AI in Hiring: Trust, Safety, and Why Compliance Freaks Out

What happens when you mix SmartRecruiters, a global AI pivot, and a comms pro who loves to “shake shit up”? You get Allyn Bailey dropping truth bombs on everything from why legacy ATS platforms should be left in a museum next to floppy disks, to how scheduling interviews is apparently the Mount Everest of HR tech problems.

Joel and Chad dig into:

Why “feature bloat” is killing platforms faster than a buffet kills willpower

The rise of AI agents that make every TA leader feel “special” (just like their mom told them)

How SmartRecruiters is “releasing the Kraken” on AI adoption—while trying not to terrify every compliance officer on Earth

Why Kenya and Eastern Europe are quietly kicking everyone else’s ass on AI innovation

And yes… the most celebrated use case for AI in recruiting is still… scheduling.

It’s part therapy session, part roast, part masterclass in how to burn down old TA processes without getting fired.

Strap in. Season 3 of The AI Sessions is here.