DE Talk | Too Many Applications, Too Few Hires: What AI Is Really Doing to Recruiting
Season 8 • Episode 6
Steven Rothberg has spent 30 years in online recruiting, and he has watched plenty of “silver bullets” come and go. He thinks AI is the latest one. In this episode of the DE Talk Podcast, host Shannon Offord of DirectEmployers Association sits down with Steven, founder and chief strategy officer of CollegeRecruiter, to talk about what employers are getting right and wrong in recruiting today. Steven explains why getting 1,000 applications for one opening is often a self-inflicted wound. He also explains why AI-polished resumes mean most applicants now look qualified, which today’s recruiting tech stack was never built to handle. He shares simple tips for using AI to write job descriptions that still sound like you, and explains why job boards that start screening candidates take on new legal risk. Plus, learn how plain-language AI searches could replace “jobs near me” within five years, why long applications drive off your strongest middle-tier candidates, and why Steven predicts there will be more recruiters five years from now, not fewer.
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