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In a Use.AI survey of 6,731 job seekers, 29% of people with a job stopped an application that included an AI interview, compared with 14% of unemployed people.
Employed people are more likely to drop out of an AI interview
People who already have a job are more likely to quit an application that includes an AI interview. This comes from a Use.AI survey of 6,731 job seekers. Of the people with work, 29% dropped out. Among people without work, it was 14%.
The survey ran in the United Kingdom, the US, Canada, the European Union and Latin America. The numbers differed by region. The gap between employed and unemployed people showed up everywhere. According to Use.AI's results, the willingness to take part may depend on financial security and on other options a person has.
So if you are hiring, some candidates drop out before the interview even begins. People with a job are often exactly the ones you want to talk to. Matthew Freire of Use.AI says employers should also look at who applies in the first place, not only at who gets to the interview.
The article also mentions a trade-off. AI interviews can save time and money in the short term. If candidates avoid companies that use AI interviews, employers can lose productivity and profit, according to the article.
Background for subscribersAn AI interview can decide who stays in your process. Candidates who have a job drop out because of it more often, and these are often the people you want to talk to. If you also offer a route to a human interviewer, you can see whether the format decides who stays available.
Expectations about AI and recruitment agencies differ widely
Matt Collingwood of VIQU thinks agency fees may stay the same or even rise. Still, he expects only a third of agencies to survive the next five years. James Wright expects large agencies for top positions to lose 60 to 70% of their people. Paddy Lambros of the AI platform Dex finds hiring expensive and slow. He thinks AI will bring costs down. So if you hire agencies, there is no fixed expectation on which you can base a talk about fees.
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