What does it actually do?

The assistant takes over the repetitive, high-volume parts of hiring that do not require a human judgement call. The four jobs are usually sourcing, screening, scheduling and replying.

• Sourcing: it searches the candidate pool already inside the ATS — including people who applied to older roles — and surfaces the strongest fits for each open role.
• Screening: it runs structured first-round assessments, such as a 15-minute voice interview, and writes a scored report.
• Scheduling: it books interviews directly on the hiring team's calendars.
• Replying: it writes and sends approval and rejection emails so every candidate hears back.

How is it different from a job board?

A job board brings new applicants in from the outside. An AI recruiting assistant works with the candidates a company already has — and with the ATS that already stores them. It does not host listings, it does not attract public applications, and it does not replace the ATS.

It also differs from a standalone AI sourcing database because it does not ask the team to move candidates into another product. The ATS stays the single system of record.

Who makes the hiring decision?

The company does. The assistant prepares the work — ranked shortlists, interview reports, scheduling, draft emails — but the final yes or no stays with the hiring team. That is the difference between an assistant and an autonomous recruiter.

What does "transparent" mean here?

A transparent AI recruiting assistant shows its reasoning. For every suggested candidate or interview score, the hiring team can see why the system ranked them that way. Candidates can also receive useful signal instead of silence. That transparency is what makes the output trustworthy and auditable.

Where Alphie fits

Alphie Recruiter is built as an AI recruiting assistant that runs inside your existing ATS. It rediscovers candidates already in your pipeline, surfaces suggested candidates with reasoning, runs 15-minute voice screening interviews, schedules interviews, and sends approval and rejection emails. Hiring decisions stay with your team.