Touchless Hiring: Which Recruitment Processes Can AI Fully Own Today

 RippleHire joined ETHRWorld's webinar on touchless hiring, where Stephen Kurianparambil shared how AI agents are already handling compliance checks and candidate follow-ups in enterprise recruitment. 

AI isn't replacing recruiters here either — it's taking over the repeatable, rule-bound parts of hiring so recruiters can focus on the calls that need a human.

By RippleHire
2 min read

AI isn't replacing recruiters here either, it's taking over the parts of hiring that were always repeatable, so recruiters can spend their time on the calls that actually need a human.

RippleHire joined ETHRWorld's live webinar, "Touchless Hiring: Which Recruitment Processes Can AI Fully Own Today," alongside talent acquisition leaders from HDB Financial Services and Canara HSBC Life Insurance. Stephen Kurianparambil, Associate Director of Customer Success at RippleHire, brought the implementation view: what actually happens when agents take over parts of a live hiring process at enterprise scale.

🎥 Recorded on: Thursday, August 13, 2026
🕛 Duration: 60 minutes

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What We Covered

  • The simple test for what should become an agent is the step repeatable and rule-bound
  • How an agent now runs background verification end to end, clearing candidates automatically and routing exceptions to the right approver with a documented reason
  • The one metric that tells you when to pull an agent back: the ratio of candidates clearing verification versus flagged for discrepancies

Meet the Speakers
Ritu Arora – Corporate VP HR, Canara HSBC Life Insurance Company Ltd.
Ratnesh Shrivastav – Lead, Talent Acquisition, HDB Financial Services
Stephen Kurianparambil – Associate Director of Customer Success, RippleHire
Apeksha Kaushik – Senior Manager, Content & Community, ETHRWorld (Moderator)

Why Watch the Replay

  • See a real, working example of an AI agent already handling BGV and compliance checks in enterprise hiring
  • Get a concrete answer to "how do you know it's working," straight from someone running these agents in production
  • Learn where the panel agrees a human still has to hold the line, even as agents take on more

Session Format
Live panel discussion, moderated by ETHRWorld

FAQ

Is this session live or recorded?
This is the recorded session from August 13, 2026, now available to watch below.

Who should watch it?
Head HR, Head TA, CHRO, VP HR, Director TA, and Director HR.

How can I access the recording?
The full recording is embedded above, no form required.

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