How I Automate Hiring & People Ops Tasks Using Free AI Tools

I’m Kendall Oseland. I’ve worked in recruiting and People Ops for about 10 years, mostly with startups and SaaS companies. I’ve done a little bit of everything: hiring, onboarding, writing job descriptions, virtual back-office operations, helping teams get organized with project management tools, and making sure the behind-the-scenes stuff actually works.

Over time, I started using AI tools to make the more repetitive parts of my job easier. Not in a futuristic, tech-wizard way, but more like: “Can this help me get a rough draft going faster?” or “Can it clean up this doc so I don’t have to rewrite it from scratch?” Turns out, it can.

I don’t think you need to be technical to use AI well. You just need to know how to talk to it and where it fits in your actual day-to-day work. In this worksh

I've automated data-intensive internal operations workflows for 10 years, on teams at UC Berkeley, Citi, and Flexport.

I currently help mid-market CPG companies automate their internal processes through my AI startup, Crafty Crow.

With AI know-how and Crafty Crow AI SaaS, clients regain 20+ hours a week and save 50-80% of costs as compared to hiring or engaging agencies.