Smart Hiring, Happy Employees: Using AI to Find the Right Fit and Support Well-being from Day One

Hiring the right person is no longer about qualifications; it is about finding someone who fits the company culture, thrives in the work environment, and stays healthy and motivated. This chapter focuses on how artificial intelligence (AI) shapes talent acquisition by not only spotting candidates but ensuring the start-continued long-term well-being of the employee. The chapter takes a practical, human-centred paradigm where AI interfaces assess job applications and video interviews and behaviour patterns to assess and predict candidates emotional, cultural fit, and resilience. Adding well-being benchmarks to recruitment decisions assists organizations drop employee turnover rates, increase employee happiness, and improve overall organizational health. The chapter focuses on well- established AI applications from budding companies and global human resource (HR) tech firms. AI assesses unconscious bias in organizations and improves customer recruitment experiences, job-person fit, and post hire experiences. The chapter examines critiques of AI use in recruitment, especially in the areas of fairness, privacy, and disclosure. The chapter adds value by integrating AI in recruitment with a forward-looking perspective on employee well-being and provides HR practitioners with implementable paths that promote a healthier, more sustainable organizational climate.