95% of Recruiters Get AI Wrong | Tom Hacquoil, Pinpoint CEO

Tom Hacquoil, CEO of Pinpoint, reveals why most recruitment teams are missing the real opportunity with AI, and how to actually use data to drive business decisions.

In this episode:

• Why AI job description writers & CV screening tools aren't the answer
• Where the actual value of AI lies for TA teams
• How to use data to influence business decisions
• The future of recruitment tech (and why there'll only be 2 systems)
• Lessons from bootstrapping to 8-figures while prioritizing employee equity

Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:54 - Data Literacy in Recruitment 02:31 - Moving Beyond Vanity Metrics 03:11 - Learning from 1M+ Applications 05:11 - Candidate Wait Time Insights 06:21 - The Real Value of AI 08:57 - What TA Teams Want 11:04 - Hidden Value in Interview Data 13:01 - US vs UK Recruitment 14:31 - The Future of TA Tech 16:02 - Organizational Design 17:22 - Bootstrapping vs VC Funding

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Links:

- Pinpoint's FREE Recruitment Benchmarks: https://trends.pinpointhq.com/

- Connect with: Joe (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-atkinson1/) & Tom (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomhacquoil/) - Newsletter: https://recruiting-wisdom.beehiiv.com/