Is Artificial Intelligence the New Talent in Human Resources?

Innovations are a never-ending process in this technological world and they have impacted our lives in many unknown ways. The world is changing so fast that the organizations have to remain up to date in order to survive in this competitive world. Adding to that, Human Resources (HR) is considered to be an integral part of every organization as it mostly deals with people and people is the most important asset of any organization. The most important function in HR is Recruitment, as it brings skills and knowledge of the young and experienced candidate to the organization. Over the decades, there have been many technological advancements all over the world. One of the technological advancements that is most spoken and implemented in many fields is Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI has been a part of our life as Siri and Alexa but now, it is taking over the field of HR as well. Implementing AI in HR does not necessarily mean that it will take over HR managers completely. It means that it will help the managers to take strategic decisions and reduce the manual stress of doing certain tasks and also improves their performance. This study aims to explain how AI is currently working in some fields of HR and why some people still prefer going the traditional way. The main reason for choosing this topic was that AI is the future of HR. Many jobs in the future will be replaced and also created with the help of AI. As the HR department will revolve around AI in the near future and as we will somehow be associated with it, the researcher thought learning more about AI will help. The researcher decided to go with primary data and took a sample of 61 people who are either pursuing their career in HR or wish to. The data was gathered via an online questionnaire which clarified whether people are aware about the implementation of AI in various fields of HR, do they feel AI is the future of HR.