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03/11/2024

We've got some exciting news to share — especially for those who know Adam Godson and Aaron Matos best.

Today, we're thrilled to announce that Paradox is promoting Adam Godson to Chief Executive Officer, with Aaron moving into the role of Executive Chairman, where he'll provide mentorship for Adam and Paradox's executive team, and focus his time on future product innovation.

You can read more about the news in the press release below, but we thought this quote from our friend Joe Shaker Jr said it best: “Adam and Aaron have spent decades figuring out what’s next in HR technology and I’m excited to see what they’ve got up their sleeves for Paradox’s next act.”

Coming off the strongest quarter in company history and 1,000%+ growth since 2020, the builders of award-winning Conversational AI technology for HR and recruiting announced that founder Aaron Matos is promoting Adam Godson to Chief Executive Officer, with Matos now serving as Executive Chairman.

02/19/2024

"We're using conversation as the foundation for how we recruit and how we interact at scale." — VP, Talent Acquisition at Compass Group, Shay Johnson.

This is the story of how Compass Group empowers a recruiting team of 30 to make over 160,000 hires a year with the help of conversational software and SAP SuccessFactors.

02/13/2024

Interviews are the magical moment of the hiring process, but that magic can’t happen if the candidate never makes it there.

Here are 5️⃣ ways that AI is helping interview scheduling so companies can get to the "magical moments" faster, easier, and with less drop-off. ⬇

5 ways that leading companies are using AI to turn their interview scheduling into a competitive advantage.

02/12/2024

Turn customers into candidates and candidates into hires — with a 58% reduction in time-to-apply. How Tractor Supply Company did it 👇

Read the full story: https://www.paradox.ai/case-studies/tractor-supply-co

02/08/2024

We love nothing more than hearing client success (we like to call it client hugs) directly on calls — especially when that success means our clients are spending less time with software and more time with their people.

A big thank you to Rebecca Wang of Winn Management LLC — a Chick-fil-A director of employees and development in Toledo, Ohio — for allowing us to share the impact our Conversational ATS has driven at her restaurant!

01/17/2024

"It makes it less transactional and more personal — we're able to get to know our candidates in a way that we wouldn't have before." — Mary Battle Broxton, Tractor Supply Co.

This is the story of how Tractor Supply leveraged conversational AI integrated with SAP SuccessFactors to reduce its time-to-apply by 50% across 2,100+ locations... even during the busiest times of year.

01/04/2024

When you're hiring across 18+ languages in 150+ countries, data is critical to see where candidates are engaging and where they are dropping off — leading to continuous improvement that Johnson Controls has begun to master.

With the help of Workday recruiting and their conversational assistant, Emma, Johnson Controls is engaging candidates at a much faster rate, increasing hiring volume by 14%, and seeing a 98% candidate satisfaction rate — and that's just the start.

Read their full story:

How Johnson Controls elevated Workday recruiting with conversational AI and improved their recruiting efforts across 150 countries.

12/20/2023

More than 80% of healthcare executives say difficulty attracting and retaining talent is a risk to the healthcare industry, according to PwC. Why?

Long hours, stressful situations, irregular shifts. Healthcare workers have it hard enough, why should the hiring process also be difficult?

Here are four companies that have transformed their hiring processes with conversational AI to meet healthcare candidates where they are — saving the the business time and money ⬇
http://www.paradox.ai/blog/4-healthcare-organizations-that-transformed-their-hiring-with-ai?utm_campaign=023%20-%20Organic%20Social&utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Blog&utm_content=Healthcare

12/18/2023

When it comes to hiring automation, one size does not fit all. Hiring processes will be dictated by role, industry and requirements. A distribution center team member likely won't follow the same hiring process as an engineer.

So where are organizations using automation to drive the most impact and where are they leveraging their people?

Former Head of Global Talent Acquisition at McDonald's (and current VP at Paradox), Joshua Secrest, shares how automation is being utilized differently across different role types (that show up across industries) to deliver the most impact.

How AI is augmenting hiring differently by industry and role to give companies a competitive advantage.

12/06/2023

Great conversations drive great hiring experiences. And great conversations at scale are now possible with generative AI.

Think about the best conversation you've ever had. What made it great? It probably had some of these qualities:

✅ Trust
✅ Empathy
✅ Unique perspectives
✅ Shared connections

Those things are easy enough when you're talking to one person at a time. But what about 100? 1,000? This has been the challenge of hiring teams for decades. But now...all of those things that create great conversations are possible with generative AI.

Read what the new gold standard of hiring looks like according to Paradox's President and Chief Product Officer, Adam Godson 👇

How do you scale things like trust, empathy, and contextual awareness? Well, if you read the title of this article then you already know.

11/21/2023

We've done thousands of implementations, and one thing is consistent: Change is hard. Especially when it's on a massive scale. But when Checkers & Rally’s Drive-In Restaurants embraced change across 500+ locations, they saw success across the board.

What did they establish to accomplish this?
✅ A solution that is simple to use and understand.
✅ A deliberate pilot program with a small pool of users.
✅ A surplus of training and informational sessions.

Read how Checkers & Rally’s Drive-In Restaurants committed to an effective change management strategy — leading to 35,000+ hours saved annually across restaurant locations.

Committing to change management is no easy task, especially when you have 500+ restaurant locations watching to see if your hiring technology succeeds or fails (hint: it succeeds).

11/06/2023

A new set of standards and regulations were released for AI safety and security. Our President and Chief Product Officer Adam Godson, explains why it's actually a good thing for you, the hiring process, and us too.

Check out his thoughts 👇
https://www.paradox.ai/blog/an-executive-order-recently-followed-nycs-regulation-of-the-use-of-ai-in-hiring-heres-why-thats-actually-a-good-thing-and-also-liberating