Technology 4 min read

Career Site "Gloat" Seeks to Use AI as Tinder for Recruitment

How long until all employment services are done by machines? | Monster Ztudio | Shutterstock.com

How long until all employment services are done by machines? | Monster Ztudio | Shutterstock.com

Artificial intelligence use permeates many industries at an increasing rate. The job site Workey got into the AI game, raising $8 million USD to replace their headhunters with AI.

AI isn’t just for video games, robots, and the tech industry anymore.

The career site Workey integrates AI seamlessly into their digital job platform. Of course, this AI integration comes at the expense of human-occupied jobs.

Despite this, Workey successfully raised millions of dollars to power this transition. The company also recently transitioned from “Workey” into “Gloat”.

What does this latest move toward automation signal about the future of jobs?

What is Workey/Gloat Anyway?

You may have heard of websites like Upwork or Remote that function as job boards. But Gloat, formerly Workey, debuted with the tagline “Tinder, but for recruitment.”

Now, their new website bears the tagline “anonymously discover career opportunities, know your worth, and meet amazing companies.” They really went hard into the “Tinder” angle.

Gloat functions for both active and passive seekers thanks to its anonymity. They forged partnerships with companies like WeWork, Yahoo, and Oracle to act as headhunters. Jobseekers capitalize on the anonymity of their platform to avoid hiring biases.

Ben Reuveni, the CEO and co-founder of Gloat, commented on this brand change.

“We urge you to revitalize your career strategy with a fresh attitude. We want this name change to tell our users to go ahead and gloat about success on your own terms.”

So, how do AI and Series A funding come into the picture?

How did They Raise $8 million USD for a Headhunter AI?

For those who might not know, “Series A Funding” is known as the first significant round of funding in the venture capital world.

Gloat achieved this level of funding last year. For context, Reuveni and two others founded the company in 2015.

The $8 million USD funding came far before the brand shift. But the company kept the idea to replace headhunters with AI. In fact, that’s the entirety of the company and platform.

Think about how recruiting works: a recruiting expert finds specialist candidates for job placement. That requires connections, follow up meetings, and paying a finder’s fee of sorts. It’s kind of like how agents work for multiple high-profile clients and leverage their networks to serve existing and new clients.

Gloat eliminates the need for a human in this role. Instead, Gloat puts the onus of work and agency of choice on the potential job seeker.

One of the benefits of using AI over people, however, is that users can track their application statuses. The app also offers free services for job applicants, making money from companies who make hires. There’s that “finder’s fee”.

But Gloat isn’t the only platform in town using AI to target recruitment and job searching. You can make use of Mya, Engage, Arya, and others for related tasks.

That means the trend of replacing human resources positions with AI will continue to grow.

image of recruiter in front of many resumes for article What Will Gloat Do With $8-million USD and AI?
As the job application system becomes even more automated, many people will find themselves designing their resumes to appeal to robots, not humans | Image by mohamed_hassan | Pixabay

The Increased Integration of AI in the job Market

Our world will become more and more automated as the years stretch on. Despite older statistics saying almost half of jobs might be on the way out, new figures suggest otherwise.

Only about 14% of jobs show a risk of automation, according to a new report.

Much like Flippy the robot, many developers design AI to work alongside humans. Replacing jobs or eliminating jobs doesn’t seem to be the main goal anymore. Besides, recruitment is somewhat of a boutique service to begin with.

Perhaps headhunting, like brick and mortar stores, will become a “luxury” in the future.

What other human resources roles might be in danger of automation?

First AI Web Content Optimization Platform Just for Writers

Found this article interesting?

Let Juliet Childers know how much you appreciate this article by clicking the heart icon and by sharing this article on social media.


Profile Image

Juliet Childers

Content Specialist and EDGY OG with a (mostly) healthy obsession with video games. She covers Industry buzz including VR/AR, content marketing, cybersecurity, AI, and many more.

Comments (2)
Most Recent most recent
You
  1. Profile Image
    Jared Leto May 28 at 10:34 am GMT

    Hello guys I wan to say this to whom it may concern. Investing in crypto was my husband ideal. I trade with sim ceypto platform not knowing they where sc!m and this made me lose almost all I had. Am only happy because I found help after reporting to Mrs Lisa Eric and she helped me recover all I lost to these fake crypto platform. My advice is that everyone need to be careful of the platform you deal with. If you have falling victim of these fake platform do not hesitate to file a complaint to Lisa via he mail ( Lisa.Eric @ proton.me ) she helped me and I believe she can help you too. Stay safe guys. You can visit WhatsApp +84 94 767 1524.

  2. Profile Image
    Kylie Harvey July 12 at 1:17 am GMT

    GET RICH WITH BLANK ATM CARD, Whatsapp: + 1 8 0 3 3 9 2 1 7 3 5

    I want to testify about Dark Web blank atm cards which can withdraw money from any atm machines around the world. I was very poor before and have no job. I saw so many testimony about how Dark Web Online Hackers send them the atm blank card and use it to collect money in any atm machine and become rich I email them also and they sent me the blank atm card. I have use it to get 500,000 dollars. withdraw the maximum of 5,000 USD daily. Dark Web is giving out the card just to help the poor. Hack and take money directly from any atm machine vault with the use of atm programmed card which runs in automatic mode.

    You can also contact them for the service below

    * Western Union/MoneyGram Transfer

    * Bank Transfer

    * PayPal / Skrill Transfer

    * Crypto Mining

    * CashApp Transfer

    * Bitcoin Loans

    * Recover Stolen/Missing Crypto/Funds/Assets

    Email: darkwebonlinehackers @ gmail . com

    Text & Call or Whats App: + 1 8 0 3 3 9 2 17 3 5

    Website: darkwebonlinehackers . com

share Scroll to top

Link Copied Successfully

Sign in

Sign in to access your personalized homepage, follow authors and topics you love, and clap for stories that matter to you.

Sign in with Google Sign in with Facebook

By using our site you agree to our privacy policy.