AI Handles The Tasks Humans Handle The Trust: AI in Sourcing and Recruitment

Vanessa Raath, talent sourcing trainer, AI literacy coach, and one of the most active global voices in recruitment, joined Timur Novopashin and Ksenia Izotova for a conversation on AI in recruitment, sourcing, recruiter skills, and personal branding. Together, they discussed where AI can genuinely support recruiters, why sourcing is not disappearing, how tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot can be used in TA workflows, and why human trust still matters in recruitment. The conversation also covered AI screening, candidate experience, the EU AI Act, personal brand building, AI visibility, and practical advice for early-career TA and HR professionals. This episode is a collaboration between the International HR Club - a peer-to-peer talent community for HR, Talent, and People professionals sharing real world insights on working across countries and international team, and UnifyHub - a boutique corporate language school that helps global teams communicate better in English and beyond. 00:00 — Intro: Vanessa’s background and career journey 01:25 — Vanessa’s work as an AI strategist for recruiters 02:35 — AI in sourcing and recruitment: tasks vs trust 04:10 — Where AI should support recruiters 06:20 — Using AI for CV formatting and admin tasks 08:25 — Claude Skills, ChatGPT Projects and dedicated AI tools 09:25 — When to use an LLM vs a separate recruitment tool 11:20 — Is sourcing dying because of AI? 12:00 — How AI changed talent sourcing since 2023 13:00 — Why sourcing skills still matter 14:10 — Vanessa’s first AI training for recruiters 15:30 - ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and choosing the right AI tool 17:30 - Candidate perspective on AI in recruitment 18:10 - AI interviews and candidate experience 20:45 - AI screening of CVs: risks and limitations 23:20 - Testing AI screening tools against human recruiters 24:00 - Headhunting passive candidates without CVs 25:00 — EU AI Act, compliance and human oversight 28:00 — Building a personal brand in recruitment 29:00 — LinkedIn visibility and becoming a subject matter enthusiast 31:00 — AI visibility, GEO and AEO 32:30 — LinkedIn, newsletters and repurposing content 35:10 — Advice for early-career TA and HR professionals 36:00 — How to start learning AI for recruitment 37:30 — Vanessa’s AI tools and recruiter assessment 38:00 — Closing remarks Connect with Vanessa: ◼ LinkedIn   / vanessaraath   ABOUT UNIFYHUB: Our podcast partner is UnifyHub, a boutique corporate language school that helps international teams communicate better in English and other languages. ◼️ Website: https://unifyhub.eu ◼️ Connect with the UnifyHub Founder on LinkedIn:   / ksenia-izotova-01616b52   ◼️ Join our English for HR community: https://unifyhub.eu/hr-community The International HR Club: ◼Follow International HR Club on LinkedIn:   / international-hr-club   ◼ Join our Slack HR community here: https://tally.so/r/VLbbjl