LinkedIn is launching its own AI agent to act as a recruiter’s assistant. The new Hiring Assistant takes over routine tasks so that recruiters can concentrate on personal contact with candidates.

With the new AI agent “Hiring Assistant”, LinkedIn wants to relieve recruiters of routine tasks so that they can concentrate on the core of their work: contact with potential candidates. For example, the AI ​​agent can create a list of qualified candidates, prepare interviews, and take meeting notes. This isn’t the first time LinkedIn has offered an AI tool for recruiters. The professional platform has already introduced various AI tools to support users, for example, in finding a job or expanding their network.

AI agent for recruiters

The new hiring assistant can take on many of the recruiter’s tasks. For example, the AI ​​agent automatically creates a list of qualified candidates based on your recruiting goals, manages administration, schedules interviews, and takes meeting notes. With this, LinkedIn wants to ensure that recruiters can focus on the personal aspect of the job, namely contact with candidates, and not on the logistical part.

“We’re really focused on making Hiring Assistant great,” said Erran Berger, VP of Engineering, in an interview with TechCrunch. “This is all cutting-edge, and I mean everything from the experience and the way our users interact with it to the technology that supports it. So we’re really focused on making sure that a lot of the technology we develop is applicable to problems that we’re trying to solve for our members and customers. But right now we really want to get to the heart of this and then we can figure out where we go from there.”

LinkedIn also said the AI ​​assistant is currently live with a “select group” of customers. The plan is to roll out the assistant across the board in the coming months. Companies can register via LinkedIn to receive new updates about Hiring Assistant.