Recruitment technology has shifted from basic job boards to AI-driven tools that automate hiring and boost recruiter efficiency. Online meetings and automatic recording, once cutting-edge, are now standard. Modern platforms now do business development work that recruiters used to handle manually.
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Market's changed a lot, particularly from like the technology that's available to people. I remember back in 2016, you know, this concept of even meeting people online was super alien, never mind recording that interaction, right? So I can't remember the last time I was on an online meeting where it wasn't automatically recorded, whether that's internally or externally. You know, back then that was almost quite— I wouldn't say revolutionary, but definitely a very new idea and a new concept. I think a lot of the tech that existed back in 2016, 2017 was coming more so from like the in-house side of things. So a lot of like job board technology, search and match, you know, a lot of that kind of candidate work. Whereas what I see a lot more now is tools that focus also on the business development side of things, but a big focus on recruiter efficiency and automation as well. But I think like automation, AI, efficiency, or an approach to a more efficient process is something that's become more of a focus for recruitment businesses naturally over time.