AI in Recruitment: Practical Tools Transforming Hiring in 2025
We are excited to invite you to our AI in Action Webinar with Faye Walshe, Global Director of Innovation & AI at Robert Walters.
In this fast-paced info-session, we will discuss the increasing influence of AI in the talent acquisition landscape. We will delve into real-world applications of AI, providing you with practical tools to enhance your recruitment processes. We will also highlight how AI is being woven into a range of talent tech products, from well-known platforms like LinkedIn and Microsoft.
Watch our on-demand webinar through the registration form on the right.
Faye's Tokyo visit
Faye visited the Robert Walters Tokyo office during the week of July 9th, 2025, sharing her expertise with our internal staff as well as C-suite executives and senior leaders in Tokyo who are interested in the latest AI developments in the world of hiring.
Executive roundtable lunch
During her visit, Faye engaged an audience of C-suite executives at an exclusive roundtable lunch, diving deep into AI tools related to recruiting and their strategic implications for modern businesses.
Human vs. Machine: The Great Business Reshape
Faye also presented at our event in partnership with the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan, "Human vs. Machine: The Great Business Reshape," exploring AI's transformative impact on recruitment and HR alongside esteemed speakers including Nicola Vote (BCCJ Executive Committee member), Christopher Snow (Partner, Interim Professionals Practice Leader, EY), Harold Godsoe (Counsel, Kojima Law Offices) and Ilya Kulyatin (Co-founder and CEO, Foundry Labs).
Faye demonstrated how AI is dramatically transforming recruitment workflows at Robert Walters, where roughly 70% of recruiters actively use their private ChatGPT version for daily tasks. She highlighted practical applications including creating targeted interview questions with evaluation metrics, generating job advertisements, and producing outreach emails that achieve 40% higher response rates due to improved writing quality and precision targeting.
Despite AI improving both application volume and quality, Walshe noted that human connections remain crucial in final hiring decisions, particularly as the technology continues to evolve.
The discussion also expanded to the broader organizational implications of AI adoption. Christopher Snow from EY emphasized the need to understand existing processes "rule by rule" before implementing AI solutions, while Harold Godsoe from Kojima Law Offices stressed the critical importance of developing internal AI policies to manage legal and reputational risks, advising organizations to proactively address data privacy and transparency concerns rather than waiting for legislative guidance.
Ready to Transform Your Recruitment Process?
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Speakers
Faye Walshe
Director of Innovation - Robert Walters United Kingdom
Faye has worked for the Robert Walters Group since 2003, looking after marketing activity in APAC from Sydney, then transferring to London to oversee the growing network of Robert Walters EMEA offices.
Faye ensures our clients benefit from truly innovative recruitment outsourcing solutions. Her team monitors consumer trends which shape our recruitment and HR landscape, seeks out disruptive recruitment technology for trial, and challenges our existing processes and service offerings to ensure that our clients are always up to date with the latest thinking. Faye is passionate about keeping track of the fast pace of change in the consumer landscape and challenging our staff and clients to consider ‘what's next'.
Tom Lakin
Senior Innovation Manager - Robert Walters
Tom leads the Innovation team at Robert Walters, exploring the trends and technologies that are shaping the future of work and recruitment.
With 15 years’ experience within recruitment and HR technology, Tom advises major employers on all aspects of innovation in recruitment from fresh approaches in sourcing to meritocratic hiring and the benefits (and challenges) of Artificial Intelligence.
At Robert Walters, Tom has delivered pioneering innovation projects including AI sourcing, chatbot screening and behavioural insights studies to minimise bias in recruitment.
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