Webinar: Where AI will take the ATS next?

AI development in recruitment is moving fast, and the recruitment softwares most teams work in every day is about to change with it. Features that sounded like roadmap material a year ago are shipping now, and the rules around them are arriving at the same time: the EU AI Act classifies most AI used in hiring as high-risk.

So where is the ATS heading? In this 45-minute webinar, Oskari Valkama (Head of Product at TalentAdore) and Janne Malmisaari (Marketing Manager and a former recruiter) look at where AI will take recruitment technology next. We'll go through the use cases worth your attention, what a recruiter's day starts to look like, and the trends you're better off skipping.

What we'll cover in 45 minutes

• How quickly AI is developing in recruitment technology space.
• Which AI use cases will grow the most, including AI sourcing and predictive analytics.
• Where the ATS is heading: conversational interfaces, MCPs, and less clicking and searching.
• What your role becomes when you oversee your own AI agents, and what you can do with the time that frees up.
• Which trends to avoid, from practices the EU AI Act prohibits to shortcuts that wear down the human touch and candidate trust.
• Q&A

From clicking and searching to conversation

Recruitment software is slowly moving from screens full of filters and tabs towards conversation. You ask your ATS a question and get the answer, or the task done. Open standards such as MCP (Model Context Protocol) let AI assistants connect to your recruitment data and tools directly, which means far less manual clicking and searching.

For recruiters, that changes the job. More of the routine work goes to AI agents you oversee, and more of your time goes to what only a person can do: talking to candidates, advising hiring managers and making the final calls. We'll talk about what that shift looks like in practice and how to prepare for it.

The use cases to watch

A few AI use cases in recruitment are moving from experiments to everyday features, and we'll look at concrere examples like skills matching, AI sourcing and predictive analytics.

Trends worth steering clear of

Not every AI idea belongs in your hiring process. Some are prohibited under the EU AI Act, such as emotion recognition in the workplace. Others are allowed but still a poor bet: letting AI decide who moves forward or replacing the first human conversation with an AI interview (in our June webinar poll, attendees rated that idea 2.0 out of 5). We'll cover how to tell useful from risky, and how to protect candidate trust along the way.

Speakers

Oskari Valkama – Head of Product, TalentAdore

Oskari leads product development at TalentAdore. He's a technology and AI researcher at heart, and gets excited every time he finds a new way to make life easier for recruiters and candidates.

Follow Oskari on LinkedIn ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/oskari-v-740938165/

Janne Malmisaari – Marketing Manager, TalentAdore

Janne is part of TalentAdore's marketing team. Alongside a broad marketing background, he brings nearly five years of hands-on recruitment experience from a previous life in a recruitment agency.

Follow Janne on LinkedIn ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/janne-malmisaari/

A quick recap

Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Time: 11:00 – 11:45 EEST (Finnish time) | 10:00 – 10:45 CEST | 09:00 – 09:45 BST

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