In the energy sector, where project execution is strategic, responding quickly to clients’ needs by selecting the best available talents is essential.
Thanks to the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into its talent sourcing and selection process, Altea Energy is improving its operational efficiency while enhancing the experience of both candidates and clients.
At Altea Energy, this approach is part of a commitment to responsible innovation. The development of our tools is based on a “privacy by design” approach, ensuring the confidentiality and security of our consultants’ personal data.
As the energy sector undergoes a major transition—particularly in renewables, where there is a shortage of qualified professionals—the challenge is twofold: identify and retain the best experts to support our clients’ strategic projects.
How is AI revolutionizing sourcing? What are the concrete benefits for recruiters and stakeholders?
Insights from Pamela Bobillier, Business Transformation Director, and Eva Berton, Head of Recruitment at Altea Energy.
“Finding the right expert for a mission in the energy sector requires a thorough analysis of skills and a deep understanding of the technical requirements of each project.
AI allows us to automate and optimize this research phase by analyzing thousands of profiles from our CV database in just a few seconds.
In highly demanding and fast-moving sectors such as oil & gas, renewables, and nuclear, our ability to quickly deliver the best-matching candidates to meet our clients’ expectations is a key competitive advantage.” explains Pamela Bobillier, Business Transformation Director at Altea Energy.
Using advanced algorithms integrated into Altea Energy’s Applicant Tracking System, AI identifies the most relevant candidates based on client-specific criteria:
These improvements allow candidates to benefit from a quick and automatic professional highlight, without having to spend hours writing their own career summary.
“Thanks to the automated analysis of their profile, a candidate’s CV can stand out more easily when a mission perfectly matches their skills — even several months after submitting their application,” explains Eva Berton, Head of Recruitment at Altea Energy.
“AI is not intended to replace our recruiters’ expertise, but rather to complement it in a smart way.
By automating repetitive and time-consuming tasks such as CV screening, profile updates, or interview scheduling, AI frees up valuable time for what really matters: candidate engagement and human interaction throughout the recruitment process.”, explains Eva Berton.
For candidates, this increased efficiency translates into faster responses, more targeted interactions, and greater recognition of their professional value.
AI allows recruiters to focus on what truly matters: human connection, active listening, and personalized support throughout the selection process.
AI at Altea Energy improves continuously through human-in-the-loop feedback. Recruiters can re-evaluate the AI’s initial scoring and apply their own ratings based on the role’s specific needs.
“Our recruiters use AI-generated insights to refine their selection and present the best candidates to clients more efficiently,” says Eva Berton.
“Each recruiter is able to review and adjust the AI’s preliminary analysis based on the fit between the profile and the mission. Our goal is to achieve a reliable level of analysis across a representative sample of applications, ensuring an optimal match between talent capabilities and client needs.
The more profiles we analyze, the better the AI model adapts to our industry & business context—making its recommendations more accurate and relevant,” adds Pamela Bobillier.
AI also helps us keep candidate data up to date by automatically filling in profiles from parsed resumes—ensuring an efficient and continuously updated database.
“The early test phases are paving the way for a new generation of tools for our recruitment team, where AI recruiting agents will play a key role.
In the long run, AI will become a personal assistant to each recruiter—saving time on administrative tasks and allowing them to focus on the human side of hiring,” continues Eva Berton.
These powerful AI agents will:
“We’re currently exploring these new AI-driven capabilities to continue innovating and delivering the best possible experience to both our energy experts and clients,” explains Pamela Bobillier.
The adoption of AI in recruitment processes naturally raises questions about data privacy. At Altea Energy, the security of personal information is a priority.
“All our solutions are designed with a ‘privacy by design’ approach, in full compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
In practice, this means that our consultants’ data is never used to train external models, such as Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT.
We innovate while ensuring that every candidate can trust how their information is used throughout the recruitment process,” concludes Pamela Bobillier.
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Since 2008, Altea Energy has selected and mobilized thousands of experts on more than 300 projects in the oil and gas, renewable energies and nuclear sectors.
We mobilize contractors in more than 100 countries, with a strong footprint in Africa, Europe, Middle East, and South America, in full compliance with local laws and regulations.
