Is a recruiterabove the AI?
Below the line: work that can be generated. Above it: the objective, the authority to act, the evidence, and who owns the exception. This is the typical recruiter week, split along that line. Yours will differ. That is the point of checking.
No link, or a private profile? instead.
15%
Above the AI
About eighty percent of your week is spent acting as human middleware between calendars and inbox folders. You hold real authority on who gets through the gate, but the administrative tax to exercise it is incredibly high.
Read as: someone who filters candidates and chases busy hiring managers.
[ II ] The week, split
Above the line
15% of the week
Deciding which candidates make the shortlist
10%You hold the gate, deciding whose career advances and who gets the automated rejection.
Negotiating offers and advising on salary bands
5%The delicate dance of keeping the candidate happy without breaking the internal pay scale.
Below the line
85% of the week
Screening CVs against basic requirements
25%A highly manual exercise in pattern matching that a basic filter could do if you trusted it.
Scheduling interviews and managing calendar conflicts
20%Playing multi-party calendar tetris with people who treat their availability as a state secret.
Chasing hiring managers for feedback
15%The professional equivalent of asking if they have cleaned their room yet.
Conducting first-round phone screens
15%Verifying that the candidate is a real person who matches their resume.
Drafting and formatting job descriptions
10%Polishing the same bullet points about fast-paced environments and dynamic teams.
What you own, of the four things that stay human
The objectivewhat good looks like
30The authoritythe power to act and refuse
65The evidencewhat settles a question
40The exceptionwhat lands on your desk at 6pm
50[ III ] Move the number
This number can move.
The scheduling and initial CV screening should be handed to automated workflows immediately. Freeing up those two blocks allows you to spend more time advising hiring managers on market reality and shaping the actual talent strategy.
That is a build, not a discipline problem, and it does not need AI expertise in house: Above The AI brings the system, the person keeps the objective, the authority, the evidence and the exception.
Drafted in one pass from what you gave us. A toy, with one serious idea inside: the line is real even when the number is rough. Nothing is stored, and no name appears anywhere, unless you publish your page yourself.