Artificial intelligence is reshaping the way companies attract, assess, and recruit talent. From automated candidate screening to skills matching and recruitment analytics, AI tools are becoming increasingly present in hiring processes. For photonics companies, however, recruitment remains highly specialized. Technical expertise, cultural fit, motivation, and long-term potential cannot be evaluated by algorithms alone. This creates an important question for HR teams: how can AI support recruitment without replacing the human judgment that is essential in selecting the right people?
This EPIC HR Workgroup Meeting will explore the impact of AI on modern hiring from both a broad labour market perspective and the practical experience of photonics companies.
The EPIC HR Workgroup Meetings bring together HR managers and CEOs from the photonics industry to exchange experiences on key HR topics. This event is restricted to EPIC members only and is recommended for professionals working in HR, recruitment, talent acquisition, and people development roles including managing directors.
Beatrice Miano is a Senior Public Affairs Advisor at the World Employment Confederation, where she advocates for the private employment services sector at the global and European level. Her work focuses on the intersection of labour markets and policy, with particular emphasis on AI, skills development, public-private partnerships, and quality standards. She engages with policymakers and stakeholders to promote inclusive, future-ready employment frameworks and contributes to shaping debates on fair and transparent labour practices in a rapidly evolving world of work.As AI becomes increasingly embedded in recruitment, how can companies use it to identify and engage talent without losing the human judgment that remains essential to hiring success? This session explores how AI can support skills-based recruitment, improve talent matching, and expand access to talent while ensuring human oversight, fairness, and accountability in the selection of highly specialised candidates.
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