Since years, recruiters and talent acquisition experts have had to depend on archaic methods and "Boolean search" techniques when hunting for the best talents. This meant that recruitment professionals wasted endless hours on verifying the data and following up with potential candidates, who might not make the perfect fit for their organisations. Nevertheless, a breed of new-age and advanced technologies is changing the game of recruitment for HR and talent acquisition professionals. There has been a downpour of cutting-edge tech trends in human resources such as Big Data, Deep Learning and Data Analytics, but one particular tech trend that is gaining a decent traction in the HR space is the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for recruitment and people management. Does it mean death of the recruiter or the human touch from recruitment?

We're a nation glued to our smartphones, according to a 2015 Ofcom report. Sixteen- to 24-year-olds are the biggest user group – 90% of them own one and look at it 387 times each day on average. It's clear that if recruiters are searching for a young, captive audience from which to source talent, they should be thinking mobile. Software companies are seeing growing demand from employers looking for gamified recruitment apps. Whether companies are seeking greater diversity or bubbly shop assistants, there's much in this new breed of digital tools to attract businesses.