​Recruiters Ring presents

​How Hiring Must Evolve in the AI Era

​A live conversation with Emilie Blauwhoff, C-Suite Founder

​How AI is changing candidate behavior, why CVs are becoming less reliable, and what smarter hiring looks like going forward.

​About this conversation

​Hiring is changing faster than most teams can adapt.

​Candidates now use AI to discover opportunities, optimize applications, and tailor CVs at scale. Recruiters are beginning to use AI across sourcing, screening, and shortlisting. As both sides become increasingly AI-enabled, an important question emerges:

​How should hiring itself evolve?

​This month's Recruiters Ring conversation explores what happens when traditional hiring assumptions no longer hold.

​Our guest, Emilie, has hired across more than 30 roles and built practical systems for identifying the right people efficiently. Her approach shifts the focus away from intuition and toward structured decision-making: defining roles precisely, designing meaningful assessments, filtering effectively, and investing time where it matters most.

​Together, we'll explore what AI is changing, what remains fundamentally human, and how recruiters and hiring managers can build better systems for making hiring decisions.

​What you'll take away

• ​The modern hiring framework. A practical four-step approach to hiring: defining roles, designing assessments, filtering candidates, and conducting deeper evaluation.

• ​Why CVs are becoming less reliable. How AI is changing candidate behavior and why hiring teams need stronger signals than resumes alone.

• ​Filter first, invest later. A framework for eliminating poor-fit candidates early while spending more time with the strongest ones.

• ​Assessments that actually work. Why meaningful early-stage assessments can reduce noise and improve candidate quality.

• ​The evolving role of recruiters. How recruiters can shift from manual screening toward becoming strategic partners in hiring decisions.

• ​The 5 year Forecast. Emilie's predictions on where recruitment is heading as AI continues to reshape workflows and expectations.

​Who this is for

• ​Recruiters, talent acquisition leads, and people teams across Africa and beyond

• ​Hiring managers at tech companies, startups, and scaling organisations

• ​Founders building or expanding recruitment capacity

• ​Anyone watching the AI hiring shift and wanting to make sense of it from someone who has sat on both sides

​Event details

​📅 Date: Wednesday, June 10th
🕒 Time: 5:00 PM EAT ( 3:00 PM BST · 7:00 AM PT · 2:00 PM GMT · 4:00 PM CET)
🎙 Format: Interview-style conversation moderated by Lemuel Abishua integrated with audience Q&A
⏱ Length: 60 minutes — 10-min open + 50-min interactive conversation with live audience questions and discussion throughout
💻 Venue: Live via Google Meet — link sent to registered attendees
🎥 Recording: Shared with attendees after the event; highlights published in In The Ring, our weekly newsletter

​Your voice shapes the conversation

​During registration, we'll ask a few quick questions about your recruitment process and the AI tools you're encountering in your work. The aggregated insights will form the basis of our State of AI in African Recruitment 2026 report — an open benchmark on how hiring teams across the continent are adapting to the future of work.

​Please note

​By attending this event, you consent to your voice, name, and (if visible) image being recorded as part of the session. The recording and excerpts may be used for promotional purposes including social media, the In The Ring newsletter, the Recruiters Ring website, and future event materials. Audience members who prefer not to appear on camera can turn their video off at any point.