Indeed has launched two new AI agents for job seekers and employers – the Indeed Career Scout for job seekers and Indeed Talent Scout for employers. These tools are designed to tackle key challenges faced by both parties during the hiring process. One significant challenge job seekers face is identifying roles that best match their skills. On the flip side, employers often struggle to hire high-quality candidates, according to Indeed. The job search engine plans to make these AI tools available to all users. Career Coach and Recruiting Assistant Indeed's Vice President of Product Management, David Lane, described the Career Scout as a personal career coach. "It can assist with exploring personalized career paths, crafting resumes, researching companies," said Lane. "It can even handle the mundane task of filling out applications and streamline the process." The agent reportedly offers tools for interview practice, personalized feedback, and professional communication such as email drafting. Talent Scout is an AI-powered virtual recruiting assistant designed to help identify candidates and integrate into applicant tracking systems like iSolved People Cloud, Workable, and Workday. While both tools are promising, the Career Scout is particularly timely in a challenging job market, according to Kyle Lagunas, founder and chief analyst at research firm Kyle & Co. "I'm excited to see Indeed making a significant investment that delivers value to key stakeholder audiences," Lagunas said. Regarding Talent Scout, Lagunas explained that the tool uses contextual data to create and promote jobs that match algorithms might overlook. "It's like breathing more life into AI capabilities and moving beyond structured, not necessarily living, skill and experience requirements," he added. Challenges and Competitors Despite these benefits, Lagunas noted that by making Career Scout and Talent Scout available to all users, Indeed may encounter issues with noise and clarity. "There could be a lot of noise within the user experience and feedback," he stated, expressing a preference as a researcher for a controlled environment where it's easier to evaluate what works and what doesn't. Another challenge for Indeed is focusing on quality over speed. "No one wants more applicants – they want the right applicants," Lagunas continued. "No job seeker wants more jobs to apply to – they want the right jobs." Indeed isn't alone in its pursuit to deliver AI-powered experiences to users. LinkedIn is another platform focused on enhancing the quality of its agent-based platform. On Wednesday, LinkedIn engineers published a blog detailing what they've learned from their agent platform supporting LinkedIn Recruiter. "We've seen recruiters spend about four fewer hours trying to source candidates, and they look at far fewer profiles before finding the right person with the help of AI," said Karthik Ramgopal, an engineer at LinkedIn. As the author of the study, Ramgopal noted that developers can accelerate agent development by investing in solid baseline infrastructure, solving repetitive problems (including involving humans in the loop), and scaling agents where deterministic tasks remain. "We want to build products that solve real member and customer pain points, not just release something because it looks cool," Ramgopal concluded.