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he recruitment landscape has changed significantly in recent years, most notably due to the prevalence of technology in the industry. Matt McGilton, Managing Director of Kaizen Recruitment, has been in the recruitment industry for 14 years, specialising in Financial Services. Kaizen has adapted business models and processes over time to take advantage of the efficiencies that technology can bring. Matt explains how recruiters, employers and candidates can best use technology to enable the recruitment
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and job search process, as well as navigate the challenging environment. For recruiters, technology plays a huge role in streamlining processes. Artificial intelligence can be used in the search and screening processes to find potential matches and analyse data. Of course, the success of this is dependent on the quality of the data being interrogated. Technology also supports outsourcing of basic tasks overseas, allowing a truly global team, and a more efficient workflow. But it doesn’t replace the
