Equinix’s Senior Strategic Sourcing Lead, Derrick Elefante, faced several business challenges in the organization’s hiring workflow. The primary challenges included:
- Dynamic Roles: Equinix operates 24/7 facilities, which features roles with fluctuating staffing levels such as data operations and business development representatives. These positions require constant sourcing and recruitment efforts.
- Time-Consuming Calibration: Traditional recruitment methods involved lengthy calibration periods between hiring managers, recruiters, and sourcing leads, often taking up to a week to align on candidate profiles.
- Limited Capacity: Derrick and his team could only support a limited number of roles simultaneously, capping their ability to meet the dynamic talent market.
To address these challenges, Derrick and his team participated in a beta test of the new LinkedIn Hiring Assistant, an AI agent powered by the world's largest professional community. This AI-driven solution offered several key benefits:
- Reduced Time Sourcing: With the Assistant's ability to review documents, Derrick was able to input job descriptions during intake meetings, and immediately calibrate the Assistant to the hiring managers needs. This significantly reduced the time required to start sourcing candidates.
- Enhanced Collaboration: LinkedIn Hiring Assistant facilitated better collaboration within the sourcing team. Derrick could present summaries provided by the Assistant to recruiters and hiring managers showing proof points on why a candidate was qualified.
- Efficient Candidate Matching: The tool's AI capabilities provided detailed insights into why candidates were matched, allowing for more accurate and efficient sourcing. This feature was particularly useful in helping to identify why a candidate's profile aligned with the job requirements.
