AI-First experience report: How we accelerated our recruiting process in 90 days

Cover picture showing Kooku employees and a BPMN process chain

Three months ago, we put our team into a virtual AI lab – digital post-its, whiteboards and lots of prompt experiments. As a data-driven recruiting agency, we were already fast, but the lab showed that there was even more know-how slumbering under the hood. We dissected the entire funnel, collected ideas – and are now […]

EU AI Act in recruiting: What HR needs to know now

EU AI Act checklist for recruiting from Kooku

The EU AI Act is the first EU law to categorize AI according to risk class. All tools that prepare hiring or promotion decisions are considered high-risk and must meet strict requirements on transparency, bias control and human oversight from 2025/26. Contents Current status at the beginning of 2026 [update January 2026] The EU AI […]

LinkedIn and AI: How artificial intelligence can revolutionize active sourcing

AI does active sourcing on linkedin in the future

Digitalization in recruiting is progressing inexorably. Active sourcing on LinkedIn in particular is becoming increasingly efficient thanks to the use of artificial intelligence (AI). But what if Microsoft, LinkedIn’s parent company, were to develop a fully automated solution for approaching candidates? A LinkedIn Robo-Recruiter that proactively supports companies in talent acquisition could fundamentally change recruiting. […]

AI in recruiting: between hype and reality

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The discussion about artificial intelligence (AI) in recruiting is more polarizing than almost any other topic in the HR sector. For some, AI is the answer to all recruitment challenges: it promises time savings, more efficient processes, and better decisions. For others, AI is a double-edged sword – a tool that harbors data protection risks, […]