Recruiting Critical Talent: Insights from SHRM Thought Leadership
July 8, 2026 1:00 PM ET
The recruiting landscape is evolving rapidly, and organizations are facing unprecedented challenges in attracting and retaining top talent. Over two-thirds of organizations are struggling to fill open positions in 2026, and recruiting leaders are at the forefront of shaping strategies to secure critical skills, drive organizational performance, and navigate a dynamic labor market.
Join SHRM’s Thought Leadership team for a webinar that explores the key findings from the 2026 Recruiting Executives Benchmarking: Attracting Critical Talent and 2026 Recruiting Executives Priorities and Perspectives reports. This session will provide a comprehensive look at the latest data and trends impacting recruitment strategies, including:
Recruiting executives’ top priorities for sourcing and securing critical talent.
Key challenges impacting recruiting effectiveness.
The current state of recruiting costs, recruiter workloads, and the recruiting life cycle.
Gain a clear understanding of the key priorities, top challenges, and data-driven insights shaping recruiting in 2026, along with actionable strategies to enhance recruitment processes and optimize resource allocation.
SHRM Knowledge Advisors will join the live webinar to answer your questions in real time—right in the chat. If we don’t get to your question during the session? No problem, SHRM members can head to SHRM Connect after this webinar to keep the conversation going with advisors for 30 extra minutes. This benefit is only for members who join the live webinar and not included later on demand.
Meet the Presenters
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Ragan Decker
Ragan Decker, Ph.D., is an Industrial-Organizational Psychologist and Director of Commercial Research on SHRM’s Thought Leadership team. She leads and conducts strategic research that advances SHRM’s mission. Her team’s work, along with her own research contributions, spans a wide range of topics, including deskless workers, artificial intelligence, executive priorities, the state of the workplace, workplace culture, mental health, and civility.
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Aaron Hollinger
Aaron Hollinger is a Senior Researcher on SHRM’s Thought Leadership team. He conducts research on a wide array of topics, including HR function maturity, artificial intelligence, workplace trends, financial wellness, and executive priorities.
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Addy Weaver
Addy Weaver, Ph.D., is an Associate Researcher on SHRM’s Thought Leadership team, where she researches trends in employee benefits and benchmark data from thousands of organizations. She holds a PhD in Behavioral Science from the University of Rhode Island and has applied her knowledge of human behavior to studying the social cohesion of teams in the workplace.
SHRM certification has approved this webinar for 1 PDC toward SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP recertification. A program code will be provided at the end of the webinar.