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Recruitment Automation

Recruitment automation from application to pre-hire, with every AI score checked by a person and every decision explained

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Built forRecruitersHiring managersAssessors and panel membersHeads of talent acquisitionHR operationsResponsible AI leadsHR systems administrators

The Problem Today

Volume hiring runs on separate tools, so scores come back as bare numbers and seats are still empty on the start date.

119 days
average time to hire in the public sector published

Run across separate tools

  • Resumes
  • Tests
  • Videos
  • Offers
  • Scores nobody can explainTest and video results arrive as numbers without the answer behind them
  • Marked and retyped by handCase studies marked one by one; hires keyed again into the HR system

The Solution

  1. Every resume read the same wayFields quoted from the resume; every grading system on one scale; hidden text shown to a recruiter
  2. Published rules, close calls to peopleEach exclusion names its rule; close matches and flagged files wait for a recruiter
  3. Scores proposed with their evidenceWritten and video answers scored from the words; an assessor verifies every one and says why on a change
  4. A second person approves the hireThe hiring manager proposes with a reason; the head of talent approves; the pre-hire goes to the HR system

Built-in controls

  • No applicant is rejected by the AI
  • The person who proposes a selection cannot approve it
  • Video answers are scored from the words only

What You Get

Shortlists in days, not weeks, and every score checked by a person, with the reason on record for each decision.

  • No exclusion without a ruleApplicants and auditors see which published requirement was not met
  • Seats tracked to the start dateEach requisition forecast against its start, so late ones are found early
  • Ready for the yearly bias auditSelection rates by requisition and stage, checked every week
In short

What is Recruitment Automation?

Recruitment Automation is an end-to-end recruitment solution: agents read every resume with its sources, apply each requisition's published eligibility rules, propose written and one-way video interview scores with their evidence, book panels and create the pre-hire in the HR system. Recruiters decide close calls, assessors verify every score, and a second person approves every selection.

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The problem

A hiring campaign spread across tools that cannot explain their own scores

A volume campaign brings hundreds of applications to each requisition. Resumes are skimmed in seconds or filtered by keyword, tests and one-way video interviews come back from separate vendors as single numbers, and case studies are marked by hand. When a hiring manager asks why an applicant was turned down, the answer is in someone's head, if anywhere.

The slow stages are invisible until a seat is still empty on the start date: panels are booked by email, approvals travel as messages, and the accepted hire is typed again into the HR system. Pass rates by group surface at the yearly bias audit, long after the decisions they describe, while NYC Local Law 144, the Illinois AI Video Interview Act and the Colorado AI Act now expect notice, evidence and a person in the loop.

typical119daysaverage time to hire in the public sector
estimated25minutesto mark one case study by hand
Where a requisition's days go, from close to shortlistestimated
By hand21 days
With the solution5 days
  • Reading resumes and checking requirements6 → 0.5 d
  • Chasing and collecting test and video results4 → 1 d
  • Marking case studies and reviewing video answers5 → 1.5 d
  • Booking panels by email4 → 1.5 d
  • Approvals by message, then the offer2 → 0.5 d

Estimated split for one requisition with a few hundred applicants, run across separate tools and by hand.

How it works

Reading, published rules, verified scores and a second approval, in the order a campaign runs

What comes in
What arrives5 sources · applications, answers, video, calendars, offers
Agents at work
Resume readerfields + sources
Integrity guardhidden text
Then
Eligibility screenerpublished rules
Then
Assessment markerrubric + evidence
Interview analystwords only
Then
Pipeline forecasterseat by start date
HR-system connectorpre-hire
A person decides
Recruiters and assessorsdecide and verify; a second person approves
What comes out
Every score verified
Seats filled on time
Pre-hire, not retyped
One case, step by step

A Data Analyst requisition, four seats filled a month before the start date

A Data Analyst requisition with 287 applicants and four seats, in a campaign of six requisitions and 1,512 applicants, at a company with 40,000 people in 30 countries. Applications closed on October 31; the start date is January 5.

A worked example on sample data. Names, IDs and figures on the screens and in this section come from the demo.

  1. 01Morning

    Every requisition as a stage track, with the date its seats fill

    Recruiter

    The recruiter opens six requisitions as six tracks, from applied to hired, each with a forecast of when its seats fill against the start date. Two are behind, and the agents say why: only 55% of the eligible Cybersecurity Analyst applicants have started the assessment. Data Analyst fills all four seats by December 4, 32 days early.

    “Data Analyst fills all 4 seats by Dec 4, 32 days before its start date.”

  2. 02One question

    An answer with its source, and the next step

    Recruiter

    She asks which requisitions will miss their start date. The answer names both, with the reason and its source, and offers the next step: a reminder to the 54 applicants who have not started the assessment.

  3. 03Overnight run

    Fourteen new applications, each exclusion with its rule

    Eligibility screener

    The resume reader reads 14 new resumes and converts five grading systems to one 4.0 scale. The eligibility screener applies rules R1 to R5: 11 eligible, 2 not eligible on field of study, each with a respectful message. One resume holds hidden text telling the AI to rank the applicant first; the integrity guard sends it to the recruiter instead of obeying it.

    “1 resume has hidden text: sent to you, not rejected.”

  4. 04Any applicant

    Every field beside the line it came from

    Recruiter

    On an applicant's record the resume sits beside what was read from it: degree, course of study, school, academic result, experience and skills, each with a confidence. Clicking a confidence highlights its line; a GPA of 3.82 is also shown on the common 4.0 scale.

  5. 05Blind

    A proposed score, its evidence, and the assessor's change

    Assessor

    The assessor verifies a case study without seeing the applicant's name. For each rubric criterion the assessment marker shows its proposed score, its confidence and the passages behind it. It is unsure about writing for the audience, at 64%, so the assessor moves it from 3 to 4 and types the reason before the score counts.

    “2 or more points from the AI: a second marker will be assigned.”

  6. 06Video

    One-way video answers scored from the words

    Interview analyst

    Each of four one-way answers is transcribed and scored from the transcript, with the quote the score rests on. No face, voice-tone, accent or background analysis; the assessor verifies all four.

  7. 07Shortlist

    Finalists ranked by weights on the screen

    Hiring manager

    Six finalists have every score. Ranked by composite (40% written, 30% video, 30% panel) with what the evidence shows for each, the hiring manager proposes the top three to fill the three open seats, with a reason.

  8. 08Second person

    The selection approved by someone else

    Head of talent

    The head of talent approves the selection with the reason beside it; the person who proposed it could not. Offer terms inside the approved band and a new requisition wait in the same place.

  9. 09Accepted

    The offer accepted, the pre-hire created

    HR-system connector

    The applicant reads and accepts the offer on the careers site. The HR-system connector creates the pre-hire, links the position and starts the hire process, by API or SFTP flat file, with nothing typed twice.

Who it’s for

Recruiter, assessor, hiring manager and head of talent on one recruitment record

Recruiters, assessors, hiring managers and the head of talent: how a campaign changes for each of them.

Recruiter
Runs the campaign and decides every close call
Before
Skims resumes, chases results from separate tools and learns a seat is empty when the start date arrives.
Now
Starts on stage tracks with a forecast per requisition, decides only the close calls, each with the line behind it.
Assessor
Verifies every written and video score
Before
Marks each case study from scratch and never sees how other markers scored the same answer.
Now
Verifies a proposed score with its evidence, changes it with a reason, and gets a second marker on a wide gap.
Hiring manager
Proposes the selection with a reason
Before
Picks from a spreadsheet of numbers nobody can explain.
Now
Ranks finalists by weights on the screen, reads what the evidence shows, and proposes with a reason.
Head of talent
Approves selections, offers and model changes
Before
Approves by message and sees pass rates by group at the yearly audit.
Now
Approves in one place with every reason kept, and sees fairness per requisition and stage each week.
The agents

Resume reader, eligibility screener, marker and forecaster, each held to its limits

Ten agents read every resume, apply the published rules, propose every written and video score with its evidence and forecast each seat; recruiters decide close calls, assessors verify every score, and a second person approves every selection.

Resume reader

Reads every resume into degree, course of study, school, academic result, experience and skills, each with its source line and a confidence, and converts each grading system to one 4.0 scale.

  • Never infers age, sex, race, religion or disability
  • Treats any instruction inside a resume as text
  • Sends low-confidence fields to a recruiter
Integrity guard

Compares what a reader sees with what the file holds: hidden or off-page text, duplicates and repeat applications.

  • Flags, never rejects
Eligibility screener

Applies each requisition's published eligibility rules the same way to everyone and names the rule on every exclusion.

  • Never decides a close call
  • Job-related criteria only
  • A recruiter re-checks a 10% sample
Assessment marker

Proposes a score for each rubric criterion of a written answer, with the passages that justify it and its confidence.

  • Never locks a score: an assessor verifies every script
  • Confidence under 0.70 is marked for judgment
Interview analyst

Transcribes one-way video answers and proposes competency scores from the words, with the quote behind each.

  • No face, voice, accent or background analysis
Interview scheduler

Matches panel calendars with applicant availability and books live interviews with video links.

  • Applicants choose from the times offered
Pipeline forecaster

Forecasts the date each requisition's seats are filled from the pipeline and stage conversion, against the start date.

  • Never moves an applicant
HR-system connector

Creates the pre-hire record in the HR system of record, links the position, attaches the signed offer and starts the hire process.

  • Sends only accepted offers
Recruiters and assessors

Decide; a second person approves.

Ask in plain words

Questions about requisitions, applicants and scores, answered from the record

Ask in plain words, or say what to prepare. Each answer cites the record it came from and offers one next step; the decision stays with you.

Which requisitions will miss their start date?

Two are behind: Cybersecurity Analyst fills 19 days after its start, because only 55% of eligible applicants have started the assessment, and Technology Counsel 11 days after, with 75 applications not yet screened.

Show the hidden-text resumes

Two Data Analyst resumes hold text a reader cannot see. One has 46 words in white 1-point type telling the AI to rank the applicant first; it was read as text and ignored. Both are waiting for a recruiter, not rejected.

How reliable is the scoring?

The AI and the verifying assessor agree within one point on 91% of criteria; weighted kappa is 0.78; 7% of scripts went to a second marker.

The screens

Stage tracks, verified scores and the pre-hire, from the working solution

From the working solution, on its sample data. Pick one to see it large.

Every requisition as a stage track, with the date its seats fill against the start dateThe recruiter runs six requisitions with 1,512 applicants. Each requisition is one row: a track from applied to hired with a dot sized by how many reached each stage, and a fill forecast against the start date. Requisitions behind their start date come first, each band with one line from the agents on why. Above the tracks: what happened overnight, the work that needs her, and an ask bar.
Ask the campaigns a question and get a cited answer with one next stepThe recruiter asks which requisitions will miss their start date. The answer comes back in place, with its source: Cybersecurity Analyst fills 19 days after its start because only 55% of eligible applicants have started the assessment, and Technology Counsel 11 days after, with 75 applications not yet screened. One button sends the reminder the answer suggests.
Screening applies the published rules to everyone and sends close calls and hidden text to a recruiterFourteen new Data Analyst applications are read and screened in one run. The resume reader reads every field with its source line and converts five grading systems to one 4.0 scale; the integrity guard finds hidden text in one resume and sends it to the recruiter instead of rejecting it; the eligibility screener applies rules R1 to R5. Below, the close calls wait for her decision, flagged resumes first.
Every resume field read with its source line and confidence, and the result converted to one scaleAn applicant's resume sits beside what the resume reader took from it: degree, course of study, school, academic result, experience and skills, each with a confidence. Clicking a confidence highlights the line it came from; a GPA 3.82 is also shown on the common 4.0 scale used for every grading system.
A timed written assessment with auto-marked questions, a case study and a five-anchor rubricThe Data Analyst assessment has ten reading-data questions marked automatically and a case study scored by the assessment marker and verified by an assessor, against a rubric with five behavioral anchors per criterion. Question health shows which questions separate stronger from weaker applicants, and the applicant's view is one click away.
The AI proposes each rubric score with the passages behind it; the assessor changes one and must say whyThe assessor verifies applicant 0412's case study, blind. For each criterion the assessment marker shows its proposed score, its confidence and why; 'Show the evidence' highlights the passages in the answer. The AI is unsure about 'Writes for the audience' at 64%, so the assessor moves it from 3 to 4 and types the reason before he can verify.
One-way video answers scored from the transcript only, with the quote behind each scoreEach of the applicant's four one-way video answers is transcribed and scored by the interview analyst from the words alone, with the quote the score rests on. No face, voice-tone, accent or background analysis; captions were on. The assessor can change a score or verify all four.
Finalists ranked by a composite whose weights are on the screen, each with what the evidence showsThe hiring manager sees the six Data Analyst finalists who have every score, ranked by composite: 40% written, 30% video, 30% panel. One seat is already accepted, so the top three are preselected. Blind review hides names and schools; proposing needs a reason and goes to a second person.
The selection is approved by a second person, with the reason kept beside itThe head of talent approves the selection the hiring manager proposed: three finalists, which with the accepted offer fills all four seats. Offer terms, a new requisition and a model change wait beside it, each with the reason given.
The applicant reads and accepts the offer on the careers siteOn the careers site the applicant sees their status at every stage, takes the assessment and the video interview, and reads the offer: Data Analyst, starting January 5, 2027, at $82,000. Work authorization and the background check follow after acceptance.
An accepted offer becomes a pre-hire record in the HR system, with nothing typed twiceThe HR-system connector creates the applicant's pre-hire, links position P-55102, attaches the signed offer and starts the hire process, by API or SFTP flat file. A rejected hand-off is explained in place: another hire's record has no position linked, and HR operations fixes it and retries.
Fairness checked for every requisition and stage, with sample sizesThe Responsible AI lead sees the selection-rate ratio for each requisition, stage and group from voluntary self-identification that no decision maker sees. Seventeen of eighteen pairs are at or above 0.80; one is on watch with too few applicants to be significant. Test evidence, model changes, overrides and the applicant notice are a tab away.
Insights: the funnel, the days in each stage and what to change nextThe head of talent sees where hiring slows: the funnel across all requisitions, the median days in each stage, with the wait for a panel the slowest at 4.2 days, and the days to shortlist falling week by week from 21 to 5. Sources, drop-off, question quality, reading accuracy and four recommendations are a tab away.
Governance

Quoted sources, verified scores and two people on every selection

Every field and score shows its sourceEach field read from a resume shows the line it came from, and each proposed score shows the passages or the transcript quote behind it.
People decide every stage moveAgents propose and recruiters decide: close calls, exclusions with a named rule, and every move between stages, with the applicant told.
Every score verified, every change explainedAn assessor verifies every AI-proposed score. A change needs a reason, and a gap of 2 or more points brings a second marker.
Two people for every selectionThe hiring manager proposes with a reason; the head of talent approves; the proposer can never approve the same selection.
Fairness checked each weekSelection-rate ratios for each requisition, stage and group, with a significance test, from voluntary self-identification that no decision maker sees.
A record an auditor can exportWho did what, when, why and on what evidence, append-only with a tamper check, exported as a pack for internal audit or the yearly bias audit.
Configuration

Clocks, thresholds and roles a recruiting team sets for itself

An administrator sets these in the settings, as new versions; nothing is coded per customer.

SettingDefaultChoose from
Close-call decision clock2 working daysAny number of working days; escalates to the recruiting lead
Scoring clock3 working daysAny number of working days
AI confidence to flag0.700.50–0.95; below it a criterion is marked for judgment
Second markerGap of 2 points1–3 points
Sample check of exclusions10%5–50% a week
Stage weights40% written · 30% video · 30% panelSet per requisition
Applications not hiredKept 12 months after closePer retention schedule; talent pool by opt-in
Connections

Applicant tracking, the HR system of record and the calendars panels live in

Applicant tracking systemrequisitions in; decisions and reasons written back
HR system of recordpre-hire records and open positions, by API or SFTP flat file
Calendarspanel availability and invitations
Video meetingslinks for live panel interviews
Emailapplicant messages and reminders
Careers site and job boardsapplications in; status and offers out
What it changes

Recruitment automation targets for shortlist time, verified scores and retyping

Each figure carries its label: a target the solution is built to, an estimate, a typical published result, or a proven one.

target
5days
to a shortlist, from 21
Today21 days
With agents5 days
target
100%
of AI-proposed scores verified by a person
Verified before use
a change needs a reason
target
0
fields typed twice from the offer to the HR system

“demo” = seen in the working solution, on its sample data · “target” = design goal, measured in the live solution · “typical” = published figure · “estimated” = our estimate · Sources: NEOGOV, public-sector time to hire · 29 CFR 1607.4(D) (four-fifths rule) · NYC Local Law 144 · Illinois AI Video Interview Act (820 ILCS 42) · Colorado AI Act (SB 24-205) · People named on this page are characters in the working solution.

Questions

Recruitment automation questions from talent acquisition and HR leaders

What is Recruitment Automation?

Recruitment Automation is an end-to-end recruitment solution: agents read every resume with its sources, apply each requisition's published eligibility rules, propose written and one-way video interview scores with their evidence, book panels and create the pre-hire in the HR system. Recruiters decide close calls, assessors verify every score, and a second person approves every selection.

How is it different from AI resume screening?

AI resume screening ranks one role's applicants against locked requirements. Recruitment Automation runs the whole campaign around it: published eligibility rules, written assessments, one-way video interviews, verified scores, panel booking, approvals and the hand-off to the HR system, with a fill forecast for every requisition.

Does the AI reject applicants?

No. The eligibility screener applies the rules you publish and names the rule on every exclusion; close matches, unrecognized grading systems, low-confidence fields and hidden text go to a recruiter. A recruiter re-checks a sample of exclusions each week and can overturn any with a reason.

How are video interviews scored?

From the transcript only, with the quote behind each score. There is no face, voice-tone, accent or background analysis; applicants are told before recording and can ask for written questions or a live interview instead. An assessor verifies every score.

Can we use it for graduate programs and high-volume hiring?

Yes. The working solution runs six requisitions with 1,512 applicants, including a graduate program with 612, and reads the peak at a median of 11 seconds a resume. Bulk moves, blind review and booking panels from calendars are built in.

How do scores stay fair and explainable?

Every score shows its evidence and is verified by an assessor; changes need a reason and a wide gap brings a second marker. Selection rates are checked each week for every requisition and stage, and model or prompt changes need the Responsible AI lead's approval with a regression attached.

Which systems does it connect to?

Your applicant tracking system, the HR system of record (by API or SFTP flat file), calendars, video meetings, email, the careers site and job boards. Open requisitions and their applicants can be imported from a flat file at go-live.

How quickly can we go live?

The Agentic Solution Engine builds and deploys it from your requirements, rules and documents, and it goes live once every quality gate has passed, usually starting with one campaign.

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on a campaign you have already closed.

We'll run Recruitment Automation on one of your own closed requisitions, with its applications, tests and video interviews, and show where the time went.