3 ways AI could change your sustainability recruitment in 2024 and beyond

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🗞️ Driving the news: Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing various sectors, including sustainability recruitment, where it's changing how organizations hire, develop, and manage sustainability talent

🔭 The context: With AI increasingly permeating sustainability roles, companies and recruiters are utilizing AI-based tools like Textio and Entelo to attract and source talent, and HireVue and Pymetrics to equitably assess candidates through objective measures like cognitive testing and facial response analysis

🌍 Why it matters for the planet: AI's integration into sustainability roles enables companies to better meet complex compliance needs and drive sustainable innovation, contributing to net-zero goals and fostering tech-savvy talent with both sustainability and AI expertise

⏭️ What's next: The role of AI in sustainability recruitment will expand, prompting companies to seek candidates with both sustainability and AI skills, and new roles centered around AI and sustainability to emerge

💬 One quote: "To truly navigate the sustainable evolution, CSOs must develop an understanding of AI, which holds promise of being one of the greatest catalysts for sustainable innovation that we’ve seen in our lifetime," said Charlene Lake, CSO at AT&T

📈 One stat: According to the World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs report, AI and Machine Learning Specialists, Sustainability Specialists, and Business Intelligence Analysts are among the fastest-growing jobs

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