When asked about immediate opportunities for leveraging AI to improve recruiting processes, Mike quickly highlighted prompt engineering as an essential skill for innovative recruiters. Prompt engineering involves crafting precise inputs for AI systems to generate optimal results. To implement this effectively, recruiters need to develop custom tools with embedded instructions (e.g., setting the tone for generated emails). Essentially, this would involve creating an Auto-GPT on top of a generic large language model (LLM), automating nearly all recruiting tasks and significantly saving time. This allows recruiters to focus on preparing candidates for interviews and onboarding, conducting labor market research, and acting as consultative partners to hiring managers.
“Prompt engineering is the new Boolean, and learning to build your own AI tools is essential,” said Mike. “By tactically helping yourself today, you are strategically preparing for tomorrow.”