Hisayuki “Deko” Idekoba, CEO of Recruit Holdings, stated that AI-assisted hiring will not threaten Indeed.com's business model but will instead drive profit and sales growth. In a Tokyo interview, he explained how AI helps companies optimize talent acquisition based on candidate pools and applicant numbers.
Hisayuki “Deko” Idekoba leads Indeed.com and its parent company, Tokyo-based Recruit Holdings. He emphasized that companies embracing artificial intelligence for recruiting and hiring will not threaten Indeed.com's business model, as some investors fear, but will instead help drive profit and sales growth at the leading job-search portal.
Idekoba said the business is using AI to help companies optimize their talent-acquisition approach based on the pool of candidates, number of applicants per job, and other factors, while leveraging data flows to set compensation levels or adjust job qualifications. “We’re gradually starting to deploy solutions such as AI agents to customers,” he said in an interview in Tokyo.
For Recruit, this shift reflects a broader transformation in how employers find and evaluate talent, as AI reshapes recruitment worldwide. Automated tools are speeding up candidate screening, cutting hiring costs, and helping businesses respond to labor shortages and changing skill demands.
