High-Tech High-Touch Recruiting

Deliver better hiring outcomes by combining AI-powered recruiting with trusted human connection. High-Tech High-Touch Recruiting is a guide for mid-career recruiters, talent acquisition professionals and HR managers who must attract, hire and retain high-calibre talent in an AI-accelerated hiring market. Written by global recruiting expert Barbara Bruno, this updated edition shows how to integrate advanced recruiting technologies with high-touch relationship-building skills to reduce early attrition, strengthen alignment and improve long-term placement success. Combining modern AI-enabled recruiting tools with a consultative, candidate-first approach, the book equips recruiters to move beyond transactional hiring and operate as trusted advisors and strategic partners to clients and candidates alike. You'll learn how to: - Combine AI recruiting tools with high-touch relationship building- Shift from transactional recruiting to trusted advisor status - Improve alignment to reduce early attrition and mis-hires - Use interview intelligence and predictive search effectively - Build candidate trust, negotiate confidently and retain top talent With practical frameworks and real-world examples, High-Tech High-Touch Recruiting helps recruiters deliver stronger hiring outcomes, increase client confidence and build lasting talent relationships in a rapidly evolving recruitment landscape. Themes include:AI recruiting, talent acquisition strategy, consultative recruiting, candidate experience, recruiter productivity, hiring technology