Retailers need a lot of people? There is no need for robots.

According to foreign media, Venture Beat reported that for the upcoming holiday shopping season, Target needs to hire up to 77,500 seasonal workers. This task is not difficult, but the bot can help the company.

Analysts expect this year, the United States holiday shopping season sales will increase by 4%. In order to welcome the upsurge of shopping that will occur at that time, large and small retailers are recruiting heavily, especially seasonal workers.

For example, Target recently announced that it will recruit up to 77,500 seasonal workers. Macy's also claimed that it needed to add 83,000 seasonal workers. Given the large scale of recruitment, companies need to invest a great deal of time and money in human resources work. The relevant costs this year may be higher than ever before. This year, the United States has fewer unemployed people and retailers will need to be smarter in identifying and attracting applicants.

Satisfying the burden of getting help from seasonal workers may quickly make the recruiting department miserable. The job of identifying, processing, and training new employees for specific positions will undoubtedly be challenging, time-consuming, and costly.

This is where the robot program comes in handy. Retailers that want to gain a competitive advantage will use robotics programs to attract good employees while simplifying the seasonal workforce recruitment process. The following are three aspects of the robot program that will make it easier for seasonal workers to recruit.

Screening candidates

No one called to inquire about recruiting and no one offered a resume... This year, retailers’ recruitment of seasonal workers to fill job vacancies is more difficult and urgent than ever.

Many applicants can bring help, but many others are not qualified for the work that needs to be done. Savvy recruiting professionals have begun to explore the use of artificial intelligence technology to get rid of the original exhausted “pull mode” workflow (requires the team to personally browse the recruiting platform to identify candidates), and turn the relevant candidate information directly to the front The "push mode". Robots such as FirstJob's helper robot Mya are proving that they are very efficient in pre-screening and confirming the candidate's interest and usability. There is no need for hiring managers to read the data.