Recruiter Startup - Recruitment Podcast - Hosted by Dualta Doherty

In this episode, we chat with Dougie from Sourcewhale about the evolution of recruitment tools, the shift toward AI-native systems, and how intelligent agents are transforming recruiters' daily workflows. Discover the challenges of building modern CRMs and the irreplaceable role of humans in the era of automation.

This week on The RecTech Series, our host Dualta Doherty sits down with Steven Lu, Co-Founder & CEO of Pin, to explore how AI is reshaping recruitment and what it means for agency owners.Steven has spent over a decade building technology businesses, including co-founding Interseller, a recruitment platform that helped place over 40,000 candidates before being acquired by Greenhouse in 2021.Now he's building Pin, an AI-powered recruiting platform helping businesses find and engage talent faster.We'll explore why he's betting on AI, and where he sees the biggest opportunities in recruitment technology, and tackle some of the biggest questions facing agency founders today.If you're running a recruitment business, this is a conversation worth joining.

How is AI transforming the recruitment industry, and what does the future of recruiting look like?In this episode, Josh from CoreCruit joins the conversation to explore how recruitment technology has evolved from simple call recording and note-taking into AI-powered systems that can automate entire workflows.We discuss how CoreCruit helps recruitment teams capture valuable insights from client conversations, improve candidate sourcing, and streamline the journey from an initial intake call to successful placement. Josh also shares his vision for AI agents, scaling businesses without constantly increasing headcount, and turning real customer conversations into meaningful content that drives business growth.#Recruitment #ArtificialIntelligence #RecruitmentTech #Automation #AI

Stuart Mitchell, founder of Hampton North, calls himself the most abrasive recruitment founder in the room. He’s also built a fully remote, high-commission business with almost no turnover.Stuart talks about why he spends heavily on great people and pays them enough to stay, why mediocrity drags top performers down, and why the right kind of failure should be celebrated. He also shares what he’d do differently: document the processes, and stop to celebrate the wins. Expect strong opinions and a few laughs.In this episode:Hiring the best and paying them enough not to leaveWhy a 25-person firm doing $15–20M can workBacking a recruiter through a rough startNormalizing $100K months and building real wealth for your teamLessons on documentation, scale and enjoying the rideRecorded live in New York, with thanks to Agile Partnering, Woov and Spot.

Adam Posner, founder of NHP Talent Group and host of The Posscast, shares his path from marketing and media to recruitment, and how he kept his business growing through Stage 3A Hodgkin’s lymphoma by leaning hard into automation.Adam explains what he automates, what he refuses to, and why AI should be a tool and not a crutch. We also cover meeting candidates where they are, why analog is back, and why the recruiters who thrive in five years will be the ones who master AI while protecting the art of the relationship.In this episode:Getting fired and finding a new career in recruitmentRunning a business through chemo: what to automate and what to keep humanScheduling: automate it or use it as a touchpoint?Turning 20,000 LinkedIn contacts into meaningful outreachWhy the future isn’t human vs. AI