hirehire podcast

Adopting modern tech with Cian Collins

Episode Summary

In this episode, Cian shares insights on adopting modern HR tech, navigating the AI optimism-doom spectrum, ethical AI considerations, and why AI-powered candidate screening is transforming recruitment.

Episode Notes

1:24 welcome Cian

2:26 Cian's personal journey

08:26 are there still companies that don't use modern tech?

10:50 why new tech is hard to adopt

18:59 people love systems they built however not perfect

22:18 the most exciting trend in HR now

26:30 where is Cian on the scale from AI optimist to a doomer

29:48 how GPT models evolved

33:02 hot take on DeepSeek

36:07 what is an ethical AI

38:34 AI making decisions that affect people?

41:08 at least AI gives you detailed feedback

43:33 a pitch for AI agent pre-screening candidates

46:34 preparing for change