The Rise of the Robots and the Role of the Recruiter, Richard Boyd, Ireland Based Account Executive, Bullhorn

1. The Rise of the Robots
and the
Role of the Recruiter
Richard Boyd
Ireland-based Account Executive
Bullhorn

2. The Evolution of
Technology

4. The world of
work is changing.

5. The world of work is changing.
• Technology is proliferating
• Demand for new labour models is on the rise
• How people search for work has evolved
• Workers are open to new types of jobs & working models
• Unemployment is at an all-time low
• Quit rates are skyrocketing
• Skilled talent is scarce
• Candidates have more access to jobs, regardless of
location, thanks to the globalisation of business

6. What is Digital Transformation?
It’s the integration of technology
into all areas of a business for the
purposes of improving operations
and how companies deliver value
to their customers.

7. Will the robots
replace the
jobs?

8. Some,
but not all.

9. Slide about AI / automation as part of digital
transformation // quote from Vinda
Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are the foundations
of some of the biggest digitally transformative technologies
shaping the future of work.

10. Vinda Souza
VP, Marketing Communications
Bullhorn
“Automation is about better
managing or eliminating
repetitive processes. It’s a
question of resource allocation.
Artificial intelligence is leveraging
things like bots, intelligent
assistants, natural language
processing (NLP), machine
learning, and predictive analytics
to inform business decisions. It’s
transformative and future-
shaping.”

11. Artificial intelligence (AI) is
expected to be a net job creator,
introducing 2.3 million jobs while
eliminating 1.8 million.
Source: Gartner

12. “By 2030, as many as 375 million workers—or roughly
14% of the global workforce—may need to switch
occupational categories as digitisation, automation,
and advances in artificial intelligence disrupt the
world of work. The kinds of skills companies require will
shift, with profound implications for the career paths
individuals will need to pursue.”
Source: McKinsey Global Institute
While AI is expected to create jobs,
fears abound.

13. “The task confronting every economy, particularly advanced
economies, will likely be to retrain and redeploy tens of millions
of mid-career, middle-age workers… There are few precedents
in which societies have successfully retrained such large
numbers of people.”
Source: McKinsey Global Institute

14. - McKinsey Global Institute
• 66% of employers see addressing
potential skills gaps related to
automation/digitisation within
their workforces as at least
a top 10 priority
• Nearly 30% put it in the top 5
• The accelerating pace of
enterprise-wide transformation is
the driver behind this sense of
urgency
Source: McKinsey Global Institute

15. • How can I map the future against
my current talent pool and
processes?
• What part of future employment
demand can I meet by retraining
existing workers, and what’s the
ROI of doing so versus simply hiring
new ones?
• How best can I tap into what are,
for me, nontraditional talent pools?
• What partners, either in the private,
public, or non-governmental
(NGO) sectors might help me
succeed– and what are our
respective roles?
Source: McKinsey Global Institute
Questions Executives Must Ask

16. Recruitment agencies are prime partners
for employers in their quest to reskill
workers and adapt to new labour models.

18. Despite fears,
many agencies are
eager to automate.

19. How will robots
grant recruiters access
to new talent pools?

20. Digital transformation,
automation in particular,
can be a hugely helpful to
a recruiter’s efforts to find,
engage, redeploy, and
nurture skilled candidates.

21. Technology can help
to identify skilled candidates
who may have special
circumstances and provide a
more inclusive recruiting
effort.

22. • Divider – what will drive success
What will drive success?

23. “The focus should be on using
products and solutions with open
platforms that allow for full
customisation through
application interfaces (APIs) and
large ecosystems. By buying into
a platform that enables
innovation and automation, firms
can gradually integrate
automation capabilities that will
help increase their efficiency and
drive further engagement.”
Matt Fischer
President & Chief Technology Officer
Bullhorn

24. • Consequences of not adapting
The consequences of failing to embrace
digital transformation could be dire
for many recruitment agencies.

25. Example Slide
Main Text
• This is where the first bullet would go
• This is where the second bullet would go
• Need a third bullet? It goes here!
– A sub bullet!
• A sub-sub bullet!
Which companies will win?

26. Employers Must
while creating the culture, infrastructure, and internal processes
that support these changes to future-proof their business as the
way the world works evolves
Reskill
workers
Adapt to
new labour
models
Become
more
strategic
with their use
of
contingent
labour

27. Candidates Must
to remain competitive as companies continue to
expand and source talent globally
Be open to
new ways of
working
Demonstrate
efforts to
continuously
learn new
skills
Seek out or
be willing to
take on
opportunities
to learn new
skills

28. • Final point – embrace automation/ digital
transformation
Recruitment agencies are uniquely positioned to help employers and
candidates. But to position themselves as trusted partners of the future,
agencies must embrace automation and new technologies across all
aspects of their organisation if they want to gain access to new talent
pools and ensure their business evolves as the world of work does, too.

29. Thank You.
Questions?