Summary
In this conversation, Jan, an experienced talent acquisition professional, discusses his career journey and the use of AI tools in recruiting workflows. He shares insights on developing AI bots for interaction and highlights the challenges AI faces in understanding human nuances. Jan also discusses the importance of retaining AI talent and identifies emerging regions for AI talent. He concludes by providing advice for candidates from non-AI backgrounds.

Takeaways

• Choosing companies based on the people and opportunities can lead to a successful career in talent acquisition.
• AI tools like ChatGPT and video creation tools have been useful in Jan's recruiting workflows.
• Developing AI bots for interaction can challenge one's thoughts and opinions, leading to new perspectives.
• Real empathy is difficult for AI to mimic, making it a challenging aspect for AI to play a role in recruiting.
• Retaining AI talent can be achieved by providing flexibility, competitive pay, purpose, and a supportive team.
• The US and India are significant players for AI talent, but running AI startups can be expensive.
• Non-AI background candidates can focus on learning machine learning and how to write effective prompts for AI applications.