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At Employ, we believe in people-first recruiting. It’s a simple premise and is the driving force behind our innovation.
True innovation lies at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and genuine human connection, which is why I am thrilled to announce Employ’s acquisition of Pillar, the leading AI interview intelligence platform.
We know that top talent is most at risk in the interview and selection process. Adding Pillar’s AI interview intelligence to Employ’s portfolio will significantly elevate existing and future hiring workflows for our customers and change how companies build high-performing teams.
A Better Way to Build High-Performing Teams
Pillar was built on the belief that people are the most important element of a company’s success. But an organization’s talent strategy is entirely dependent on a traditional hiring process that is often tired and broken.
“Half of companies report interview processes that take over four weeks, and 42% have candidates undergo five or more interviews before a decision is made.”
Aptitude Research
When interviews shifted from face to face to remote, hiring teams were still relying on a process that hadn’t been changed in decades. They became even more challenged in identifying the right candidates and frankly, candidate frustrations were growing as well.
The mission was clear: to build the first interview intelligence platform to help companies make more effective, efficient, and responsible hiring decisions.
With Pillar, talent acquisition teams gain more control of the process and run a much more efficient and effective process. Recruiters spend much less time in coordination, preparing interview guides, taking notes during interviews, and chasing down interviewers for completed candidate scorecards. In turn, it gives them more time to properly assess a candidate’s skill set, deliver a better interview experience for candidates, and ultimately speed up time to hire.
Employ + Pillar: Revolutionizing Hiring, One Interview at a Time
Employ and Pillar share the vision of delivering innovative technology that supercharges hiring teams while keeping human connection at the center. With Pillar, your hiring team can be more present, more focused, and more effective in selecting the right talent for your organization.
Pillar brings a suite of powerful AI-powered capabilities directly into our platform so hiring teams can:
- Enable skills-based hiring to uncover the right candidate. Conduct structured interviews while capturing scorecards and real-time feedback during phone screens, virtual meetings, and in-person interviews so interviewers can engage more deeply with candidates.
- Make it impossible to conduct a bad interview. From intake to candidate selection, build a more effective interview process with pre-built templates, AI-powered job descriptions, and interview guides that adapt based on role competencies and elevates the candidate experience.
- Promote responsible hiring practices. Leverage skills-based feedback and actionable interview insights to create a fair hiring experience and proactively coach against unconscious bias.
- Gain unprecedented candidate experience insights. Get deeper insights into the candidate experience with AI-powered sentiment analysis that uncovers how they perceive your company, its culture, and the hiring process.
Changing the Game with Pillar:
• Recruiters save 40 hours per month
• Reduce time to fill by 26% on average
• Decrease year-one attrition rates by 32%
Smarter. Faster. Limitless.
With Employ and Pillar, you can remove inefficiencies and bottlenecks and empower your team to do what they love most – connect with talent. In a recent report from Aptitude Research, companies who implemented interview intelligence in their hiring process reported:
- 67% improvement in turnover reduction
- 70% of companies reported improved first-year performance for new hires
- 74% of recruiters experience time savings
- 64% of companies report higher quality of hire
- 64% of companies report improved DEI outcomes
These aren’t just numbers; they’re real results that translate to a tangible competitive advantage for hiring teams.
Pillar’s innovative technology will allow us to continue to evolve our Employ solutions based on the needs of the market and our customers. Our Lever customers can harness the power of Pillar core capabilities now, and we are targeting a Q2 launch for Jobvite customers. For our JazzHR community, we anticipate rolling out Pillar’s features within the product by the end of the year.
We’re doubling down on industry-leading solutions that give our customers this competitive edge—without sacrificing the personal touch that defines great hiring.
I am proud to welcome the Pillar team and its customers to Employ as we continue to rewrite the playbook for smarter, faster, and more responsible hiring.
Join our exclusive webinar to learn more about how Pillar will revolutionize how you build a high-performing team.
