Mar 4 2024
Conversational AI: The Future of Recruitment and Hiring with Jonathan Mirecki from Searchless
In a world where AI is reshaping industries, how is one company changing the game in recruitment? In this episode of Pitch Please, we're joined by Jonathan Mirecki, co-founder of Searchless, a platform revolutionizing the hiring landscape through conversational AI.Jonathan takes us through his entrepreneurial journey, from early ventures to the inception of Searchless alongside his brother Eli, a seasoned software engineer. He discusses the inefficiencies in traditional hiring processes and how Searchless aims to streamline recruitment by eliminating reliance on resumes and cover letters, which are increasingly generated by AI tools like ChatGPT. Instead, Searchless focuses on conversational AI to assess candidates' skills and match them with suitable roles, ensuring a more efficient and bias-free hiring process.This episode delves into the challenges of modern recruitment, the impact of AI on job applications, and how Searchless provides a unique solution by focusing on meaningful conversations rather than paper credentials. It's a must-listen for anyone interested in the future of work, AI's role in recruitment, and the story behind a startup aiming to simplify hiring for companies and candidates alike.About Jonathan Mirecki | Jonathan Mirecki | LinkedInFrom a young age, Jonathan has been fascinated by business. He read his first business book at the age of 11, started a lawn care business at age 12, and began working as an accountant for his brother's company as a teen. While in university, he ran his own consulting firm, and then rejoined his brother's company as head of sales and business development. During that time, he built teams across the company, forged partnerships with brands like Ford of Canada, and acted as product manager for two successful products. He fell in love with the process of forming teams, building products, and growing a company. He also learned, after having hired dozens of people, that the recruitment process can be frustrating. A huge amount of time is wasted sorting through resumes and screening candidates, rather than conducting in-depth interviews with the best candidates. Jonathan knew that this would only get worse, given the advent of ChatGPT and the vast number of candidates who would now be using it to write their resumes and cover letters. It then hit him: resumes, job postings, and screening need to be replaced by a more efficient process. A process that cuts through the clutter. That's when he decided to launch Searchless, a recruitment platform that matches job seekers with employers, through conversational AI. His brother Eli, a software engineer who worked at Dropbox and Amazon, is joining him on the mission to automate candidate sourcing and screening, and the job search as a whole.About Searchless | Searchless: Overview | LinkedInSearchless is an AI-based recruitment platform. We connect job seekers with employers, by talking to both parties through conversational AI, and then matching them. For job seekers, this means no more mass applying to jobs. For recruiters and hiring managers, this means being able to stop wasting time sorting through resumes and screening, and completely focus on the highest value activity in recruitment: interviewing top candidates.Want to Connect?Email: jon@searchless.caLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonmirecki/Website: searchless.caWant to Learn More?Our paid pilot is now live, starting with software developer roles. If you are hiring software developers, let's have a chat & do a live demo!
