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Hello, AI speaking: Hiring Goes Vernacular With Voice AI
Catering to the vast semi-skilled workforce, voice agents bridge the skill gap and accelerate hiring.
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- By Smruthi Nadig
In India's hinterlands, where English fluency is rare, internet bandwidth often lags and smartphones may still be shared among families, a quiet tech revolution is reshaping the way people find jobs. Voice AI, once a novelty reserved for customer support or virtual assistants, is now becoming a powerful force in recruitment across traditional sectors like manufacturing, BFSI, retail, logistics, and agriculture.
At the forefront of this transformation is a new generation of AI-driven voice agents, built for India’s diverse linguistic and cultural landscape. Their role? To bridge the country’s deep skill gap and growing employment demand by speaking the language of India’s vernacular job seekers, literally and figuratively.
India’s informal and semi-formal workforce is vast, co
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Smruthi Nadig
Smruthi brings over two years of experience in reporting on the global energy industry. They hold a Master's Degree from the University of Leeds in International Journalism and a Bachelor's Degree from Christ University in Media Studies, Economics and Political Science.
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