5 Ways AI is Shaping Your HR Team

Ai isn’t just a buzzword anymore, it’s actively changing how we work. In regards to HR, we’re seeing AI help HR leadership teams make smarter hiring decisions, use data to better employee engagement, and solve real world work problems. Here’s the top 5 ways you’re going to see AI shape your HR team in the near future – including the pros and cons of each one.

1. AI in HR: Work smarter, recruit faster

If you’re responsible for recruitment, you know how time-consuming it can be. The use of AI in HR is helping businesses automate some of the parts of recruitment that take the most time: CV screening, candidate matching, interview scheduling. It’s bringing down admin time across the board.

LinkedIn’s AI-powered hiring assistant, for example, is already being used by big names like Siemens to streamline their recruitment workflows and cut down on admin time.

The pros of using AI in your HR processes are pretty clear – it can greatly improve your speed and efficiency. Your candidates will likely experience a smoother recruitment process. But on the downside, one thing we’re seeing as a result of this is an over reliance on automation. It might streamline your early stages, but you still need to manage the process. 

2. Transform your onboarding and increase your employee engagement

Your candidate’s accepted the offer. Where can AI add support here? Platforms powered by artificial intelligence are personalising onboarding journeys, offering tailored learning and automating check-ins to boost early engagement when a new starter joins a business.

There are tons of ways to utilise AI tools for this kind of thing. You can use AI systems to recognise achievements and trigger automatic rewards or alerts to celebrate success. AI can recommend specific courses that align with an employee’s role, or their aspirations. This kind of personalised use of AI not only boosts engagement, but can improve retention too.

3. Upgrade your performance management with data-driven insights

Those big, time consuming, long winded annual reviews? AI is helping HR teams manage performance in real-time. There are AI systems which track and analyse KPIs as your team are working, and this makes feedback faster, fairer and consistent. This is all part of the shift towards using AI-enhanced support to work smarter, not harder.

These systems feel like they’re changing the game, and when used correctly, they are. But the pitfalls can come when people implement AI systems within HR teams and then don’t test an audit them. Bias in AI is a hot button issue, and is famously an industry that is lacking in diversity. We really have to take care that these tools we’re using aren’t skewing our views. 

4. AI could help you improve employee mental health and wellbeing

Mental health and employee wellbeing are top of the list for a lot of HR leaders, and AI is starting to play a role in supporting it. According to a recent report, 42% of UK companies are exploring AI to help manage burnout, workload stress, and emotional wellbeing at work.

Even with concerns about privacy, and the lack of a human touch, 57% of HR leaders believe AI will have a positive impact on workplace wellbeing, giving teams better data to spot red flags early and act fast. Keep the personal approach front and center, and use HR to bolster the support available from your HR team, not replace it.

5. You’re going to see new laws and guidelines around AI use in HR

As AI becomes a bigger part of HR recruitment automation trends, there’s pressure to get it right, ethically and legally. The UK government has issued clear guidance on deploying AI responsibly in HR, especially when it comes to hiring and people management.

This includes practical frameworks for monitoring AI tools, reducing bias, and staying compliant with UK employment law. So swot up, because whether you want it to or not, AI is changing the landscape of the UK HR sector.  

From AI in HR hiring to smarter engagement and wellbeing tools, artificial intelligence in HR is reshaping how teams work. And while the tech keeps evolving, the goal is simple: make HR more human by taking the admin off your plate, giving you time to focus on what matters most – the people.