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September 2026

The hiring experience, reimagined

More than a CV. More than automation. More than an ATS.
AI has changed UK hiring for both candidates and recruiters. We spoke with leaders shaping how UK organisations hire to understand what it takes to find stronger signal, apply sharper judgement and rebuild trust.
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AI has created a signal and trust crisis in hiring

Applications can be generated at speed and scale, while hiring teams can screen and summarise more information than ever – but greater screening capacity doesn’t automatically create a better hiring experience.
Candidates need fairer, more transparent ways to show their unique skill. Recruiters need confidence in their signal. Both need a hiring experience redesigned for how people apply and hire today.

When stronger signal, supported recruiter judgement and trust come together as one experience, hiring can become more efficient, more transparent and more human.

The future isn’t AI layered onto hiring. It’s AI built into 
a better hiring system.”

Robby Perdue
VP of Product Management, Greenhouse
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Three ways to build a better hiring experience

The hiring advantage in the AI era comes from designing a better experience – one where signal and trust strengthen each other. This guide explores three ways to get there: the evidence you rely on, the judgement you apply to it and the system that connects it all together.
1. More than a CV: finding stronger hiring signal

AI allows candidates to easily tailor and submit applications at scale. When polished CVs become easier to produce, they also become less distinguishable. This means the CV alone is no longer a reliable signal. Explore how hiring teams are finding real signal before a CV even lands on their desk.

43%

of candidates use AI to save time on applications
2. More than automation: evolving the role of recruiters

Most teams use AI to speed up repeatable admin, but the bigger opportunity is using AI to surface better context, support human judgement and redesign the hiring system itself. Learn how explainable, governed AI can free up recruiters to focus on more strategic work.

87%

reduction: AI cuts UK recruiters’ manual screening time from 23 hours to under 3 hours per placement
3. More than an ATS: where signal meets trust

Even with better signal and sharper judgement, none of it lands if candidates and recruiters don’t trust the process. See how a transparent system can help candidates understand how AI is used, help recruiters evaluate stronger evidence and give teams a more defensible way to hire in the UK’s evolving regulatory landscape.

70%

of candidates who experienced AI evaluation weren’t clearly told beforehand
Practical guidance to build a hiring advantage
The Green Room guide includes practical actions you can take right now, with the evidence behind them and first-hand perspectives from the people already redesigning how the UK hires.
You’ll come away with next steps for:
• Finding stronger, role-relevant signal beyond the CV
• Using AI to support judgement – not just speed up activity
• Building a more transparent and trustworthy hiring experience
Cover of Greenhouse's "The Green Room guide: The hiring experience, reimagined," September 2026, with a leaf illustration on a dark green backgroundTwo women looking at a tablet together, next to a stat graphic: 25% of UK candidates feel AI is making it harder to stand out
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