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Lately, many companies are starting to use Artificial Intelligence in their hiring process. Instead of manually going through hundreds of resumes, AI systems are now helping to filter and shortlist candidates faster.

Some people say this is making hiring more efficient, while others feel it reduces the human touch in recruitment.

🤖 How AI is being used in recruitment
Resume screening and filtering
Matching candidates with job roles
Automating interview scheduling
Analyzing skills and experience patterns
Helping recruiters save time on repetitive tasks
⚖️ Pros
Faster hiring process
Less manual workload for HR teams
Better handling of large applicant volumes
More structured screening process
⚠️ Concerns
Risk of missing good candidates due to strict filtering
Less human judgment in early stages
Dependence on algorithms
Fairness and bias in AI systems
💭 Open Question

Do you think AI will completely replace manual recruitment in the future, or will it always need human involvement to make final decisions?

AI is taking almost all the jobs, remote workers are languishing. Now AI could be the one to recruit people to the jobs it couldn't take. Na wa ooo

Wetin ai go do people for this life we never see 5%.

I was interviewed by AI just yesterday and I can tell you, it wasn't fun at all

AI even have their own social media where humans can only be visitors and observers. What's remaining is rougue AIs that can attack humans and their interests.

Ai is more reliable than some arrogant individuals feeling like kings in their job roles

You too acquire your own AI.

Interesting conversation to have

The use of innovative tools to accomplish tasks efficiently and within a short time deserves commendation.
That is the true meaning of “progress.”

I think it's high time people embrace network marketing because this is only aspect that AI cannot replace as it deals on human connection.

I think AI interviews should be used for AI jobs, and human interviews should be used for human jobs.

dominique:
AI is taking almost all the jobs, remote workers are languishing. Now AI could be the one to recruit people to the jobs it couldn't take. Na wa ooo

Your wish abi? There are thousands of new job openings everyday. AI is a tool, not a replacement.

Yes. These days i am interviewed by an AI anytime i am applying for remote jobs. Interesting times ahead

AI will likely transform recruitment deeply, but I don’t think it will completely replace human recruiters.

What we’re seeing now is more of a shift from manual-heavy hiring to AI-assisted hiring.

AI is excellent at handling tasks that are repetitive, time-consuming, and data-heavy:

Screening thousands of CVs in minutes

Identifying keywords, qualifications, and experience patterns

Ranking candidates based on job requirements

Scheduling interviews automatically

Sending follow-up communication to applicants

Predicting candidate-job fit based on historical hiring data


For companies receiving massive application volumes—like Google, Amazon, or Unilever—AI helps reduce recruitment bottlenecks significantly.

But hiring is not purely a data exercise.

There are critical areas where humans still matter:

1. Emotional intelligence
A recruiter can assess attitude, communication style, confidence, and cultural fit in ways AI may struggle to fully understand.

2. Context matters
Someone may have an unconventional career path, employment gap, or non-traditional experience that AI might wrongly reject.

3. Final decision-making
Hiring decisions often involve team dynamics, leadership potential, negotiation, and judgment calls that require human insight.

4. Ethics and fairness
AI systems can inherit bias from past hiring data. For example, if a company historically favored certain demographics or schools, the algorithm may unintentionally repeat those patterns.

A well-known example is Amazon reportedly scrapping an internal AI recruiting tool after concerns that it showed bias against women applicants in technical roles.

The future is likely hybrid recruitment:

AI handles efficiency → sourcing, screening, scheduling, administrative tasks
Humans handle decisions → interviews, relationship-building, negotiations, and final hiring choices

Recruiters who adapt by learning how to work with AI tools such as LinkedIn Talent Solutions, Workday, HireVue, or Greenhouse may become even more valuable—not less.

My view: AI won’t replace recruiters entirely. It will replace recruiters who refuse to evolve with technology. The strongest hiring systems will combine AI speed with human judgment.

And from a job seeker’s perspective, this means candidates may need to optimize their resumes for both AI screening systems and human recruiters.

Tauruai:
Lately, many companies are starting to use Artificial Intelligence in their hiring process. Instead of manually going through hundreds of resumes, AI systems are now helping to filter and shortlist candidates faster.

Some people say this is making hiring more efficient, while others feel it reduces the human touch in recruitment.

🤖 How AI is being used in recruitment
Resume screening and filtering
Matching candidates with job roles
Automating interview scheduling
Analyzing skills and experience patterns
Helping recruiters save time on repetitive tasks
⚖️ Pros
Faster hiring process
Less manual workload for HR teams
Better handling of large applicant volumes
More structured screening process
⚠️ Concerns
Risk of missing good candidates due to strict filtering
Less human judgment in early stages
Dependence on algorithms
Fairness and bias in AI systems
💭 Open Question

Do you think AI will completely replace manual recruitment in the future, or will it always need human involvement to make final decisions?

We should all embrace the use of this Artificial Intelligence. This is where technology advancement has taken us to and it has come to stay

Noted.

But It’s already here not in the future again.

AI will take all jobs - just give it time.

AI companies should be making enough to pay everyone UBI

dominique:
AI is taking almost all the jobs, remote workers are languishing. Now AI could be the one to recruit people to the jobs it couldn't take. Na wa ooo

contrary to you submission; according to Harvard Business school-Ai will not replace jobs but professionals with Ai skills will replace professionals without Ai skills.
So Ai is only growing in-, demand skill or proficiency and not really a stand alone workforce.

Yes o. The world has long since been a Global village and is now FULLY I.T compliant. A.I is the future and it is here.

Tauruai:
Do you think AI will completely replace manual recruitment in the future, or will it always need human involvement to make final decisions?

With the way AI is replacing years of hard earned skills and jobs everywhere everyday, I don't see that as an impossiblility in the nearest future. It is both a blessing and a curse

Igbophobia:
AI even have their own social media where humans can only be visitors and observers. What's remaining is rougue AIs that can attack humans and their interests.

Moltbook
Wahala dey front ooo

Igbophobia:
AI even have their own social media where humans can only be visitors and observers. What's remaining is rougue AIs that can attack humans and their interests.

It will definitely get to this one day. By that time, we will all realise that this AI of a thing was Totally a bad idea

Hmm
The morality of continued hardwork is the morality of slaves

Suffering isn't hardwork
https://www.nairaland.com/8603403/moral-continued-hardwork-morality-slaves

Not just recruitment...the solution to the future

Ty440:
I think it's high time people embrace network marketing because this is only aspect that AI cannot replace as it deals on human connection.

NetMai says hi.

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AI will destroy the world someday

DeltaBachelor:
Yes o. The world has long since been a Global village and is now FULLY I.T compliant. A.I is the future and it is here.

The emboldened is nonsense. Our young people are becoming far too naive.