Recruiting · Production

Johnson Controls reduces candidate response time by 98% with Emma AI assistant

The problem

JCI recruiters were jumping between systems and manually recording candidate responses, creating a segmented process that prevented a smooth candidate journey and put stress on recruiters.

Workflow diagram · grounded in source
1
Candidate text conversation initiated
trigger
“She elevates the candidate experience through a simple text conversation”
2
Emma automates admin tasks
ai_action
“automating administrative tasks to ease recruiter workload”
3
Workday integration
integration
“an AI assistant that integrates on top of Workday”
Reported outcome

After deploying Emma, JCI achieved a 14% increase in hires and a 98% decrease in candidate response time, lowering response time from 10 hours to 10 minutes.

Reported metrics
Increase in hires14%
Decrease in candidate response time98%
Candidate response timefrom 10 hours to 10 minutes
Reported stack
EmmaWorkday
Source
https://www.paradox.ai/case-studies/johnson-controls
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Frequently asked questions

What did this team achieve with this AI workflow?

After deploying Emma, JCI achieved a 14% increase in hires and a 98% decrease in candidate response time, lowering response time from 10 hours to 10 minutes.

What tools did this team use?

Emma, Workday.

What results were reported?

Increase in hires: 14%; Decrease in candidate response time: 98%; Candidate response time: from 10 hours to 10 minutes (source-reported, not independently verified).

How is this recruiting AI workflow structured?

Candidate text conversation initiated → Emma automates admin tasks → Workday integration.