#117- How Josh Kirkham Is Building the AI Operating System for Agency Recruiters

#117- How Josh Kirkham Is Building the AI Operating System for Agency Recruiters

From Digital Recruiter Podcast by Digital Recruiter

February 6, 2026 · 38 min

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Josh Kirkham discusses the evolution of CoRecruit and the role of AI in agency recruitment.

SUMMARY Josh Kirkham didn’t just join an AI company. He helped reshape one around how agency recruiters actually work. In this episode of the Digital Recruiter Podcast, host Clark Wilcox sits down with Josh, VP of Revenue at CoRecruit (formerly Quil), to unpack the thinking behind their rebrand and what it signals about where recruiting technology is headed in 2026. Josh shares how the company evolved from a simple note taking tool into a full AI assistant built specifically for third party recruiters. What started as CRM hygiene for sales teams turned into something much bigger once recruiters began pulling the product into their workflows. The conversation breaks down why write ups, job descriptions, scorecards, and follow ups are the real time killers in recruiting, and how CoRecruit focuses on automation without stripping away the human judgment recruiters are paid for. Clark and Josh also zoom out to talk about AI adoption more broadly. They unpack the 10 80 10 framework for using AI effectively, why 100 percent automation is the wrong goal, and how personalization and execution matter more than flashy features. The episode wraps with a look at CoRecruit’s new VoIP and…

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Host: Clark Wilcox

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Organizations: CoRecruit, Quil

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