Why Your Talent Acquisition Career Path Is a Dead End (And What AI Is Making Worse)

Is your talent acquisition career path actually leading somewhere — or just keeping you busy until the next layoff? In this episode of GoHire Talks, host Jonathan Duarte sits down with Keirsten Greggs — 26-year TA veteran and founder of Trap Recruiter — for a conversation that pulls no punches about what's really happening in recruiting right now. Keirsten breaks down why there's no real career ladder in talent acquisition, why TA keeps getting handed every shiny new trend with no real authority to match, and what it actually takes to build a recruiting career worth having. Then they get into AI — and Keirsten isn't having it. Not because she's anti-technology, but because AI bias in hiring is already real, already embedded in the tools companies are using today, and already filtering out qualified candidates based on voice patterns, zip codes, and video backgrounds that have nothing to do with job performance. They also cover why ChatGPT has made resumes look better without making candidates better, how to pick AI recruiting tools that actually fit your company, and what hiring managers really want from an intake call (hint: it's not a data dump). If you work in talent acquisition — or lead anyone who does — this conversation will challenge how you think about your tools, your team, and your talent acquisition career path. ⏱ CHAPTERS 00:00 — Introduction: Keirsten Greggs & Trap Recruiter 01:00 — How Keirsten got into recruiting by accident 02:45 — TA vs. HR: Why they're not the same function 05:10 — The missing talent acquisition career path 07:55 — Why every recruiter should be a coordinator 11:07 — Onboarding: where retention starts or fails 13:30 — ChatGPT resumes and the illusion of candidate quality 16:20 — AI tools, implementation, and what recruiters actually want 23:30 — AI bias in hiring: voice tools, video scoring, and who gets filtered out 27:25 — The right role for AI in candidate screening 28:38 — Keirsten's closing line: 'I'm not against AI. I'm against using it to make human decisions.' 🔔 Subscribe to GoHire Talks for weekly conversations with talent acquisition leaders, HR executives, and recruiting innovators who are rethinking how hiring actually works. 🔗 Read the full blog post + transcript: https://gohire.com/talent-acquisition... 📌 Connect with Keirsten Greggs:   / traprecruiter   📌 Follow GoHire on LinkedIn:   / gohire   Other recent HR leaders interviews and transcripts; Talent Acquisition Leadership and Strategic Career Moves with Rhonda Merchant https://gohire.com/talent-acquisition... Strategic HR Leadership That Drives Profit with Robin Griffin https://gohire.com/strategic-hr-leade... HR Leadership Built Through Operations, Not Theory with October Davis Ambrose https://gohire.com/hr-leadership-buil... AI in HR: Streamlining Hire-to-Retire Without Losing the Human Touch with Andrew Loomis https://gohire.com/streamlining-hire-... HR Tech Integrations - A Strategic Imperative with Jim Griffin https://gohire.com/hr-tech-integratio...