Today, work is a hot topic of analysis and a constant source of interest for individuals, representatives of companies, the business environment and the media. It is crucial for the business community to have constant access to up-to-date knowledge about the latest solutions in the HR industry, which can be useful for managers and executives of companies.

Thanks to the cooperation between Olivia Business Center and the HR Club, a cyclical event organized by Marcelina Godlewska from ABSL (Association of Business Service Leaders) and Richard Piskorz (BNP Paribas), we will have the opportunity to participate in a meeting in the Tri-City on the latest trends in the industry. It will take place on 21 September at Olivia Sky Club (registration required by contacting ABSL – http://absl.pl/pl/inicjatywy/kluby-absl/klub-hr/)

During the event, m.in will be presented. a report on applications in business, in the area of HR, the latest technologies: artificial intelligence. The guests of the HR Club will be m.in. creators of the Emlocity platform: Krzysztof Sobczak and Arkadiusz Talun.

Emplocity is an advanced solution that integrates the labour market at the level of the employee and the employer, significantly increasing the competitiveness of the above-mentioned companies. Segments. By introducing the reverse recruitment technique, it offers effective recruitment tools, creating an attractive alternative to outdated HR techniques and being an innovation in the area of costly headhunting processes.

If we look at the process of looking for a job from the employee’s point of view, we get a picture of a multitude of job offers, with the inability to take advantage of them at the place of residence or the inability to meet certain criteria (e.g. language). Looking from the employer’s point of view, we see a huge amount of data to be analyzed, which is necessary to effectively recruit an employee. This is often a task that effectively blocks HR departments and their effective support for business development. In order to be able to combine the real needs and capabilities of both companies and employees, solutions for the future are designed. These are already available in Poland, m.in. thanks to companies investing in business innovations.

We invite you to read the interview with Krzysztof Sobczak, President of Emplocity, who will be a guest of the cyclical event organized by ABSL – HR Club.

How to find the right employee and a new job faster and more efficiently, thanks to new technologies?

Monika Bogdanowicz (Communication Olivia Business Centre): New technologies are more and more boldly entering our everyday lives, as well as into areas where people have so far played a dominant role. The constantly growing demand for the process of effective search for employees – for companies and the often tedious search for a suitable place/position – by employees make recruitment more and more difficult. So we have higher and higher demands on both sides of this process. In addition, the latest technologies and Internet 4.0 are now also coming into play: artificial intelligence, automation or virtual reality. How and in what exactly can your Emplocity.pl project help companies and employees?

Krzysztof Sobczak (CEO of Emplocity): The main reason to use our solution is to save time. Most of us don’t have time to look for a job, especially when we already work somewhere. Reviewing, applying, and managing the process is often a full-time job. Our bot will do it for you. He will anonymously present his candidacy to hundreds of employers.

Only when they express interest in being invited to the recruitment process and – importantly – when your expectations regarding the offer are met; e.g. benefits, salary, form of cooperation, etc., then the bot will ask if you accept the invitation and want to provide your data. The entire burden related to communication and job search by the candidate is transferred to the bot, thus reversing the rules of the recruitment process.

On the other hand, when it comes to companies, our system handles the most difficult stages of recruitment and selection of candidates, helping them to make the right decisions, free from bias or cognitive biases. We analyze vast amounts of market information and data from a variety of sources, thanks to which we enable our clients to effectively carry out decision-making processes related to employment. We use the latest technological solutions to help employers automate the recruitment process, improve candidate satisfaction and increase recruiters’ productivity. Our services allow you to significantly shorten the time of recruiting employees, being an alternative to the traditional offer of recruitment agencies.

^{Fig. The creators of Emplocity, Arkadiusz Talun (from the left) and Krzysztof Sobczak; source: press release}

Change in the HR industry

MB: As a company, you want to revolutionize the entire process of searching for employees, mainly through the use of artificial intelligence. How did the idea for such a business project come about and what exactly was the impulse for its creation? What contributed to the subsequent stages of its development?

KS: The idea for this project stemmed from our previous negative experiences. We realized that the recruitment process is frustrating, inefficient, and time-consuming for both parties. A candidate wastes hours reading unrealistic job offers and participating in interviews with their authors. Searching through websites and offers is tedious and time-consuming, it reminds me of a nightmare. They all look the same, we don’t know what we’re going to do, how much, whether the application will reach the employer. We decided that this was a task that a machine could do better than a human.

MB.: Is the application dedicated only to the Polish market and only to the HR industry? Who else can benefit from its application and use?

KS: Currently, we are focusing on the Polish market, but of course we are considering a global variant over time, taking into account the scalability of this solution. It can be used by both medium and large companies with HR departments, but we also have an offer for smaller organizations that are also looking for employees, but do not have people dedicated to recruitment. Such a kind of external, sourced HR department is then an invaluable support for them.

MB.: Do you know the effects of the application for employees and to what scale of operation/reaching people do you set yourself in the coming months or year? How many companies and how many people will be using Emplocity in 3 years?

KS.: Within three years, we would like to become the third most important entity on the recruitment market, next to Pracuj.pl, LinkedIn and GoldenLine. That is our plan. Real support for robots and artificial intelligence in recruitment processes is needed.

^{Fig. Krzysztof Sobczak; source: press release}

MB: How do companies and HR specialists react to the possibilities of the solutions offered by your company? Is it possible to build trust in such methods of supporting their work? What obstacles do you face in convincing about the advantages of using the app?

KS: We are already receiving a lot of inquiries, both by e-mail and by phone, from employers. These are companies of different sizes and industries, more or less well-known brands, but they all have one thing in common – they all have problems in reaching the right candidates.

During meetings with them, we often hear that the solutions available on the market, such as recruitment portals or business social networking sites, do not fully pass the exam and an alternative is needed that will allow you to reach people who are not on the Pracuj.pl, GoldenLine or LinkedIn. There are about 10 million people of working age on Facebook, whom we are able to reach thanks to our Emplobot, which works in Messenger. So there is a huge potential for action here and most HR specialists are very enthusiastic about it. It is also worth mentioning that in the middle of the year, we asked 300 representatives of HR departments about their attitude to new technologies, including artificial intelligence in recruitment. As many as 72% of respondents believe that today it is necessary to implement new technologies at the stage of reaching candidates and obtaining their applications. Additionally, only 5% of recruiters believe that robots will take their jobs. This shows that the vast majority treat it as a real support in the most time-consuming activities of the recruitment process.

To sum up, companies come to us on their own and are happy to talk to us about cooperation opportunities.

MB.: I hope that thanks to your company we will be able to have a real impact on changes that will help people find great jobs and employers the best employees.

KS.: This is the idea that guides us every day of our work on the development of this project!

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^{Krzysztof Sobczak – CEO, co-founder of Emplocity. He is the co-founder of Emplocity and manages key aspects of the company’s operations with considerable persistence and faith in the company’s mission. A few years ago, he gave up his original career path to pursue a direction that really gives him satisfaction. After hours, he is a bit of a dreamer, traveller, runner, promoter of ambitious initiatives – he completed the most difficult ultrarun in the world, the Jungle Marathon (254 km) and collected 130 thousand euros. for a good cause.}

^{The Association of Business Service Leaders (ABSL) – a leading organization representing modern business services in Poland. It sets standards and directions for the development of the industry, which is currently the most dynamic branch of the Polish economy, providing employment to almost 250,000 people. people and recording an increase of 15-20% per year. ABSL brings together Shared Service Centers (SSC), Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Information Technology Outsourcing (ITO), Research & Development (R&D) centers and companies supporting the development of the sector. ABSL initiates numerous activities aimed at promoting Polish as an attractive country open to foreign investors.}

^{ABSL HR Club – the mission of the HR Club is to integrate the sector in terms of exchanging good HR practices, addressing legal barriers and stimulating the environment for activities that will help companies and the sector to develop, and Poland to become the first choice of location for BPO/SSC operations and a desirable place to work.}