Half of leaders pointed out that there is an emerging performance gap between employees who embrace AI to reimagine how work is done, and those who only use it for basic tasks or not at all.
Challenge for recruiters
But as CEOs turn to their recruitment teams, LinkedIn found that just 34% of recruiters said they are AI power users.
These are employees who blend AI and human skills to drive strategic impact aligned with business goals, according to the report. Among them, 66% said AI is helping them spend more time as a strategic talent adviser, while 64% said it helps them improve candidate experience.
“Recruiters who are ‘AI power users’ are setting the pace for agentic hiring,” said Mark Lobosco, Vice President of LinkedIn Talent Solutions, in a statement.
On the other hand, 47% of recruiters said their teams are only practitioners, who use AI to boost productivity for their own roles, but not to drive strategic impact.