TARA: HR Talent Agent for Internal Hiring Efficiency
AI coworker for resume screening and interview question suggestions, integrated with Zoho Recruit and Teams, streamlining candidate shortlisting across OBZ's global hiring pipeline.
Built on Amazon Bedrock with GenAI Studio
Overview
About the Customer
As OBZ expanded across multiple geographies, its lean HR operations team faced increasing pressure to screen large volumes of incoming resumes. Manual evaluation was time-consuming, introduced subjectivity, and slowed down the hiring process—particularly during rapid scale-ups. OBZ needed a smarter, faster way to handle the first mile of recruitment.
The Challenge
Business Challenges
- The HR team was spending excessive time on routine tasks like CV screening, shortlisting, and initial question prep
- This created delays in candidate progression and prevented HR from focusing on higher-value activities like interviews and onboarding
- With hiring pipelines growing globally, the challenge was to scale HR operations without proportionally scaling the team
The Solution
Solution Approach
OBZ developed TARA (Talent Acquisition & Recruitment Agent), an internal GenAI-powered HR coworker designed to automate repetitive hiring workflows. TARA was built using OBZ's GenAI Studio, and operates as part of OBZ's broader move toward agentic operations—where AI coworkers are task-owning digital employees. Deployed securely within OBZ's AWS environment, TARA integrates with Zoho Recruit, Microsoft Teams, and email systems to deliver intelligent support across the recruitment funnel. From screening CVs to suggesting role-specific questions, TARA reduces manual load while ensuring consistency and transparency.
Key Solution Highlights: • Automated Resume Screening – Extracts and scores candidate profiles based on key skills, experience, and role-fit • Intelligent Interview Prep – Generates customized interview questions aligned with the job description and candidate background • Multi-Platform Integration – Works across Zoho Recruit, MS Teams, and email to ensure seamless collaboration • Human-in-the-Loop – Final decisions remain with HR, while TARA handles first-level filtering and preparation
AWS Services Used
Built on AWS
Amazon Bedrock – Foundation for GenAI agents
AWS Lambda – Event-driven task handling across integrations
Amazon S3 – Secure storage of resumes and screening results
Amazon API Gateway – Enables integrations with Zoho, Teams, and email systems
Amazon CloudWatch – Monitoring agent activity and performance metrics
Outcome
Business Outcomes
- Reduced time spent on CV screening, freeing HR to focus on interviews and onboarding
- Enhanced consistency in shortlisting across roles and regions
- Enabled a scalable, agent-driven HR workflow with embedded governance
- Positioned TARA as a repeatable internal blueprint for future functional AI coworkers
About OneByZero
OneByZero is a frontier Systems Integrator specialising in AI Coworker design, build, and deployment for regulated enterprises across financial services, telecommunications, and retail. We operate across ASEAN, India, ANZ, and Japan, with a presence in the United States, combining domain expertise in regulated industries with deep AI engineering capability.
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