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# AI in Recruiting: What Works, What Fails - Real Lessons from Office & Volume Hiring


- **Date:** Thursday, Jul 9, 2026
- **Time:** 12:50–13:20 (30 min)
- **Room:** Airstream 2
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 Europe

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100060-ai-in-recruiting-what-works-what-fails-real-lessons-from-office-volume-hiring)

## Description

AI has huge potential in recruiting - but implementations vary widely. This talk breaks down what worked, what didn’t, and why, across both office (professional) and volume (high-velocity) hiring environments.
In this practical session, you’ll hear real, data-backed lessons from multiple AI introductions we led at Redcare Pharmacy and evaluated in both office hiring and volume recruiting.

I’ll cover:
- Successful patterns - where AI improved work of the recruiters / candidate experience.
- Unsuccessful rollouts - where tools underperformed and what were the reasons.
- Human + machine workflows - what roles remain human-centric, and where AI delivers the most leverage.
- Ethics and bias safeguards - real examples of how bias surfaced, and practical guardrails to address it.
- Metrics that matter -  what to measure when you deploy AI so you know you’re improving, not guessing.

## Speaker

### [Barbara Kryslak](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@barbara-kryslak)

Associate Director, Recruiting and Employer Branding at Redcare Pharmacy


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