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World Congress 2026 Europe • Jul 9, 2026 • Session details

You Can't Automate Trust — The Future of Recruiting is Still Human

Mahmoud Aly

AI is accelerating hiring, but destroying candidate trust in the process. Discover why the ultimate competitive advantage in talent acquisition relies on human empathy, not algorithms.

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#1 about 3 min

The impact of over-automation on candidate trust

Rising AI adoption in hiring correlates with a significant decrease in candidate trust and increased hiring costs.

#2 about 3 min

The three levels of trust in the recruitment process

Recruiters serve as an irreplaceable bridge of trust between vulnerable candidates and risk-averse hiring managers.

#3 about 4 min

Elevating candidate experience through genuine relationship building

Companies increasingly value soft skills and human connection to provide constructive feedback over automated rejection templates.

#4 about 2 min

Leveraging automation to focus on strategic business alignment

Time saved by AI tools allows recruiters to understand total rewards, human resources operations, and business goals.

#5 about 5 min

Core pillars of talent acquisition business partnering

Successful recruitment requires business acumen, effective stakeholder influence, market intelligence, and data storytelling capabilities.

#6 about 5 min

Differentiating humans from AI through pattern breaking

While artificial intelligence excels at pattern recognition, human recruiters provide value by breaking patterns and looking beyond resumes.

Matching moments

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Evolving recruiting from talent acquisition to talent architecture

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Evolving talent acquisition into strategic institutional talent architecture

Rudi Bauer Rudi Bauer +1 · Cappuccino with HR

2:13 min

Defining the boundaries of human-centric recruiting activities

Barbara Kryslak Barbara Kryslak · World Congress 2026 Europe

1:22 min

Preparing human resources teams for generative and agentic AI

Rudi Bauer Rudi Bauer +1 · Cappuccino with HR

47 sec

Mastering fundamental recruiting processes before automation

Rudi Bauer Rudi Bauer +1 · Cappuccino with HR

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