{"id":85155,"date":"2026-09-30T16:32:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T20:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isarta.com\/news\/?p=85155"},"modified":"2026-11-05T05:57:42","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T10:57:42","slug":"trumontreal-2026-ai-at-the-heart-of-recruiters-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isarta.com\/news\/trumontreal-2026-ai-at-the-heart-of-recruiters-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"AI at the Heart of Recruiters\u2019 Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 14th edition of TruMontr\u00e9al, the recruitment \u201cnon-conference\u201d was held this Tuesday, October 20, in Montreal. It was a chance to take the pulse of recruiters on hot topics such as neurodiversity and the economic slowdown, but also, and above all, the impact of AI on recruitment. A look back at the event, kept going through the sheer determination of Sandrine Th\u00e9ard, founder of the recruitment school Les Sources Humaines.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the small conference room, with a partly obstructed view of Mount Royal, it was a great opportunity, coffee and muffin in hand, to ask recruiters what they had come looking for at this event. The answer was always the same: they wanted to talk about, and hear about, artificial intelligence! Notably the impact of AI on the profession, understanding the risks and, ultimately, knowing what to do with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t feel like I\u2019m saving time, just that my brain works differently,\u201d explained one participant during the discussion \u201cFrom Recruiter to Talent Architect: AI Sources, Screens, Books the Meetings\u2026 Where Do I Fit In?\u201d \u201cI have to challenge candidates a lot more, because they\u2019re using AI too. We have to go back to in-person interviews, which is a logistical thing to manage.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Growing vigilance against fraud<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

AI is indeed affecting the entire recruitment chain, including candidates. Many recruiters pointed out that several of the r\u00e9sum\u00e9s they receive do not match the candidate\u2019s real skills. This leads to situations that are sometimes comical or absurd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take the talent acquisition lead who received an application from a certain \u201cJean-Fran\u00e7ois Gatti\u201d who had studied at Polytechnique. On a video call, the recruiter was confronted with a candidate of Asian origin, speaking English with a strong Asian accent. When she asked to switch to French, the candidate disconnected\u2026 and vanished without a trace!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sourcinc founder S\u00e9bastien Savard, for his part, was asked by his American clients how his firm ensures that \u201csourced\u201d applicants are real people and not avatars or fraudsters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cOne type of fraud we see a lot of in the United States is people applying for several remote jobs. They can hold four or five positions at the same time, which they run with artificial intelligence,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Mistrust has reached the point where some employers don\u2019t want to meet candidates whose r\u00e9sum\u00e9 looks \u201ctoo perfect,\u201d because it was made with AI, says one recruiter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWait a minute\u2026 can we talk to the candidate first? Can we see what they will tell us in an interview rather than relying only on the r\u00e9sum\u00e9?\u201d she wonders.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Portrait of a recruiter armed with AI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Of course, it\u2019s not only candidates who use AI. Recruiters do too. Sometimes they do so without even worrying about ethics or the laws in force, as reported by one recruiting director, who realized that members of her team were taking applications submitted in an ATS and dumping them into ChatGPT to get a quick evaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cCandidates did not consent to this use of their information,\u201d she protested.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Other recruiters didn\u2019t seem to see a problem with this practice, arguing that the \u201cshadow\u201d use of AI was understandable in such a fast, competitive market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sourcinc team, for its part, tested the Alex AI app, an agent that conducts interviews according to the approach the recruiter requests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe results are impressive,\u201d says S\u00e9bastien Savard. \u201cThe agent asks questions as relevant as a good recruiter, but perhaps not as relevant as an excellent recruiter. The problem is that candidates really don\u2019t like it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRecruiters continue to play an important role, but more in the evaluation of candidates\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is clear that the recruitment market is undergoing profound changes. In her welcome remarks, Sandrine Th\u00e9ard herself said she was thinking about her future. Partly as a joke, partly as provocation, she admits. But she nonetheless notes that a portion of the recruitment value chain is on its way to being siphoned off by AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe candidate search and profile identification part is increasingly being taken over by AI. Sourcing agencies are closing; there are a lot of questions on that side. Recruiters continue to play an important role, but more in the evaluation of candidates.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The founder of TruMontr\u00e9al tempers her remarks by recalling that 20 years ago, LinkedIn greatly disrupted the practice of recruitment. The end of the recruiter\u2019s profession was announced at the time, since everyone could now put themselves on LinkedIn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet none of that happened. In a professional world shaped by LinkedIn, recruiters have never been in such demand. What remains to be seen is what place recruiters can occupy, with an AI that boosts their performance at full speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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