Wonder how likely is it that this is because of AI taking over the jobs. Sifting through resumes, contacting candidates, schedule some interviews, connect the hiring manager to the candidate, even getting some extra information from the candidate via email or phone calls are all things an LLM can efficiently do. They may actually do it even better than a regular human since they might "know" more about the role and the technical requirements than an average HR clerk...
While efficient, I’m not sure that removing the final human touch from what is otherwise a faceless, dehumanizing process is going to be great for candidates.
Google (and most other mid-large tech companies) leverage a ton of resume sorting, list building, auto-templatized outreach, etc.
Not sure the gap here is that large, but certainly recruiters have the tools to be WAY more efficient than they were in the past. Still their scaling is limited by ability to efficiently turn hiring manager requests and nuance into effective searches for tools to help build those lists.
