A day in the life of a super recruiter. Week 3: AI Sourcing
When you open a new req, where do you start? Most recruiting teams go straight to sourcing net-new candidates. New search, new outreach, fresh pipeline. But the 2026 benchmarks tell a different story; 46% of sourced hires this year came from candidates already sitting in the ATS. That's nearly half of all hires.
Featuring
Joel Lalgee
Founder and Leader Recruiter, The Realest Recruiter
We brought in Joel Lalgee — GTM recruiter, content creator, and one of the most followed voices in recruiting — to give his honest, unfiltered take on how Gem's AI Sourcing actually works. In 6 minutes, he walks through how it searches 800M+ profiles, runs 24/7, and surfaces past silver medalists with their full history attached.
In this video:
- How to describe who you're looking for in plain language and what the agent surfaces
- How Rediscovery surfaces past candidates with their interview notes, email engagement, and where you left off
- The honest take: does it save real time or just shift the work?
- Why teams using it are handling 40% more jobs without adding headcount
This video is for recruiters and TA leaders who want to stop starting every search from scratch and start finding the best candidates faster.