LinkedIn unveils AI agent and AI job coaching. Here’s how to use it

LinkedIn unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI) agent on Tuesday that aims to help human resources teams by taking on their repetitive tasks. 

The employment social media company said that the AI agent, called Hiring Assistant, can find candidates for jobs and review applications. 

AI agents are designed to take autonomous actions to assist humans and do not require a human to tell them what to do, as they gather data based on user preference.

AI agents already exist in some home devices, such as those that regulate the temperature of a room. 

This is unlike AI chatbots, which are designed with conversation with humans in mind and serve as more of a co-pilot in assisting humans. 

LinkedIn said that the human recruiter will still be able to be in charge throughout the hiring process.

Hirers will also be able to provide feedback on the candidates throughout the entire process, to then learn a recruiter’s preferences and become more personalised to each hirer. 

Data from LinkedIn’s Work Change Snapshot, which surveyed 5,000 global companies found that more than two-fifths (42 per cent) of HR professionals feel overwhelmed by how many decisions they have to make each day and over half (55 per cent) of them say expectations of them at work are higher than ever. 

“With Hiring Assistant, we’re able to help hirers find people based on their skills as opposed to traditional proxies like where someone worked or went to school,” a LinkedIn spokesperson told Euronews Next. 

“We can understand and evaluate the evidence behind a skill by looking at both explicit and implicit skills that the candidate has on their profile. This provides more transparency around why candidates are chosen based on how many qualifications they meet,” they added. 

Hiring Assistant is at the moment available to select recruiters in Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Mexico, Philippines, Singapore, and the United States.

LinkedIn said it will be rolled out to additional global customers over the coming months, without detailing when it would come to Europe. 

How to write a CV for AI

The spokesperson said that with AI being involved in recruitment, it means that it’s even more important for job seekers to keep their resume and profile up to date, especially when it comes to updating it with skills and experiences. 

One of the ways to do this includes summarising your top skills in the ‘About’ section on LinkedIn, connecting the skills you have with the work you’ve done, and demonstrating your skill proficiency by earning credentials.

LinkedIn also announced that it is rolling out a new AI-powered coaching feature that will help users practice interpersonal skills through interactive scenarios using voice or text. 

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Users of the tool can practice delivering performance reviews, having conversations on work-life balance, and giving feedback.

It is currently available to people who have LinkedIn Learning Hub accounts. The company said it will later launch in new languages with content discovery in German, French, and Japanese.