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Results delivered
Increased Candidate Quality
According to Mita Patel, Sr. Talent Acquisition Partner at Siemens, LinkedIn Hiring Assistant improved candidate quality by identifying qualified candidates that traditional Boolean searches missed.
Reduced Sourcing Time by 50%
Mita Patel and Vincent Mercandetti found that Hiring Assistant cut sourcing time by 50% allowing more focus on outreach and other critical tasks.
Enhanced Speed to Present Candidates
Hiring Assistant also enabled faster presentation of candidates to hiring managers — a crucial advantage in the team's fast-paced business environment.
Challenges
Finding Qualified Candidates Quickly
Like many talent acquisition professionals, both Mita and Vincent faced the evergreen challenge of sourcing qualified candidates quickly, especially in their competitive markets.
- Traditional sourcing methods were time-consuming and resulted in missing potential candidates.
- The need to balance sourcing with outreach and follow-up activities created a backlog, impacting overall productivity.
How LinkedIn helped
Leveraging AI for Efficient Sourcing
Hiring Assistant addressed these challenges by automating the initial sourcing process. The tool’s AI capabilities allowed the team to quickly identify and present qualified candidates, reducing the time spent on manual searches. The efficiency enabled both Mita and Vincent to focus more on critical tasks such as:
- Candidate Outreach: Mita mentioned that previously, the time spent on sourcing left little time for outreach and follow-up emails or phone calls. With Hiring Assistant, the team could dedicate more time to these essential items within the workflow.
- Engaging with Candidates: Both Mita and Vincent emphasized that the reduced time in sourcing allowed them to engage more effectively with candidates, ensuring a quicker turnaround from sourcing to presenting candidates to hiring managers.
- Reworking Job Descriptions: Vincent noted that by saving time on sourcing, he could reinvest that saved time into refining job descriptions, which helped to improve the initial setup and drawing higher quality candidates.
Siemens is a leading technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare. From more resource-efficient factories, resilient supply chains, and smarter buildings and grids, to cleaner and more comfortable transportation as well as advanced healthcare, the company creates technology with purpose adding real value for customers. By combining the real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers its customers to transform their industries and markets, helping them to transform the everyday for billions of people.
Industry:
Automation Machinery Manufacturing
No. of Employees:
10,000+
Headquarters:
Munich, Germany