In Russia, developed a robot that hires employees

In Russia, the startup Stafory has developed a robot that hires new employees. The startup has developed a robot to help its more 300 customers, including companies such as PepsiCo, Ikea and L'Oréal to find employees for vacant positions, writes Bloomberg.

Robot Vera Photo: Stafory

What is the advantage?

According to the developers, robot Vera speeds up checking of blue collars (clerks, waiters, builders), reducing the time and cost of hiring by almost a third. The software allows you to simultaneously poll hundreds of candidates using video or voice calls. The robot selects from the total mass of candidates 10% of the best.

Inventors

Startup Stafory has 50 employees and is located in St. Petersburg. It was founded by 28-year-old Vladimir Sveshnikov and 30-year-old Alexander Uraksin.

Where did the idea come from

The founders say that they used to work in recruiting and often faced with the need to interview more than a hundred candidates, but did not always find suitable ones.

“We felt like robots, so we decided to automate the process,” says Uraksin.

Invention

Vera, named after the mother Sveshnikov, combines speech recognition technology from Google, Amazon.com, Microsoft and Yandex. Programmers downloaded 13 billion examples of syntax and speech from television, Wikipedia, and job listings to expand the vocabulary of the robot and teach it to speak more naturally and understand the answers.

Project start

The robot began working in Russia in December 2016. Now the startup works with clients in the Middle East, and enters the markets of Europe and the USA. The company claims that this year its revenues exceed $ 1 million.

Recruiters are still checking candidates chosen by Vera, but developers are working to teach the robot to recognize anger, joy, and disappointment. But even if Vera learns to recognize emotions, it should not be seen as a replacement for traditional HR departments, according to an expert from Microsoft Corp. Mikhail Chernomordikov.

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