November 18, 2025

Inside Oracle’s New Career Coach: How AI Is Rewriting Recruiting

15 minutes

In this episode we talk about generative AI, talent acquisition, candidate experience, workflow design, and how Oracle is pushing recruiting into the next era. Nagaraj Nadendala, SVP/GM Product Development breaks down the thinking behind Career Coach, why the industry needed a reset, and what it means for recruiters who are nervous about AI. This one hits on memory, scale, model choices, and the messy reality of matching people to work.

What we discussed:

AI is shifting from “extra help” to the core workflow for candidates and recruiters.

Career Coach is built to mimic the real multi-turn discovery recruiters used to do manually.

Memory is the unlock, allowing consistent candidate experience from first touch to interview.

Recruiters don’t hate AI. They hate dealing with 1,000 unqualified applicants.

Scale is the real bottleneck and AI finally cracks it.

Good recruiters stay relevant by coming prepared and using AI as an amplifier.

Customers want control over their models based on compliance and governance.

Different models give different experiences, so Oracle lets customers choose.

Candidate frustration and recruiter frustration both fed into the creation of Career Coach.

Adoption is the real metric to watch in 2025.

The real blockers inside companies aren’t recruiters. They’re governance committees.

AI helps recruiters focus on the conversations that actually matter.

This episode was recorded live at ⁠Oracle AI World 2025⁠ as part of a leadership series defining the world of work and AI

Chapters:

00:00 Live at Oracle AI World

00:27 Event energy and why this year feels different

01:34 Introducing Nagaraj

02:00 His role and connection to Taleo

03:51 Why Career Coach exists

04:40 Memory and candidate interaction

06:00 What good recruiters actually do

06:30 Candidate and recruiter frustration

07:38 Building challenges and model selection

08:58 Handling drift and customer-chosen models

09:55 How recruiters should think about AI

10:52 The horse-and-buggy moment

11:56 What success looks like in 2026

12:59 The reality of internal adoption hurdles

Guest Info:

Nagaraj Nadendla, SVP/GM Product Development Oracle

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nagarajnadendla/

Connect with us

William Tincup LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tincup/

Ryan Leary LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanleary/

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November 18, 2025

Inside Oracle’s New Career Coach: How AI Is Rewriting Recruiting

15 minutes

What we discussed:

AI is shifting from “extra help” to the core workflow for candidates and recruiters.

Career Coach is built to mimic the real multi-turn discovery recruiters used to do manually.

Memory is the unlock, allowing consistent candidate experience from first touch to interview.

Recruiters don’t hate AI. They hate dealing with 1,000 unqualified applicants.

Scale is the real bottleneck and AI finally cracks it.

Good recruiters stay relevant by coming prepared and using AI as an amplifier.

Customers want control over their models based on compliance and governance.

Different models give different experiences, so Oracle lets customers choose.

Candidate frustration and recruiter frustration both fed into the creation of Career Coach.

Adoption is the real metric to watch in 2025.

The real blockers inside companies aren’t recruiters. They’re governance committees.

AI helps recruiters focus on the conversations that actually matter.

This episode was recorded live at ⁠Oracle AI World 2025⁠ as part of a leadership series defining the world of work and AI

Chapters:

00:00 Live at Oracle AI World

00:27 Event energy and why this year feels different

01:34 Introducing Nagaraj

02:00 His role and connection to Taleo

03:51 Why Career Coach exists

04:40 Memory and candidate interaction

06:00 What good recruiters actually do

06:30 Candidate and recruiter frustration

07:38 Building challenges and model selection

08:58 Handling drift and customer-chosen models

09:55 How recruiters should think about AI

10:52 The horse-and-buggy moment

11:56 What success looks like in 2026

12:59 The reality of internal adoption hurdles

Guest Info:

Nagaraj Nadendla, SVP/GM Product Development Oracle

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nagarajnadendla/

Connect with us

William Tincup LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tincup/

Ryan Leary LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanleary/

Connect with WRKdefined

Site: http://www.wrkdefined.com

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wrkdefined

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wrkdefined

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WRKdefined/

Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/WRKdefined

Substack: https://wrkdefined.substack.com/

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