Mercury AI - Revolutionising the future of recruitment

Mercury is redefining recruitment with a staged AI journey designed to enhance productivity and streamline processes for recruiters, hiring managers, and candidates. Starting with AI Essentials, Mercury automates essential recruitment tasks like follow-ups, candidate searches, and job advert creation, allowing recruiters to manage multiple vacancies efficiently.

This foundation leads to the Advanced AI pack, introducing powerful tools such as:

• Network AI: This tool helps recruiters pinpoint highpotential business development opportunities by analysing existing relationships and market insights, giving recruiters an edge in client engagement.

• Match AI: This feature accelerates time-to-hire by identifying and engaging ideal candidates for specific roles, automating outreach and minimising time from job posting to CV submission, allowing recruiters to fill roles faster.

These tools work together to empower recruiters with datadriven insights, enabling faster, smarter hiring decisions and freeing them from timeconsuming, repetitive tasks.

The culmination of Mercury’s AI journey will be Mercury Copilot, being developed in collaboration with Microsoft Product Engineering teams.

Built on the Microsoft Power Platform and leveraging Azure OpenAI Services and Azure AI Search, Mercury Copilot is being designed to support recruiters in real-time, accessible through familiar channels like Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Teams.

Mercury Copilot will enable recruiters to interact through chat interfaces (with a goal of voice interaction), allowing them to request candidate shortlists, schedule follow-ups, or track client engagement directly within their existing tools.

This deep integration within recruiters’ daily workflows provides powerful, AI-driven insights that streamline processes, saving time and enhancing productivity.

Numerous Autonomous Agents are expected to be added to support Mercury Copilot.

In addition to supporting recruiters, the Mercury Copilot is anticipated to offer valuable features for hiring managers and candidates, driving efficiency across the entire recruitment ecosystem.

For example, candidates, too, will benefit from Mercury Copilot with real-time status updates, time-tracking support, and a more streamlined onboarding experience, making their entire journey from application to placement smooth and engaging.

Mercury’s AI-powered evolution from - AI Essentials to Advanced AI and the Mercury Copilot - is already transforming recruitment and will accelerate this digital transformation further in the next 12 months.

By automating workflows, enhancing insights, and creating a user-friendly experience, Mercury empowers recruiters, hiring managers, and candidates to focus on what matters most: connecting the right people with the right opportunities.

Through intelligent automation and intuitive interfaces, Mercury is setting a new standard for recruitment, making every stage faster, more efficient, and centred on building impactful relationships.