Amazon’s Alexa – your next Chief Talent Officer? Organization

Digital recruitment – think Monster and LinkedIn – is routine today. But what if a voice-powered AI assistant like Amazon's Alexa could find the best candidate for a critical role just by asking it? By leveraging the power of social networks and data and analytics, enterprising employers already are sourcing, screening and retaining talent more efficiently and effectively, so this scenario is not that far away. Networked talent sourcing: Savvy sourcing recruiters find the right talent faster by leveraging social networks, web 2.0, newsgroups, blogs and online data sources to scan "passive" talent pools. Oracle's subsidiary Opower employs such talent analytics to hire about 200 employees annually.