23 submissions. One traveling trophy.

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Winner
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt

Recruiting with E.A.S.E. (Efficient AI for Screening and Experience)

Built by non-technical TA pros to solve a core tension: 45% YOY rise in applicants with flat recruiter capacity. The tool turns interview notes, CVs, and job descriptions into manager reports/candidate summaries. It also auto-drafts Works Council justifications in Germany in seconds. Pilot results: 88% adoption, 1+ hours saved per recruiter/week, and a 20%+ increase in candidate net promoter scores.

Budget to build · $0–$500
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Finalist
Assurant

Recruiting Copilot Agent Suite

A set of reusable Microsoft Copilot agents that handle high-friction recruiting moments, turning intake transcripts into hiring manager summaries, generating screening questions, and building candidate comparison grids. Saves an estimated 3,200 hours annually across the global recruiting organization.

Budget to build · $0–$500
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Finalist
GALLO

AI-Powered Offer Letter Checker

Across 1,482+ offer scenarios spanning five legal entities, nine collective bargaining units, and multi-state labor law, Gallo's AI validates offer letters before they reach candidates. Targets the 68% of offer errors audit data showed were avoidable, shifting compliance from post-send audits to prevention.

Budget to build · $1,000+
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BECU

Automated Candidate CSAT

Built during a Copilot course with Irrational Labs, this end-to-end candidate satisfaction tracker lives entirely within the Microsoft stack. Forms for collection, Excel for storage, and Copilot for automated analysis and leadership notification.

Budget to build · $0–$500
Compass Group

Compass Group Interview Intelligence

Submitted by Seth Clyde

A ChatGPT-powered system that connects job description generation directly to structured interview guides, scoring rubrics, panel formats, and role-specific case studies. Over 200 guides created, cutting creation time from 4 to 8 hours to roughly 20 minutes and saving 800+ hours of recruiter time.

Budget to build · $0–$500
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Compass Group

Compass Local Talent Engine

Submitted by Chandler Kehoe

A GPT-powered tool that replaces manual spreadsheet-based labor market research with on-demand local hiring intelligence. Recruiters instantly generate insights on competitor activity, talent availability, and community partnerships for any geography, cutting turnaround from a week to minutes.

Budget to build · $0–$500
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Compass Group

Compass WARN & Layoff Tracker

Submitted by Louise Trager

A GPT-powered tool that consolidates public WARN and layoff data into actionable intelligence by company, geography, and market, so recruiting teams can spot emerging talent pools before competitors do. What took hours of manual research now takes minutes.

Budget to build · $0–$500
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EchoStar

AI-Driven Recruitment Marketing Tool

Submitted by Samuel Keller

Using NotebookLM to ingest ATS and Indeed data, the tool maps every applicant and every dollar spent to the correct local requisition across hundreds of hyper-local zip codes. Result: 50% reduction in cost-per-application and 600+ field technicians hired in Q1 2026.

Budget to build · $0–$500
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EchoStar

Interview Intelligence

Submitted by Josh Zimmerman

Recruiters input assessment scores and a job description to generate tailored behavioral questions targeting the traits that matter for that role, complete with interviewer guidance and scoring rubrics. Grounds interviews in data to reduce bias and help hiring managers show up consistent.

Budget to build · $0–$500
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EchoStar

Sourcing Strategy Pro

Submitted by Eric Carnegie

A Gemini-powered sourcing partner that handles market research before recruiters make their first move, analyzing competitor shifts and surfaced adjacent talent pools. Generates ready-to-use sourcing prompts and market intelligence reports so recruiters lead intake calls with strategy.

Budget to build · $0–$500
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EchoStar

Strategic Talent Insights

Submitted by Gabriel Garcia

Input a job title and location to instantly generate compensation benchmarks, candidate availability data, local work preference trends, and precision search strings. Gives recruiters the data they need to align hiring managers to market reality at the intake call.

Budget to build · $0–$500
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Edwards Lifesciences

Recruiter Talk Track Library

A Copilot-powered library of AI-accessible talk tracks for navigating tough recruiting conversations, built around a matrix of stakeholder personas. Recruiters get leader-approved messaging for high-friction moments, with escalation guidance and clear direction on what not to say.

Budget to build · $0–$500
Ford

Job Description Assistant

A Gemini-powered assistant that helps recruiters show up to intake calls as strategic partners. Analyzes job descriptions to simplify role requirements, flag unrealistic expectations, and surface sourcing insights, shifting the recruiter from order-taker to advisor.

Budget to build · $0–$500
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ICF

Pre-Intake Sourcing Agent

Submitted by Sam Bulley

A hiring-manager-in-a-box agent that helps recruiters understand a role before they search. Interprets a job description through a hiring manager lens, surfaced high-impact keywords, adjacent titles, and actionable sourcing guidance. Cuts rework by creating shared role understanding upfront.

Budget to build · $0–$500
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ICF

TAP Phone Screen Agent

Submitted by Bethani Siebenaller

A Copilot-based agent that generates role-specific screening guides from a job description, including STAR-format questions, behavioral and technical probes, red flags, role selling points, and a competency scorecard. Exportable to Word, PowerPoint, or Excel.

Budget to build · $0–$500
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IEM

End-to-End AI-Assisted Recruiting Workflow

A lightweight ChatGPT and Fellow workflow covering the full recruiting cycle: breaking down job descriptions, evaluating resumes, generating screening questions, capturing and summarizing interviews, and producing polished candidate write-ups for hiring managers. Meaningful efficiency gains with no vendor dependencies or complex integrations.

Budget to build · $0–$500
Land O'Lakes

Assess Flow

A Power Automate solution that replaced a manual, fax-and-email assessment process across 150+ manufacturing facilities. Hiring managers complete assessments digitally, submissions route instantly to recruiters, and everything is stored automatically in SharePoint, saving an estimated 200 to 400 hours annually.

Budget to build · $0–$500
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Newell Brands

Copilot Candidate Summary Tool

A structured Copilot prompt that turns raw interview notes into hiring-manager-ready candidate summaries. Intentionally restrictive: Copilot only works with what's in the notes, and recruiters review every output before it's shared.

Budget to build · $0–$500
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Polaris

Job Posting Standardizer

A custom Copilot prompt that transforms internal job descriptions into external postings that are consistent, compliant, and candidate-ready, without losing the intent of the role. Designed to bring structure and legal defensibility to a task that's easy to do inconsistently at scale.

Budget to build · $0–$500
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Schneider Electric

Job Ads AI

Job ads are generated from a central content catalog aligned with global standards, using LLMs within the ATS. Recruiters refine structured, HTML-ready ads in six languages. This saves 30 minutes per ad, improves consistency across regions, and was validated via recruiter UAT before scaling.

Budget to build · $0–$500
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Spectrum

Candidate Disposition Assistant

A recruiter support tool that recommends accurate candidate dispositions in the ATS based on recruiter input. Built on a fine-tuned internal AI model, it delivers a recommendation, rationale, and close alternatives, keeping the recruiter accountable for the final call.

Budget to build · $0–$500
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Thoughtworks

TA Co-Pilot

A proof-of-concept combining two custom AI Gems for sourcing and outreach strategy with three Looker dashboards tracking offers, pipeline additions, and rejection patterns. Application-to-offer ratio improved from 15.84 in 2025 to 11.05 in 2026.

Budget to build · $0–$500
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Wells Fargo

AI Interview Guide Generator

Wells Fargo's first GenAI HR application, built natively inside Workday. Uses a proprietary AI model to analyze job descriptions, extract competencies, and generate interview guides attached directly to the requisition. Creation time reduced from two business days to ten minutes.

Budget to build · $0–$500
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