Episode 113 - This AI Tool is Revolutionizing Staffing | Sabashan Ragavan on Balancing Tech with Human Touch

How do you scale your staffing agency without losing that personal touch? In this powerful episode of Talent Titans, Suky sits down with Sabashan Ragavan, co-founder of HeyMilo, to unpack how AI agents are transforming high-volume hiring. From candidate screening to voice interviews, HeyMilo's tech is reshaping what it means to be efficient, without sacrificing the human experience.

Key Moments:

• 00:00 Scaling Your Staffing Agency

• 01:04 Introduction to AI Agents in Staffing

• 01:31 Guest Introduction: Sabashan from HeyMilo

• 01:42 How HeyMilo Uses AI to Improve Candidate Screening

• 03:30 Addressing Concerns About AI in Recruitment

• 09:05 The Role of AI in High-Volume Hiring

• 12:55 Adapting AI for Diverse Candidate Pools

• 16:24 Integrating HeyMilo into Staffing Agencies

• 24:04 Impact of AI on Staffing Agencies

• 30:28 Transparency with Clients

• 36:49 Future of AI in Hiring

Favorite Quote:

"Candidates just want to know they've been heard or seen. That's it. And if AI can make that happen faster, it's not removing humanity—it's restoring it."

• Suky

Check out more episodes of the Talent Titans Podcast:

Why Contingency Recruiting is Dying: https://youtu.be/BAE9lrl8z74

Master Niche Recruiting: https://youtu.be/RoRWQ5bwPm0

Connect with Sabashan: Sabashan R is the founder of HeyMilo AI, a platform rethinking how high-volume recruiting is done using applied AI. He previously worked at Meta and Microsoft, where he built large-scale recommendation systems and helped scale data labeling and human-in-the-loop teams. As a hiring manager, he experienced firsthand the inefficiencies and breakdowns in high-volume recruiting—manual screening, inconsistent evaluation, and tools that didn't reflect how teams actually hire. These experiences led him to build HeyMilo, focused on bringing reliable, practical AI systems into real-world hiring workflows. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabashanragavan/ HeyMilo: https://www.heymilo.ai/ Connect with Suky:

Award-Winning Advisor & Industry Voice | Founder: Canadian Staffing Summit, Talent Titans, Recruitment Professionals Forum | Backing Bold Moves in Staffing, Tech & Investment — No Clickbait, Just Real Talk

Suky doesn't just observe the staffing industry — she helps shape it.

She's built platforms where the industry's most honest conversations happen:

🔹 Canadian Staffing Summit

🔹 Talent Titans Podcast

🔹 Recruitment Professionals Forum

For over two decades, Suky's helped recruitment businesses scale with integrity — from internal team builds to boardroom strategy. She works with agency leaders, tech innovators, and the investors backing the future of staffing.

But here's what Suky doesn't do: copy-paste playbooks, fluff-filled advice, or empty hype.

She believes in smart growth, real talk, and community over competition.

Her work sits at the intersection of:

People + Performance

Tech + Disruption

Strategy + Soul

Whether she's coaching founders, advising SaaS firms, or connecting those quietly rewriting the rules — one thing holds true:

Suky backs those who build.

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