Recruiting
Attracting top talent efficiently to reduce hiring costs, speed time-to-fill, and drive business growth.
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2025 Talent Trends
The 2025 Talent Trends report explores HR’s role in addressing recruiting challenges and highlights the strategies organizations are using to fill jobs, including upskilling and reskilling existing workers, using AI in the recruitment process, and relying on apprenticeship, internship, and mentoring programs.
The Importance of Talent Acquisition
Recruiting isn’t just about filling roles — it’s about fueling business performance. Every vacancy represents lost productivity and revenue. By building strong employer brands, leveraging data, and streamlining hiring, HR leaders can cut costs, improve quality of hire, and reduce turnover. Recruiting done right is one of the most powerful levers for profitability.
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Key Data & Trends
56%
HR professionals rate their organization's recruiting efforts as effective
61%
recruiting professionals face challenges due to a lack of qualified candidates for open roles
30%
recruiting executives refining their strategy are aligning recruitment functions with broader business objectives
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