WEEK 2: JOEL'S UNFILTERED TAKE

Application volume is up 93% since 2021. Recruiting teams haven't grown to match it.

So what's actually happening to all those applications? For most teams, qualified candidates are getting buried, not because recruiters aren't doing their jobs, but because there aren't enough hours in the day to get to all of them.

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 Application Review actually works. In 5 minutes, he shows you what a flooded inbox looks like versus a ranked, scored, explainable review — and whether the AI scoring actually makes sense or is just filler.

In this video:

• What a high-volume application inbox looks like versus a ranked, scored view

• How AI assigns explainable match scores so recruiters understand why a candidate surfaced

• The honest take: does the scoring actually make sense, or does it just shift the work?

• Why teams using it are completing application reviews 60% faster on average

This video is for recruiters and TA leaders who are tired of qualified candidates slipping through the cracks and want AI to handle the heavy screening so their judgment gets applied to the right people.