GoKawiilAI-driven screening tools squeeze recruitment agency fee model, industry figures say
Recruitment professionals say AI is automating candidate sourcing and screening tasks that agencies traditionally charged for, with surveys showing significant time savings. Adecco reported six AI recruitment agents running in the UK and France, saving about 15% of time spent on recruitment processes in the UK, while a Bullhorn survey found 37% of UK and Ireland recruiters saw screening speed up by 26-50%.
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As AI handles more of the CV-matching and screening work, agency owner David Berwick suggests clients may increasingly question paying a percentage of salary for services businesses could automate themselves. Recruiter Matt Collingwood goes further, predicting that a large share of traditional recruitment roles could disappear, though this remains his personal forecast rather than confirmed industry data.
- AI tools are cutting time spent on candidate screening by double-digit percentages, per recent surveys.
- Adecco has deployed AI recruitment agents in the UK and France, supporting over 2.5 million candidate interactions.
- Industry figures warn traditional percentage-based agency fees may face pressure as AI automates sourcing tasks.
Source: cnbc.com — Lindsay Dodgson, 2026-11-08
Published there as: “AI is speeding up recruitment — and putting agency fees under pressure”
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