utilizes AI during the hiring process when applying for a position. Despite this, a significant proportion of employees – 49% to be exact – still believe that AI could potentially help alleviate the issue of bias and unfair treatment in the hiring process.
HR professionals and employees alike are increasingly comfortable with the role AI plays in handling routine, administrative tasks, such as automating responses to hiring inquiries or assisting job seekers with resume writing. While HR professionals generally advocate for streamlining the hiring process, concerns arise among employees regarding artificial intelligence’s role as it plays a more prominent part in making final hiring decisions.
