Quarterly Best Practice Series - Unlocking Agentic Recruiting Excellence

From Automation to Agentic: Redesigning Talent Acquisition for the AI-First Era

Artificial Intelligence is no longer a pilot project in talent acquisition — it is redefining how recruiting organizations are structured, measured, and scaled.
Yet most companies are making the same mistake: layering AI onto legacy workflows instead of redesigning their operating model around it.

In this leadership-only session, Michael Watson, Director of Customer Agentic Enablement at Eightfold AI, will walk through a practical framework for transforming AI Interviewer from a feature into a strategic lever.

This is not a product demo.

This is a forward-looking conversation for TA and HR leaders who are asking:

• Why are humans still doing first rounds?
   
• What is the true cost of recruiter screening time?
   
• How do we build trust in AI-driven evaluation?
   
• What does a 30–50% recruiter capacity lift actually require?
   
• If we were starting from zero, how would we design our recruiting organization today?

Drawing from real enterprise implementations, this session will explore:

• The operating model shift from “screeners” to “Talent Strategists”

• The governance and calibration discipline required for AI trust

• A three-phase rollout framework (Foundation → Engagement → Intelligence)

• Executive-level adoption, productivity, and ROI metrics

• Common pitfalls that stall transformation

• How to move from automation to agentic recruiting

As AI becomes embedded in the enterprise, HR is no longer supporting transformation from the sidelines — it is architecting it.
This session is designed specifically for:

• Heads of Talent Acquisition
   
• CHROs and HR Executives
   
• Talent Transformation Leaders
   
• Workforce Strategy & Digital HR Leaders

If you are evaluating AI Interviewing, running pilots that haven’t scaled, or rethinking recruiter capacity in the age of AI — this conversation will provide the strategic clarity needed to move forward with confidence.

The future of recruiting will not be optimized. It will be redesigned.