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All You Need to Know About Recruiting Machine Learning Talent

November 21, 2019 Comments Off Roxana read

In recent years, AI technology has become a necessary part of many businesses and in the years to come, it’s only going to become more popular. Regardless of the size of the company, more and more are now in need of an AI specialist.

Recruiting such a specialist is difficult when you have to compete with top brand tech giants such as Google and Microsoft. It’s impossible for smaller or even medium-sized companies to offer the same salaries and opportunities as AI specialists working for Amazon, for example. Amazon invests the most in AI and machine learning hiring, an average of $227.8 million per year. Google spends considerably less, however, the average is still $130.1 million.

There is no need to despair. Even if your budget is a fraction of Amazon’s there are still some things you can do to increase your chances of finding the perfect AI specialist.

Emphasis On Experience When Recruiting

AI and ML (machine learning) specialists will have various levels of experience. You need your hiring strategy to include a specialist with the level of experience that meets your project’s needs. On top of that, you need to look in the right place for this type of experience.

If you are looking for a junior AI candidate, you should focus your search on universities, training programs, hackathons, and meetups. Those with more experience ready to fill a senior role can be found by networking and researching academic papers.

Understand What You Need

As with any position you need to fill, you need to have a clear understanding of what you are looking for. Machine learning roles will require a strong background in math and statistics. If you are recruiting for a senior role, you may want someone with a Ph.D. in these fields. These skills are fundamental in problem-solving and identifying the best algorithms for a certain problem.

Another good skill your candidate should have is curiosity, a need to investigate things. This will go a long way when it comes to facing unclear problems. A strong candidate will be able to understand data and quickly catch on to the new concepts of AI and ML, as this field advances very quickly. Many also find it’s beneficial to have someone who s genuinely enthusiastic about their job and the company.

Show That You Have Opportunities Their Current Job Doesn’t Have

Nowadays, people’s priorities are changing and it’s not always about the highest salary. If you want to attract a high-end ML candidate, you are going to have to provide intellectual challenges, a range of problems, expertise in the team, the quality of your brand, and a competitive salary.

If you can’t match the salary of your competitors, try offering other incentives. Flexibility and the ability to work remotely are very attractive to a lot of people.

Offering things that people don’t have but want is an ideal way to attract people who are currently employed and therefore not actively searching for a new job.

Team Up With Universities

This is a case of going straight to the source of machine learning talent. Keeping close contact with local universities allows you to make contact with new recruits before they start looking elsewhere. You could even consider funding school projects.

This method has become very popular and you may find other companies doing the same thing to recruit AI and ML talent. For you to stand out from the rest, make sure your projects, or even competitions, are interesting and engaging.

Contact A Staffing Agency

Recruiting in the IT industry is cut-throat, more so for high-end, experienced AI and ML specialists. Recruiting takes time and money, two things nobody wants to waste.

Recruitment agencies have access to a large talent pool with candidates ready to start straight away. They save you a lot of time by doing much of the paperwork themselves and there is often more flexibility than when you high a candidate.

While recruiting AI and machine learning specialist is certainly a challenge, it’s not impossible. These strategies are some ideas to put into place in order to increase your chances of finding the right candidate for your needs.

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Why Candidate Engagement Matters in Recruiting

January 22, 2019 Comments Off Roxana read

Employee engagement is one of those often talked about but rarely understood concepts. We all know that a fulfilled employee is more productive, but in order to attract and retain top talents, companies need to engage employees in the long run.

To realize how important the candidates’ engagement is you’ll have look at your recruitment and selection processes from the candidate’s perspective and change things accordingly. Some of the most common problems we find embedded in each process are:

The application form, candidates find on your website is too long and too complicated.
There is no confirmation email that a human being has seen that a new candidate filled the application form
The recruitment and selection process has too many steps and/or is too long or worse no expectation is set on this.
The candidate is unable to contact a recruiter for no contact info are available.
No notice is given when the position is filled/closed or just a standard automatic mail is received weeks after the job was given to someone else.

Communication is key and by simply addressing some of the basics above and further scrutinizing your process most will understand if another more qualified candidate has been placed in the role or recognize if the organization is no longer hiring. Be clear and notify candidates if passed over or not, answer promptly to all candidates’ questions/emails, explain the timeline of the selection process. Also, ensure you offer feedback to all candidates after each step including after interviews or tests and questionnaires applied.

The improvements shouldn’t stop here make sure to survey the candidates and the newly hired employees by asking them for feedback on what they like or didn’t like about your application process and change things accordingly.

Candidates will always prefer the human touch but this doesn’t mean automation is obsolete, on the contrary. Use recruiting technology or even the trendier Artificial Intelligence (AI) for speed, to automate repetitive tasks, such as screening, use chatbots to answer questions that potential applicants have about posted job offers, use AI to generate insights that you as an HR professional wouldn’t think of by yourself, for example. Thus, recruiters will have more time for tasks that really add value such as network-building and communication. AI is clearly the future as discussed by LinkedIn and other but is now only coming to the fore and gaining acceptance because the experience is more human-like. However, AI is only as good as the logic you invest in it and technology will only execute what you’ve told it to automate so don’t skimp on the investment of time in engineering your process for a successful candidate experience all around.

Take time to understand how these new trends match with your current hiring process and you will be able to add extra more valuable tasks to your “to do list” for improving the candidates’ experience and engagement but also for attracting and hiring top candidates from the marketplace.

With all this info at hand is time to act, so be critical when scrutinizing your hiring process and improve it using candidates feedback, common sense and of course the 80-20 rule (Pareto distribution). Results will show but you need patience for this is not an overnight transformation. Analyse, change, measure again and change again and don’t forget that recruiting is changing fast and so should your ways of doing it.

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Benefits of Hiring an Artificial Intelligence Developer

November 14, 2018 Comments Off Roxana read

One fast evolving aspect in the area of technology is Artificial Intelligence (AI). It is the intelligence demonstrated by machines (composed of complex mathematical algorithms, software programs, and specialized hardware), enabling them with functions such as learning and problem-solving. In recent years, there has been a continuous increase in the application of AI, as it is making previous impossibilities in many fields now possible. This trend is even bound to exponentially increase in the coming years and with the rise in its use is a corresponding increase in the demand for those who can develop this technology.

Artificial Intelligence developers are those who design, develop and structure AI software in order to achieve specific objectives. Thus, in order for AI to be useful to anyone, these developers need to be available to play their roles.

Before we delve into the specific benefits you or your organization will obtain by hiring these professionals, it is important that we highlight the areas of everyday life where AI is impacting. These areas include:

Healthcare
Agriculture
Aviation
Education
Finance
Business Management
Transportation
Marketing and Sales Management
Geography and Ecology
Human Resources and Recruiting
Media and E-commerce
Music
News, publishing, and writing
Telecommunications maintenance
Defense and Security

Also, there are typical problems to which AI methods are applied. They include;

Handwriting recognition
Optical character recognition
Speech recognition
Face recognition
Artificial creativity
Computer vision, virtual reality, and image processing
Game theory and strategic planning
Photo and video manipulation
Natural language processing, Translation, and Chatterbots.
Nonlinear control and Robotics

Artificial Intelligence methods are also implemented in fields such as; Automated reasoning, concept mining, data mining, semantic web, hybrid intelligent systems, and litigation.

Having considered the aspects of life influenced by Artificial Intelligence and the problems to which it is applied, we now look into the specific benefits of hiring its developers. These benefits include;

Improvement in business efficiency, productivity, and quality.
Increase in sales as a result of focused and targeted marketing of the products for reaching the desired customers.
Exploration and implementation of hidden opportunities for the business.
Acceleration of slow business process through AI automation to save time and other resources.
Making insight based decision on the business processes to create greater competitive advantages.
Improvement in customer experience through AI based customer support.
Improved ROI (Return On Investment) and a decrease in operational costs.
Effective detection and deterring of security intrusions.
Resolution of user’s technology problems.
Gauging of internal compliance in using approved technology vendors.
Monitoring of social media comments to determine overall brand affinity and issues.

With popular AI-based applications like; cogito, Siri PA, Tesla Car, and NetFlix really having a constant increase in customer base, you should consider hiring an AI developer for relevant purposes in order to get these benefits and many more.

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How will Artificial Intelligence Impact the Future of Recruiting

November 6, 2018 Comments Off Roxana read

The field of Artificial Intelligence is a fast-evolving one, gaining influence in many spheres of human existence. It is the intelligence demonstrated by machines which have over time, proved its accuracy and dependability. This intelligence includes; decision making, visual and vocal recognition, and translation, – among other things. One aspect that is being influenced by Artificial Intelligence is that of recruiting people for jobs.

The reason behind the incorporation of A.I. into this field is not far-fetched, as it helps to reduce the workload of employees by making the mundane tasks of hiring and recruiting easier. It is expected to be a faster and more efficient alternative for companies to employ as a part of their Human Resource (HR) efforts. Contained in this article are some expected impacts of Artificial Intelligence in the future of recruiting.

Improved Efficiency and Experience

By optimizing AI, companies will be able to scan resumes, schedule interviews, and send routine emails, ultimately improving their efficiency and effectiveness. Also, via AI, candidate experience will be improved by making it more personalized and sincere and enabling the formation of real relationships between candidates and companies.

Faster and Smarter Hiring Process

As we all know, computers are built to perform tasks faster and more accurately. With the ability of bots to scan and identify the top resumes in a batch of applicants, the process of scheduling will be automated and predictive analytics will be able to capture quantitative and qualitative data to ensure a suitable and appropriate match.

Ability to predict employee success

AI is able to establish the past achievements of successful employees and search for candidates with similar backgrounds to those of such workers. This way, it can predict the success rate of potential incoming employees.

Minimization of Biases in Hiring

By developing algorithms that are fair and ethical for use in the hiring process, biases such as; gender, age, and race can be well minimized.

Interview Automation

By capitalizing on the automation AI offers via its facial recognition tool that can record and determine emotion from facial expressions, companies will be able to handle screening processes without the physical presence of humans.

Ease and Speed of scheduling meetings with candidates

With the availability of AI software that can automate appointment setting by performing simple tasks such as; looking at your calendar, asking a few basic questions and offering viable options to the candidate, recruiters will be able to quickly and easily schedule meetings with them.

Clarification of Expectations

AI is built with an objective algorithm which will give very clear and precise expectation. By using it, time and resources will be saved and one can be quite assured of accuracy. We must, however, keep in mind that AI only simplifies the process, leaving the completion and verification to we humans.

Inability to identify the most suitable person for the job

Understanding that Artificial Intelligence at its best, works based on computer programs written by humans, we should realize that it cannot identify the best person fit for a job.

Human behavior varies across different individuals, and AI might be making logical decisions where intuitions by humans are required.