Trusted, People-First AI: Introducing the First of Many AI Companions in Employ’s Spring ‘25 Release 

At Employ, we firmly believe in a “people-first” approach to AI, ensuring that technology empowers and enhances the human element that we know is so critical to successful hiring.  

Today marks a significant milestone in our Employ innovation story as we proudly share the Spring ‘25 Release, the first step in how Employ is bringing trusted, insightful AI Companions to you where you need them the most.  

Unveiling the Employ AI Companion Vision 

In Employ’s Spring ‘25 Release, we are thrilled to release our AI Interview Companion (formerly Pillar), the first of many purpose-built AI Companions to come to the Employ suite of intelligent hiring solutions. 

Think of AI Companions as highly capable assistants, built directly into your ATS. Each one is designed to support a specific part of the hiring process where AI can provide the most value such as interviewing, screening, and sourcing so your team can supercharge productivity and focus on what matters most.  

Our AI Companions are designed not just to speed up the process, but to proactively deliver deeper insights, reduce bias, and create more engaging experiences for recruiters, hiring managers, and candidates alike. These companions don’t replace your expertise—they elevate it. 

Within each Companion is a set of AI-powered capabilities that help you cut through the noise with unprecedented efficiency and insight. In the Spring ’25 Release, we are also introducing two new AI-powered capabilities—Talent Fit and VONQ CPA+—laying the groundwork for our future AI Screening Companion. 

Announcing the Spring ‘25 Release: AI-Powered Hiring for Stronger Teams 

This Spring ‘25 Release delivers tangible AI power directly into your workflow: 

Better interviews, better hiring with AI Interview Companion: Streamline the entire interview process, from automated intake meeting summaries that accelerate requisition creation to ensuring consistent, focused interviews with AI-powered guides. Best of all, interview feedback is instantly generated and pushed directly into your Lever or Jobvite ATS—no more chasing down busy hiring managers. 

Make faster, smarter hiring decisions with Talent Fit: This AI-powered capability instantly analyzes and ranks candidates against job requirements, providing clear, concise explanations for each match.

• For JazzHR customers: Quickly sort through applications for those high-volume, often hourly roles. 

• For Lever customers: Efficiently identify qualified candidates across your diverse range of open positions, minimizing context switching. 

• For Jobvite customers: Focus your team’s efforts on the most promising candidates and accelerate hiring for those critical, specialized roles in a competitive market.  

Talent Fit is the first step in building our future Screening Companion. 

Hire faster with pre-screened, top-scored candidates – only pay for results: 
This brand-new offering, powered by our exclusive partnership with VONQ and LinkedIn, delivers only pre-screened, top-scored candidates directly into your Lever or JazzHR ATS. CPA+ is a next-generation hiring model where you only pay for candidates who pass AI-driven pre-screening and come with auto-generated interview transcripts, scoring and ranking. No more sifting through unqualified applicants. Just relevant, ready-to-engage talent—faster.  

This AI-powered capability will also be part of our future Screening Companion. 

Always-on Compliance, Made for the People Behind Every Hire 

We’re not just building AI—we’re building it right.  

Every AI innovation Employ delivers is built with watsonx.governance and backed by IBM’s leadership in responsible technology. That means embedding always-on support, verification, and toolsets across our intelligent hiring suite to ensure fairness, transparency, and audit readiness—so you and your teams can move forward with confidence. 

That’s always on support. Not once in a while. Always. 

Because here’s the reality: building responsible AI takes serious work. It takes discipline, governance, and the ability to explain how decisions get made. And as generative AI adoption skyrockets, the risks grow with it.  

Without the right foundation, even the most advanced tools can spin out of control. Data quality issues, gaps in documentation, black-box outcomes—these aren’t future problems, they’re now problems. Responsible AI isn’t a nice-to-have—it’s business-critical. And for leaders who want to scale AI with confidence, governance is the key. 

If you’re not doing always-on, you’re not really in control. And if you’re not in control, you’re not ready. 

There’s Even More…. 

Our Spring ‘25 release doesn’t end there. There are even more innovations to give you a competitive edge to build a workforce that’s ready for anything. Here are some more of the highlights: 

• Justify your recruitment impact in real time with ROI Dashboard: Lever customers can now gain unparalleled insight with the ROI dashboard, leveraging anonymized data from our 23,000+ diverse customers to benchmark your performance and prove the tangible business impact of your hiring strategies and tech stack in real-time.  

• Centralize your job postings, all in one place with Job Board Marketplace: No need to jump between platforms—logging into LinkedIn, then a niche job board, then another—wasting time on repetitive job postings. Now, talent teams can post across multiple boards in one seamless workflow, all within Lever. 
• Attract 3x more qualified candidates with LinkedIn Apply Connect: For Jobvite customers, simplify the candidate experience by allowing job seekers to apply directly within LinkedIn, while giving your team instant access real-time LinkedIn data for faster, more informed evaluation—all seamlessly integrated with Jobvite’s ATS.  

The Employ ’25 Spring Release is a monumental step forward for our people-first AI vision. We’re delivering on our commitment to tailored, future-ready solutions that are backed by a foundation of trusted AI you can count on. 

Learn more about our innovation approach here.