AI Hit HR Like a Tidal Wave: Daniel Friker on What’s Broken, What Works, and How Candidates Can Adapt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5trCLRUPydw Guest: Daniel Paul Friker — global leader in HR, staffing, recruiting (25+ years)Show: Interchain.me - Decentralizing AI Listen to the Podcast In two years, AI went from “What is it?” to writing emails, scoring candidates, and quietly deciding who gets an interview. Veteran talent leader Daniel Friker argues the tech isn’t the problem—process is. HR teams adopted AI features without redesigning how they hire; candidates haven’t adapted their playbooks either. The result: more noise, longer cycles, and missed matches. Below, the signal. From Data Science to AI: What Changed (and Didn’t) Then (v1.0–2.0): Job boards (Monster, Dice, CareerBuilder). Early workforce analytics were backwards-looking—find patterns, forecast shifts (e.g., hospital staffing models). Now: ATS/CRM platforms (Workday, Bullhorn, Salesforce, HubSpot) ship AI everywhere—resume parsing, ranking, outreach, screening, scheduling. Gap: Many orgs plugged AI into old hiring flows. Instead of fewer interviews and […]