Can your recruitment firm answer a client's AI questions today?
EUQA helps recruitment and executive search firms inventory their AI tools, assign ownership, support staff AI literacy and publish verifiable evidence of responsible AI use.
The questions clients ask
- Which AI tools do your recruiters use?
- Does any tool screen, rank or evaluate candidates?
- Who is responsible for oversight?
- Can you show your AI policy and staff training measures?
Why recruiting, why now
Applicability depends on the AI system and how you use it. EUQA helps you document and evidence your position; it is not legal advice.
- Already applicable: AI literacy obligations have applied since 2 February 2025. Firms using AI should be able to show what measures they have taken to help relevant staff use it responsibly.
- Applicable now: From 2 August 2026, specific AI interactions and certain AI-generated or manipulated content must be disclosed or marked. Whether that applies depends on how the system is used. National authorities also begin exercising relevant enforcement powers from this date.
- Preparation window: The main requirements for standalone high-risk systems are scheduled to apply from 2 December 2027. Systems used to analyse, filter or evaluate people in an employment context fall within the high-risk employment category, subject to the relevant legal conditions.
The five controls, in recruitment terms
- Governance — Maintain the policy and operating rules your recruiters work to.
- Ownership — Assign someone accountable for oversight of AI in hiring workflows.
- AI literacy — Record how consultants are supported to use AI responsibly.
- Inventory — Know which AI tools your recruiters use, and which touch candidates.
- Verification — Publish evidence clients can check during a supplier review.
Your AI footprint
A typical search firm runs AI across sourcing, screening, outreach copy, interview notes, scheduling and CRM enrichment. Most of it arrives inside tools the firm already pays for, which is exactly why an inventory is the first control.
Operating across borders
The AI Act is an EU-wide framework, but national authorities enforce it alongside existing national rules on employment, equality, data protection and consumer protection. If you operate across several countries, you may need to account for more than the AI Act alone.