AI in Recruiting: What Makes Keiter’s Approach Different

Are Accounting Firms Using AI to Screen Your Resume?

A Career Coach turned Campus Recruiter’s perspective on thoughtful technology and human-centered recruiting

Advice From a Prior Career Coach

If you’re applying to Keiter, here’s what I want you to know, past Career Coach to candidate: your resume is read by a real person; your experiences are considered in context; your interest in the Firm really matters; you don’t need to win a system to be seen. We believe recruiting should feel like the start of a professional relationship, not a transaction decided by software.

Don’t write your resume for a machine, write it for a person. Focus on clearly explaining what you did, what you learned, and what you’re curious to learn next. The strongest applications aren’t the most optimized; they’re the most authentic and intentional. Are you looking to jumpstart your career in public accounting? Focus on sharing your story, why accounting, why public, and what kind of professional you want to become. At Keiter, we review every application thoughtfully, so AI never gets in the way of turning potential into a meaningful career.

Keiter’s Current Use of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the accounting profession, and at Keiter, we’re leaning into it thoughtfully. Across our Firm’s work, AI helps our professionals work smarter: analyzing data more efficiently, improving consistency, and freeing up time for higher-value judgement and client relationships. Like many forward-thinking firms, we continuously evaluate emerging technologies to ensure they enhance quality, accuracy, and service, without compromising standards or trust.

But when it comes to recruiting, our approach looks intentionally different.

As Keiter’s Campus Recruiter it is often asked: “Do you use AI to screen resumes?” or “Is my application reviewed by a system or a person?” The answer is intentional: every application at Keiter is reviewed by a human.

Technology Should Support People, Not Replace Them

In recruiting, AI is often positioned as a way to handle volume: automated resume screening, keyword filtering, and algorithm-driven shortlists. At Keiter, we use an applicant tracking system to manage logistics, posting roles, tracking candidates, and extending offers, but we do not outsource evaluation or decision making to AI. Resumes are read. Cover letters are considered. Career paths are discussed in context.

From a career services lens, students are supported while exploring majors for the first time, pivoting those majors or career paths, balancing work, school and familial responsibilities, and even still learning how to articulate their experiences. An algorithm might miss those stories. A person won’t.

Being Nimble Is a Strategic Advantage

Keiter’s independence and intentional growth allow us to recruit differently. We’re not hiring at a scale that requires automation to replace judgement, and we don’t want to. That nimbleness gives us the ability to review every applicant’s materials individually, look beyond job titles and keywords to understand experience and motivation, consider non-linear paths into accounting, and have real conversations, not just automated touchpoints. In accounting work, AI helps us scale insight. In recruiting, human connection is the insight.

Future-Focused

AI will continue to shape the accounting industry, and Keiter will continue to evaluate how it can best support our people and our clients. But we’re equally clear about where technology stops and human judgement begins. Careers are personal. Especially for students and early-career professionals, being seen matters. For the staff at Keiter, there is pride in working at a Firm that understands that balance, and chooses people, every time.

Interested in a career at Keiter? Explore our opportunities and start your application today.