PeakHR's recruiters now process 4.5× more candidates per week. The AI scores fit against the actual role brief and explains its reasoning — recruiters spend their time interviewing, not screening.
The challenge
PeakHR was scaling fast and hiring faster. Recruiters were spending most of their week on the first 90 seconds of a CV. Good candidates were slipping through the cracks because nobody had time to look.
They wanted AI help — but had heard horror stories about black-box scoring tools that bake in bias.
"Our recruiters are happier, our candidates get faster answers, and our hiring managers see better people. Every dial moved."
What we did
- Role-aware matching — each role brief is parsed into structured criteria the AI scores against.
- Explainability — every score breaks down by criterion, with the supporting CV evidence.
- Bias controls — protected attributes are blinded; outcomes are audited weekly.
- Pipeline integration — wired into their existing ATS — recruiters never leave their tool.
The outcome
Candidate throughput went up 4.5×. Time-to-shortlist dropped by 62%. Hiring managers see stronger shortlists — and recruiters say it's the first AI tool they actually like.
