Above the Law recently featured an article essentially promoting an AI recruitment tool. This article claims the tool will “disrupt” the recruiting process, and I don’t doubt it, just not in a way that benefits anyone except those profiting off the tool itself. Access to “cutting-edge technology” isn’t what makes a recruiting firm stand out from the pack, I don’t think anyone would say that automated phone systems are helping any corporation integrating them stand out from the pack. I don’t think there will ever be a time when a direct, hands-on approach with a real human professional isn’t the absolute highest tier of service.
If you ask candidates how massive recruiting firms treat them these days, things you’ll constantly hear are complaints of the lack of an established relationship, poor communication, and, in some cases, outright illegal practices such as being submitted for unapproved positions. There’s nothing more unprofessional as a candidate than having a recruiting coordinator request an interview and having to explain that your recruiter submitted you without your permission. Incidents like that can tarnish your reputation, and these are incidents where an actual person is involved.
Now imagine your resume in the hands of some machine learning neural network, imagine being submitted to all kinds of positions outside of your practice area in random locations all over the planet. Imagine having dozens of recruiting coordinators either angrily responding to these submissions due to your lack of qualifications or lack of admissions, or excitedly responding trying to set up an immediate interview to fill a long vacant position in their Azorean Islands office!
At Kissinger Legal Search, our approach is person to person interaction with zero automation. We handpick associates for openings and vice versa. No square pegs in round holes, no buttering up, no spamming, we cater to your best interest, and most importantly, we only submit candidates to openings after being given express permission.
The burgeoning industry of “artificial intelligence” is much akin to what we saw with NFTs a couple of years ago, you have a handful of people trying to incorporate this technology in every possible way solely for their own benefit with the promise to increase profits and reduce expenses. However, we’ve seen time and time again that AI and the legal field are a dangerous combination that will ultimately result in a damaged reputation, be it legal writing, research and discovery, and now recruiting.
Here is the link to the article mentioned above: