What is recruitment AI?
RecruitmentAI.org answers that question without jargon or a vendor pitch. Recruitment AI is software that performs a recruiting task that used to need a person's judgement: finding candidates and writing to them, reading and sorting applications, answering applicants, scheduling interviews, taking notes or predicting fit.
The handbook (9 chapters)
- What recruitment AI is (and is not)
- How it works: embeddings, ranking models, language models and agents, explained with recruiting examples
- The seven types: sourcing agents, talent search, screening and matching, conversational AI, interview intelligence, scheduling, writing assistants
- Use cases by team: startups, agencies, high-volume employers, enterprise, job seekers
- Benefits and limits, with how to measure them
- Bias, regulation and candidate rights: NYC Local Law 144, EU AI Act, GDPR Article 22, US EEOC guidance
- How to evaluate a product: twenty vendor questions and a four-week pilot
- Implementation sequence
- Where recruitment AI is going
Reference
A 14-vendor landscape grouped by what each product automates, a 32-term glossary and a FAQ. Independent; no vendor pays for coverage.









