Key takeaways:

Automate the right tasks first: Focus on high-impact, repetitive recruiter work — like candidate sourcing, interview scheduling, and follow-up communications — to unlock measurable time savings without losing the personal touch. Win adoption through empowerment: Start with recruiters’ pain points, integrate automation seamlessly into existing tools, and highlight “hours returned” to get the team genuinely excited about the change. Measure, refine, and scale: Track before-and-after metrics such as time-to-submit, submittals per recruiter, and no-show rates, building automation gradually and continuously optimizing to sustain productivity gains.

Automation should save recruiters time, lift fill rates, and strengthen