The Josh Bersin Company Hari Srinivasan Explains The AI-Powered LinkedIn Hiring Assistant
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Nov 1, 2025 Hari Srinivasan, Vice President of Product at LinkedIn, shares his expertise in AI-powered hiring tools. He discusses the innovative LinkedIn Hiring Assistant, designed to improve the recruiting process by enhancing sourcing, messaging, and screening. Hari highlights measurable productivity gains, such as reduced time spent reviewing profiles and increased outreach response rates. He also explores the importance of skills-based hiring, internal mobility support, and the merging of various recruitment functions into one AI platform. His insights emphasize that recruiters' human touch remains irreplaceable.
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Include Internal Mobility In Searches
- Include internal mobility in your search filters to surface employees who opted into internal hiring.
- Use the same intelligence for both internal and external candidates to save time and retain talent.
Use Transparent Digital Screeners Early
- Add transparent digital screeners after initial outreach to remove obvious mismatches quickly.
- Offer mock-interview prep to help candidates prepare and to improve signal quality before in-person interviews.
Customers See Rapid Sourcing Gains
- Large customers like Siemens can source multiple candidates in 10–15 minutes with Hiring Assistant.
- Staffing firms reported revenue increases tied directly to the tool's productivity gains.