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What to Automate on a Recruiting Desk (and What Not To)

Automate the repeatable. Guard the relationship. Get that line wrong and you automate away the business.

On a recruiting desk, automate the repeatable, non-relationship work, sourcing, list-building, first-pass outreach, sequencing, follow-up reminders, scheduling, and logging, and never automate the relationship itself. The judgment calls, the trust-building, the difficult conversations, and the close stay human. The right line is simple: if a task is repeatable and does not require your judgment or your relationship, it belongs to the machine. If it does, it belongs to you.

Who this is for

Recruiters adopting AIBoutique ownersSolo desks

Why recruiters run with AISS

Where to draw the automation line

What to take away

Frequently asked questions

What should never be automated on a recruiting desk?

The relationship and the judgment: reading fit and motivation, the hard conversations, and the close. Automate the grind around those, never those themselves.

How do I know where the line is?

Ask whether the task needs your judgment or your relationship. If not, and it repeats, automate it. If it does, keep it, and use the freed time to do it better.

Who built this

Lee Fossey, Founder of AISS
Lee Fossey
Founder, AISS · 30 years in executive search

Lee Fossey has spent nearly thirty years in executive search and talent acquisition, running business development, building desks, and billing at the top of the market. AISS is the system he built to run his own desk: the BD, sourcing, sequencing, and follow-up handled by an engine in his own voice, so his hours go to the conversations that actually close. He would rather show you the desk working than sell you on it.

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