Paylocity Launches AI-Powered Recruiting Optimizer to Accelerate and Scale Recruiting and Hiring Productivity
Key Highlights
- ➤Paylocity launches Recruiting Optimizer, an AI-powered recruiting workflow solution
- ➤Two AI agents automate candidate engagement and talent rediscovery workflows
- ➤Candidate Engagement Agent supports web and SMS interactions, screening, and interview scheduling
- ➤Talent Rediscovery Agent surfaces qualified prior applicants from existing talent pools
- ➤Tim Dahle Auto Group reports recruiters save approximately 5–8 hours weekly
Expert Statements
Dale Jakins, HR Director, Tim Dahle Auto Group
“Before implementing Paylocity’s latest recruiting tools, our recruiters spent a significant amount of time on administrative work, from scheduling interviews and screening candidates to managing follow-ups.”
Dale Jakins, HR Director, Tim Dahle Auto Group
“By automating much of that work, these new capabilities have helped us save approximately 5–8 hours per week, giving recruiters more time to identify top talent, build meaningful candidate relationships, and make faster, more informed hiring decisions.”
Melissa King, SVP of Products & Technology at Paylocity
“Recruiting is filled with candidate interactions where delays can mean losing top candidates, extending time-to-fill, and putting additional strain on teams.”
Melissa King, SVP of Products & Technology at Paylocity
“Recruiting Optimizer helps organizations remove friction from the hiring process by embedding AI directly into recruiting workflows, helping recruiters be more productive while keeping them in control of hiring decisions.”
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Oct. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Paylocity (NASDAQ: PCTY), a leading provider of HCM, Finance, and IT solutions, today introduced Recruiting Optimizer, a new AI-powered solution that extends Paylocity Recruiting with AI agents embedded directly into recruiting workflows to automate the identification, engagement, and candidate hiring process while making recruiting teams more productive.
Rising applicant volumes make it harder for recruiting teams to identify qualified candidates, keep applicants engaged, and fully leverage existing talent pools. Recruiting Optimizer uses purpose-built AI agents to automate recruiting workflows across talent rediscovery, candidate engagement, screening, and interview scheduling. Recruiters maintain control by configuring the criteria, triggers, and decision points each agent follows, while reviewing outputs and exercising judgment at key stages of the hiring process. This allows routine tasks to be automated at scale, while keeping people in control of candidate evaluation and hiring decisions.
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