From Click to Candidate Webinar Recap

Career sites drive a lot of traffic—but most of that traffic doesn’t convert. In our latest webinar, “From Click to Candidate,” we explored how AI can help talent teams turn passive visitors into qualified applicants, without increasing recruiter workload. Hosted by Leoforce’s Jerika Holton and featuring insights from Spectraforce’s Amit Thakur, the session walked through real strategies, use cases, and measurable results. 

Here’s a recap of what we covered: 

Why Most Career Site Visitors Never Apply 

Jerika kicked off the session by addressing the core challenge: 70–90% of career site visitors never finish an application. The reasons? Poor user experience, lack of real-time support, and misalignment between the job opportunities presented and what candidates are actually looking for. 

Today’s candidates expect more from their job search. They want fast, mobile-friendly experiences with instant answers and transparency around pay, culture, and process. When those expectations aren’t met, they leave—taking your pipeline and recruiting ROI with them. 

AI-Powered Engagement That Actually Converts 

Jerika then introduced how Leoforce is helping teams reverse this trend with intelligent automation. She walked through our Candidate Engagement Agent—a branded, always-on solution that meets candidates where they are. It handles screening, answers questions, matches resumes to jobs, and schedules interviews automatically—all while keeping recruiters informed. 

Importantly, this isn’t about replacing recruiters. Jerika emphasized that AI works best as an enhancer. It takes on the repetitive tasks—freeing recruiters to focus on what really matters: building relationships and closing top talent. 

Amit Thakur joined to share how Spectraforce brought this approach to life. Facing high traffic but low conversions on their career site, Spectraforce deployed the Leoforce Candidate Engagement Agent to help scale hiring across hundreds of roles and thousands of visitors. 

The results were significant: 

• 88% increase in career page interactions 

• 77% growth in candidate pool 

• 40% improvement in engagement 

• 20% boost in recruiter efficiency 

The tool gave their team 24/7 coverage and helped ensure no qualified candidate slipped through the cracks, especially outside of standard business hours. 

Check out the full case study here. 

Smart Rollouts, Measurable Impact 

To wrap the session, Jerika shared best practices for getting started with AI engagement. Her guidance: don’t overhaul—just optimize. Start by adding a real-time agent to your career site with ATS integration, then layer structured screening logic, calendar-based scheduling, and feedback loops. 

The final takeaway? AI engagement tools aren’t just a nice-to-have—they’re a fast, scalable way to reduce candidate drop-off, accelerate time-to-hire, and improve candidate quality without adding to recruiter workload. 

Missed the live session? Watch the full webinar recording.