Everyone keeps saying AI is going to replace recruiters.

And I won’t lie… I’ve had a few 3am wake-ups recently thinking,
“cool, is this how it ends for us then?”

Sweaty. Spiralling. The lot.

But then I actually sat and thought about what we just did with Netflix.

That room didn’t happen because of automation.

It happened because of:

– conversations
– introductions
– referrals
– gut feel
– knowing who to bring together (and who not to)
– and a lot of very human follow-up, nudging, and relationship building

You don’t get that from a prompt haha. These folks need nurture and time and a friendly voice to chat to.

Look - I love AI. I use it all the time. Literally...

Design, structure, ops, fixing my terrible grammar… all of it.

We’ve even brought Madeleine Grist in to properly look at how we scale edenity with AI at the core.

It’s a tool. A very good one.

But will it replace me?

No.

Because this job, when it’s done properly, isn’t just about matching CVs to job specs.

It’s judgement.
Context.
Trust.
Energy.
Timing.

Reading between the lines when someone says “I’m not looking”… but actually is.

That doesn’t come from data alone.

It comes from years of being in it.

My lasting thoughts?

AI will replace average.

It’ll speed up the obvious.

It’ll probably expose a lot of lazy recruitment. And there is A LOT of that (sorry, not sorry)

But the people who actually build communities, create trust, and bring the right humans into the right rooms?

We’re fine.

Also… for full transparency…

I did ask AI to help me write this post about AI.

So make of that what you will 😉

Selina Harmsworth Madeleine Grist

#edenity