C-Suite Brief: Rachel Blanton on AI in Hiring: Speeding Up Recruiting Without Losing the Human Touch

From paper files to AI-powered platforms, Rachel Hilary Blanton has seen recruiting evolve firsthand, and she believes today’s tech can dramatically speed up hiring while bringing back the human touch. With over 20 years of experience in corporate recruiting, Rachel Hilary Blanton has lived through every era of hiring, from manual systems to digital databases, and now, intelligent automation. “When I very first started, there wasn’t AI, there weren’t applicant tracking systems. Everything was done manually,” she says. That journey gives her a unique perspective on what’s possible today.