"Talent Sourcing With AI Is Not Where I Thought I'd Be"

I’ve been in talent sourcing for a long time. Long enough to think I’d seen every trick, every shortcut, every new tool that promised to change the game and mostly didn’t. So I wasn’t expecting much beyond mild improvement.

Then I started using ProPrompt with Kai.

What caught me off guard wasn’t speed. It was how natural it felt. Instead of bouncing between half a dozen tools, spreadsheets, and bookmarked searches, I just talk to him. That’s it. I’ll say, “Kai, show me the strongest renewable energy engineering talent pools across Europe,” and he lays out the market like I’ve got a research team backing me up.

When I need to tighten the net, I don’t rebuild the search from scratch. I say what matters now. “Who here has real power electronics experience and has actually led teams?” And I get a shortlist that makes sense. Not a bloated list I have to second-guess. Something I can trust enough to move forward with.

That trust is the difference.

The real surprise, though, has been how much better my conversations with hiring leaders have become. I walk into briefings with actual substance. Market data. Clear insights on candidates. Competitive context. Not guesses. Not vibes. Facts I can stand behind.

And because all of that work lives inside ProPrompt, I’m not scrambling to repackage it every time someone asks a follow-up question. If the brief shifts, we adjust. If leadership wants a different angle, we reframe it. The thinking carries through instead of getting lost.

It’s changed how I show up in my role. I’m not just filling reqs faster. I’m having sharper conversations. I’m pushing back when expectations don’t match reality, and I can explain why. That’s a different seat at the table.

What really stands out is how little friction there is. I’m not learning a new interface or forcing myself into rigid workflows. I’m just talking the way I’d talk to a colleague who knows the space, understands the context, and remembers what we discussed last time.

I’ve used a lot of sourcing tools over the years. Some were clever. Some were expensive. None of them felt like this. ProPrompt doesn’t feel like software I operate. It feels like support I rely on.

And that’s not where I thought I’d end up with AI in sourcing. But now that I’m here, I’m not going back.