AI Phone Assistant for Recruiters
Your recruiting line, always available.
Our AI phone assistant for recruiters is an AI software solution that automatically answers, forwards, or directly responds to calls from job applicants, hiring managers, and recruiting teams. Every day, fonio uses its AI phone assistant to provide professional phone support to hundreds of small and medium-sized businesses. The AI phone assistant for recruiters answers calls, schedules interviews, and, in certain cases, transfers callers to the recruiting team or a hiring manager. This reduces the workload associated with routine administrative tasks, such as processing applications or responding to candidate inquiries.
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Reviews from Recruiters
As a recruiter, I used to be on call practically around the clock because everyone had my personal cell phone number and would call me even after 8 p.m. for trivial matters. With fonio, I finally have a real end to my workday again, since the AI assistant professionally screens all calls.
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Since we started using fonio, we no longer have to worry about being reachable, because the AI answers every call immediately and handles the initial details. We receive clean transcripts of the conversations and can call back at specific times when we have the time. This makes us appear much more professional to candidates, and we no longer miss a single opportunity to connect with great talent.
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Important information often ended up on illegible scraps of paper, or the voicemail box was simply full. fonio has put an end to the chaos by automatically and digitally recording caller names, callback numbers, and the reason for the call. The data is immediately available to the entire team, which greatly speeds up internal coordination.
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Every day, we were held up by the same standard questions about job openings or application status. We've trained fonio so that these questions can now be answered directly over the phone without a recruiter having to pick up the call.
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What can the AI Phone Assistant do for Recruiters?
The main functions of the AI phone assistant for recruiters include accepting calls for initial interviews, screening applicants with pre-programmed questions, and scheduling interview appointments. The AI phone assistant for recruiters is able to give candidates detailed information.

Accepts Initial Interview Calls
The AI phone assistant automatically answers the phone and takes down the caller's request. It is available 24/7. There are no restrictions due to office hours or the availability of recruiters or hiring managers. An AI phone assistant is able to answer calls at any time of day on weekdays, weekends, and holidays.

Screens Applicants
The AI phone assistant can fully handle frequently recurring tasks, such as initial applications for open positions. To this end, the AI collects the candidate's contact information and forwards the application to the recruiting team or the appropriate hiring manager via email.

Schedules Interview Appointments
Appointments for interviews or one-on-one conversations between companies and candidates can be transferred directly to the calendar by the AI phone assistant. To do this, the AI collects the caller's contact information and interacts with the recruiting team's existing IT systems. It analyzes in real time which time slots are available for interviews and makes suggestions to the caller. Once the caller has chosen a suggested appointment, the AI compiles the data and automatically saves it in the system.

Answers Applicant Questions
The AI phone assistant for recruiters provides applicants with information about the open position and the company. When implemented for recruiting, the AI assistant has access to stored company information in the form of knowledge databases. Thanks to access to key information, the AI phone assistant can answer applicants' questions on topics such as expected salary, home office or hybrid options, company culture, and the application process.

Creates Call Transcripts
Our AI phone assistant creates transcripts of conversations with candidates, to best support recruiters in preparing for the interview. The automatic conversion of speech to text by the AI phone assistant is important for storing and processing applicant calls afterward. When needed, the AI-based phone assistant sends summaries of every call, including candidate pre-qualification, to the recruiting team.
Advantages of our AI Phone Assistant for Recruiters
The main benefits of our AI phone assistant for recruiters are that it's available around the clock, gets recruiting tasks done faster, and helps take the load off the team. With the AI phone assistant, recruiters have more time for qualified applicants and achieve cost savings.

Available Around the Clock
By implementing our AI phone assistant, recruiters, HR teams, and recruiting companies are available around the clock. Thanks to the AI-based phone assistant, candidates are able to contact the recruiting team 24/7 and ask their questions. The round-the-clock availability of the virtual phone assistant is especially helpful for applicants on holidays, at night, and on weekends.

Gets Recruiting Tasks Done Faster
The AI phone assistant gets recruiting tasks done faster and responds to applicants more quickly than human recruiters can. Automation from the smart phone assistant significantly reduces response and processing times, saving time on labor-intensive tasks during candidate selection. With the AI phone assistant, there's no hold queue on calls, since it takes multiple applicant calls at the same time.

Helps Take the Load Off the Team
Our AI phone assistant helps take the load off the team by freeing recruiters from repetitive tasks. Using the smart phone assistant gives recruiting teams the chance to focus more on strategic work and preparing for in-person interviews again. Thanks to the AI phone assistant, frequent, recurring questions about the open position no longer need to be answered by a human.

More Time for Qualified Applicants
The AI phone assistant makes sure recruiters have more time for qualified applicants, shifting the focus from the sheer volume of applicants to the quality of candidates. Our virtual phone assistant filters out unsuitable candidates on the phone based on defined criteria, so recruiters only talk to pre-qualified applicants, which allows for more in-depth interviews.

Cost Savings
By using our AI phone assistant, companies achieve cost savings, as personnel and process costs are reduced. Thanks to the smart phone assistant, a company saves on additional recruiters, HR positions, or external call center providers, since the AI assistant handles almost all initial communication itself.

Efficient Applicant Communication
The AI phone assistant takes care of efficient applicant communication, because it ensures faster, more consistent, and structured application management. Our AI-powered phone assistant conducts natural, fluent, and human conversations thanks to modern language processing, which significantly improves the candidate experience. All applicants receive immediate feedback from the AI phone assistant.

GDPR Compliance
Our AI phone assistant ensures GDPR compliance, since data protection is systematically maintained. We store only absolutely necessary candidate data on servers within the EU and delete it immediately upon request. A data processing agreement (DPA) is a standard part of our terms and conditions, ensuring that candidate data is stored and processed securely.
Your assistant, ready to test in 30 seconds
Anyone can get fonio up and running—no coding skills required.
Create AI phone assistants
Select voice, language, and a welcome message.
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Define in-call behavior and post-processing
Set up different call handling and choose how you want to receive the transcripts.
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Let the AI take your phone calls
The AI will be linked to a fonio phone number or your own phone system.
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fonio AI Telephone Assistant for Recruiters
AI assistant for efficient recruiting processes.
The fonio AI Telephone Assistant for Recruiters was developed to efficiently and reliably support the demands of modern recruiting processes. Our AI Telephone Assistant for Recruiters from fonio enables automated and professional initial communication with applicants.
AI assistants can relieve the burden on recruiting teams.
The intelligent telephone assistant handles calls for recruitment agencies in real time, answers frequently asked questions, conducts structured pre-qualifications, and significantly reduces the workload for the entire recruiting team. Our fonio telephone assistant stands out as a powerful, future-oriented AI solution that not only increases efficiency but also sustainably improves the quality of candidate communication.
How much does the AI phone assistant for recruiters cost?
The AI phone assistant for recruiters costs €99 per month for 1,000 free minutes and €299 for 3,000 free minutes. Once the free minutes are used up, each additional minute costs €0.15 in the €99 subscription and €0.12 in the €299 subscription. The €99 package includes 1 phone number, the €299 package includes 3 numbers.
The Solo subscription for €99 is suitable for recruiters who receive between 1 and 20 calls a day. We recommend our Team package for €299 for recruiting teams that receive more than 20 to 100 incoming calls per day. For large recruiting companies with more than 100 calls a day, we calculate the price for the AI phone assistant and the included services individually.
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