A new report from LinkedIn reveals that generative AI is reshaping hiring from the ground up, transforming the role of recruiters along the way.

More specifically, the LinkedIn 2025 Future of Recruiting Report found that by automating time-consuming recruiting tasks, gen AI is speeding up the hiring process. According to LinkedIn, recruiters are using time saved from AI to focus on critical tasks like candidate screening (35%) and skills assessment (26%).

Hari Srinivasan, LinkedIn’s vice president of product, says leveraging AI for recruiting enables recruiters to spend more time leaning into strategy, particularly around building relationships, improving candidate experience and advising hiring managers.

“Organizations are getting the message,” Srinivasan says about tapping AI for recruiting.

AI for recruiting: streamlining and improving

LinkedIn found that recruiters are increasingly building AI into their workflows: The report found that 37% of organizations are actively integrating or experimenting with gen AI tools in the hiring process, up 10% year over year. On average, using gen AI saved these recruiting teams about 20% of their workweek, equivalent to a full workday saved each week.

Srinivasan says LinkedIn introduced its Hiring Assistant last year to help recruiting professionals take advantage of the benefits of AI-powered recruiting. The tool was built using agentic technology and draws on LinkedIn data, including its database of more than 41,000 skills.

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