Harnessing the power of automation and AI to speed up talent acquisition, a smart hiring solutions company Employ Inc. together with VONQ, a recruitment automation platform, has introduced automated, early-stage candidate screening tools integrated with JazzHR and Lever Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) of the companies. This combined offering uses VONQ’s conversational AI screening assistant to engage the candidates instantly after they submit the application through chat and voice and, at the same time, assess their relevant skills in the job rather than rely solely on resume keywords, which are static. Normally, these types of decisions take up to 3 weeks, but this new system is able to shorten it to 2 hours. It not only increases the hiring speed by 2.5 times but also brings talent acquisition teams with an understandable candidate profile so second thoughts, if any, can be made by human members of the hiring team only.
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To address growing compliance demands, the platform features built-in AI governance, with VONQ’s screening agent independently audited by Warden AI for bias mitigation and Employ’s infrastructure backed by IBM watsonx. Grounding the operational value of this automated framework, Dara Brenner, Chief Product Officer at Employ, stated: “By embedding VONQ’s AI screening agent directly into our hiring workflows, we’re helping customers identify the most relevant candidates earlier, reduce manual screening efforts, and make faster and fairer hiring decisions at every stage.” Emphasizing the transition toward capability-focused vetting, Ritu Mohanka, CEO of VONQ, concluded: “Job titles and CVs tell you what someone has done. They don’t tell you what someone can do. Real skills-based hiring requires assessment at the point of application, before a recruiter ever opens a profile. That’s what this partnership delivers: a shortlist built on demonstrated capability, not claimed experience, so hiring teams are focused on who to move forward.”
