(n:gage): The use of Social Media as a hiring channel is still
unchartered territory to a large extent. However there seems to be
a rise of startups (and leading tech companies) that are exploring
the use of AI/ML to improve the screening of resumes’. Be it
Google struggling to overcome their challenge in hiring non-white,
non-Asian employees (2) or recruitment bots Mya that seek to
‘automate’ hiring process (3) – how do you see the technology
landscape in recruitment playing out? (especially in the real estate
sector)
Archana: Real Estate is as inclined to technology advancements as any other
industry. Technology advancements in HR are the only way forward. What is
needed is to marry the technology available to the needs of the company. I
am personally a great believer in using Technology to enhance the employee
experience of the operational aspects on HR. HR as a function also needs to
use technology for data capturing and data preservation thereby making
dependency on HR professional as custodian of information almost
negligible.
n:gage | August 2017