‘Adopt AI’ they shout. But ‘how’?

Every recruitment agency is being told to “adopt AI”.

By vendors. By conference speakers. By your LinkedIn feed, every single morning.

But almost nobody is being told how to do it well. And fewer still are being told what happens when you do it badly.

That gap is why I’m hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 17 November:

AI & Recruitment: What’s Actually Working, and What Could Burn You.

AI in recruitment is two conversations, not one

The first conversation happens on the desk. Can AI actually help a recruiter source faster, win more business and get out from under the admin?

The second happens in the owner’s office. What happens to your data, your candidates’ privacy and your reputation when the whole team starts using it?

Many agencies are having one of those conversations. Very few are having both. In my view, the agencies that get AI right will be the ones that do.

So I’ve invited two practitioners who come at it from opposite ends of the business.

What’s actually working?

John Bourke

John is the founder of Start Group and RecView. Start Group has been named NSW Rec2Rec Agency of the Year three times.

He’ll share the AI workflows he used to run his own desk: sourcing, business development, marketing, and the admin that eats your day.

Not theory. Not a product demo. What he actually did.

What could burn you:

Rob Towey

Rob is the co-founder of Role Relay and the founder of Alvo. He comes at AI from the other end.

His focus is what owners and leaders need to get right before AI is rolled out across a team: data and bias risk, candidate privacy, vendor scrutiny, and the governance basics every agency should have in place.

This is the part most people skip. It’s also the part that can hurt you.

Why both, in one conversation?

Because speed without judgement is a liability. And caution without action is just falling behind.

John and Rob won’t agree on everything. They shouldn’t. Expect real examples, honest disagreement and practical takeaways you can use the next morning.

The bottom line

AI won’t replace recruiters. Recruiters who use it well will outperform those who don’t.

But using it well means more than using it fast. It means using it safely, consistently and with your eyes open.

That’s what this hour is about.

Free. Tuesday 17 November, 1:00pm to 2:00pm AEDT.

Register here:

And if you want to go further, Recruitment Success with AI, the SRA course John and Rob present, is available now at thesra.co.