TL;DR

Indeed reports that AI-powered features are driving significant hiring improvements: employers using Smart Sourcing hire 40% faster, whilst early testing shows job seekers find exciting roles seven times faster with Career Scout. Over 80% of Indeed’s engineers now use AI coding tools.

AI Across the Hiring Process

Speaking with OpenAI, Indeed’s Chief Revenue Officer Maggie Hulce outlined how AI has become central to the platform’s operations. Indeed now has over 100 AI-powered features across job search and hiring, developed in partnership with OpenAI for more than a dozen products.

Recent launches include two AI agents: Career Scout, which acts as a personal career coach for job seekers, and Talent Scout for employers to automate time-consuming recruiting tasks. In the flagship Sponsored Jobs product, approximately 70% of applications now come from AI-powered recommendations.

“AI is core to our mission of helping people get jobs,” Hulce said. “For nearly 20 years, we’ve used AI to power billions of connections between job seekers and employers.”

Internal Adoption Driving Results

AI adoption within Indeed itself has accelerated. About two-thirds of employees report AI saves them up to two hours per week. Marketing teams use it for creative generation and testing, whilst sales and client success teams build custom agents for account planning and personalised outreach.

Notably, adoption has been driven partly from the bottom up. A junior engineer’s weekly videos showing AI usage “inspired more adoption than any top-down email ever could,” according to Hulce.

Looking Forward

Healthcare company BrightSpring Health Services reported filling 45% more hard-to-fill roles in four weeks whilst saving teams eight hours weekly using Talent Scout. Such results suggest AI’s impact on recruitment is moving from theoretical to measurable—though questions remain about how these efficiency gains affect the broader labour market.