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Recruitment sectors to boom in 2025 🚀

Greg Savage

Good News Ahead for 2025! 🌍 Global Outlook: 41% of employers plan to increase headcount in Q1 2025. 🇦🇺 Australia: 31% of employers are hiring. 🇬🇧 UK: 28% gearing up to grow teams. Agency recruiters, this is your chance to rebound from a soft 2024! IT is set to lead the way, with other sectors looking bullish. Whats the forecast for your sector?

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How to Reduce Hiring Bias: A Guide for Talent Acquisition Professionals

Recruitics

To reduce hiring bias in recruitment, practical strategies, from blind resume screening to structured interviews and AI-powered tools, help organizations build diverse, high-performing teams. Key Takeaways Companies with high ethnic and cultural diversity outperform competitors in profitability, while diverse teams demonstrate better decision-making capabilities.

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Navigating the Shifting Sands of Talent Acquisition in 2025: Are You Ready for What’s Next?

Proactive Talent

The hiring landscape is at a crossroads. After several years of labor market upheavalwhiplashing between record-high demand and pandemic-driven hiring freezesthe current talent acquisition world feels more like an unpredictable ocean than a calm pond. As we head into 2025, its clear that the rules of the game have changed yet again. Weve witnessed the pendulum swing from a frantic race to secure talent at all costs to a more measured, long-term view that emphasizes sustainability, flexibility, a

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Email Marketing: The Missing Piece in Your Recruiting Strategy

Rally Recruitment Marketing

When you think about Recruitment Marketing, what comes to mind first? For many talent acquisition teams, the focus is on career sites, employer branding, job advertising and social media. But theres one channel that often gets overlookedemail marketing. Through years of guiding and learning from thousands of recruitment marketers, Ive noticed a clear pattern: email marketing is often the last skill recruitment marketers develop.

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Understanding Group Medicare for an Aging Workforce: Key Considerations for HR Leaders

Speaker: Shawnequa Albert

As our workforce evolves, so must the way we support it. With more employees choosing to work beyond age 65, HR leaders are increasingly being called upon to guide aging employees through one of the most complex transitions in their professional lives - from employer sponsored plans to Group Medicare. Without clear guidance, confusion around eligibility, coverage options, and cost implications can lead to uncertainty and missed opportunities for optimized benefits.

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Skills-Based Hiring: The Future of Recruitment Is Already Here

ExactHire Recruiting

Skills-based hiring is revolutionizing recruitment strategies in 2025, with 81% of employers already adopting this approach according to the latest industry research. By focusing on candidates' abilities rather than degrees or years of experience, skills-based hiring expands your talent pool by up to 62%, improves diversity, and increases retention rates.

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Recruiting in 2025: Hacks, Trends, and Tech from the Pros 

Lever

The best recruiters arent just focused on hiring, theyre tapped into the latest challenges and opportunities facing the industry. With the labor market moving fast, staying ahead isnt just a bonus its a necessity. But keeping up isn’t easy, especially when youre navigating competing priorities. Thats why the most successful hiring teams stay connected […] The post Recruiting in 2025: Hacks, Trends, and Tech from the Pros appeared first on Lever.

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Humour and Effective Communication in Recruitment

NPA Worldwide

Today’s guest blogger is Parvathy Krishnan of Cucumber Consultants in Hyderabad, India. Cucumber Consultants has core expertise in executive recruitment, with a focus on placing C-suite executives such as CFOs and other senior leadership roles across diverse industries. Parvathy is currently serving on the NPAworldwide Board of Directors. Here, she discusses how appropriate humour can create effective communication in recruitment.

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Deploy, Reshape, Invent: How AI is Changing Hiring Forever

Social Talent

Back in the 90s, I worked at a video store. You remember those, right? Rows and rows of VHS tapes, a handful of copies of The Shawshank Redemption , and a lot of customers who waited (sometimes for hours!) just to get their hands on the latest release. In my early teens I was essentially IMDB for my local corner of Dublin, recommending comedies and thrillers to customers who had no idea what to pick!

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Identifying High-Potential Candidates: A Guide for CMOs and Hiring Managers

TeamBuilderSearch

In today’s competitive landscape, identifying high-potential candidates is critical for building teams that drive growth, innovation, and long-term success. Whether you’re a Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) or a hiring manager, understanding how to spot talent with strong growth potential can set your organization apart. But what exactly defines “high potential,” and how can you recognize it during the hiring process?

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How to Hire for Potential: Unskilled Doesn’t Mean No Skills

When you have a high-volume role and every resume looks the same, traditional hiring methods make it almost impossible to identify which candidates have the right skills for success. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to quickly differentiate top candidates by focusing on soft skills, cognitive abilities, and culture fit, not just experience. What We’ll Cover: Why traditional hiring falls short: Experience alone doesn’t predict success What skills-based hiring is: Evaluating soft skills, cognitiv

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15+ Reference Check Questions for Recruiters to Ask in 2025

Recruiter Flow

You know that even if candidates pass interviews with flying colors, they dont necessarily qualify for the job. Reference checks often reveal flaws in a candidate that disqualify them as top talent. However, a successful reference check requires a predetermined structure. It is not enough to just call the contacts listed by the candidate because these individuals are likely to give glowing reviews.

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Did you outperform the market in 2024?

Greg Savage

2024 was tough for many recruiters, but blaming the market entirely is unwiseand perhaps a cop-out. Top recruiters adapt, find fresh strategies, and thrive even when conditions are tough. This data shows how recruitment sectors performed in 2024. Not everyone struggledmany thrived! Did you miss the boat while blaming the market? Benchmark yourself here and see how you truly performed compared to your competitors.

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TikTok's U.S. Shutdown: What It Means for Recruitment Marketing

Recruitics

TikTok's U.S. shutdown impacts recruitment marketing strategies, prompting organizations to diversify their social media presence across platforms like YouTube, Instagram Reels, Facebook Stories, and Reddit to maintain candidate reach. Key Takeaways TikTok's imminent shutdown affects 170 million U.S. users and an estimated $20 billion in revenue, forcing recruiters to rethink their social media strategies.

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Outpaced: How Candidates Are Ahead of Using AI Compared to Employers in Hiring

Proactive Talent

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has disrupted almost every industry, but its influence on the hiring process is particularly noteworthy. While many organizations are still debating AIs pros and consor wrestling with legacy systems that make adoption difficultjob seekers have taken swift advantage of new AI-powered tools to improve rsums, rehearse interviews, and tailor their applications with remarkable precision.

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The Secret to Navigating Employment Compliance in 2025

Speaker: Speakers

The employment compliance landscape is evolving fast, and staying on top of the latest regulatory changes can feel overwhelming. With so much conflicting information out there, how can you be sure you're covering all your bases? Join Kimberly Best-Robideaux, a top immigration attorney with 20+ years of experience, and Chapelle Ryon, CEO of WorkBright, for an expert-led webinar to help you move beyond the headlines and break down key insights about evolving regulations.

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8 Steps to Researching Talent Competitors

Rally Recruitment Marketing

Whats your strategy for standing out in the competitive talent market of 2025? With employers continually vying for top candidates, understanding your talent competitors has become more important than ever. Imagine having a comprehensive view of how your talent competitors try to attract potential candidateswhat channels theyre using, the messages theyre sending and the image theyre portraying.

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The Power of a Shorter Job Application

ExactHire Recruiting

A lengthy job application can drive away top talent, leading to a smaller and less qualified applicant pool. Research shows that excessive application steps increase drop-off rates, reducing your chances of finding the right hire. A shorter, streamlined application process improves completion rates, enhances the candidate experience, and helps you attract more qualified applicants.

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How ListenRing Expanded Their Hiring Pipeline with Full-Service Talent Acquisition

ApplicantPro

ListenRing, a trailblazing teletherapy startup, is on a mission to revolutionize mental healthcare accessibility through its app-driven platform. With their technology nearly ready for launch, the team faced a critical challengescaling their workforce from a team of 11 to 30+. Their recruitment process needed refinement to attract top-tier licensed professionals while ensuring a seamless hiring and onboarding experience.

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6 Top Job Description Red Flags to Watch in 2025

Ongig

When navigating the job market, job seekers often encounter job postings that raise concerns about potential employers. At the same time, employers must recognize and eliminate these job description red flags to attract top talent. A well-written job description leads to a great job posting and job ad; it sets clear expectations, appeals to potential employees, and helps job hunters find the right fit for a new role.

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Revolutionizing Hiring: Remote-Insourcing That Slashes Turnover & Training Costs!

What is Remote-Insourcing? Sounds like an oxymoron, right? Not anymore. Remote-Insourcing isn’t outsourcing—it’s a revolutionary staffing model that lets our clients fill key entry-level positions with top-tier, loyal, long-term talent, integrated seamlessly into their businesses—just like local employees but without the turnover or W2 HR hassles. With under 3% unwanted attrition, you train once and keep the same team for years.

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The Technology Hiring Outlook for 2025

NPA Worldwide

The 2025 technology hiring outlook reveals a recruitment landscape ripe with opportunity yet fraught with rapid change. Insights from Deloitte and Forbes highlight strong growth in tech hiring, driven primarily by advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and escalating cybersecurity needs. Both fields are not just reshaping industries but also demanding a renewed focus on talent acquisition strategies.

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The Evolution of Recruiting KPIs: How to Measure Hiring Success

Social Talent

Lets be honest when it comes to recruiting KPIs, we all want to know how our numbers compare to others. Its like when someone completes a marathon you should be thinking, Wow, thats an amazing achievement , but instead, the first question that comes to mind is, What was your time? Recruiting leaders are always curious about what other companies are measuring.

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Top 3 Healthcare Staffing Software Tools For High Volume Shifts

Automated Business Designs

The healthcare staffing industry continues to be one of the fastest growing industries. According to the iCIMS Insights February 2025 Workforce Report , the application volume for healthcare roles increased by 24% month over month in January and is 9% higher than in January 2024. Healthcare job openings rose by 25% from last month and inched up 5% higher than January 2024.

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Recruiterflow Product Update – December 2024

Recruiter Flow

Happy New Year! We hope you had a wonderful holiday season, recharging with friends and family. If you have not closely observed yet, Manan has passed on the product update email baton to meone of the many new things you will see from us this year. Please feel free to send a Hi as a reply to this email:) The new year is a time to reflect, course correct, and set bold goals for the future.

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The Great Disruption: Leveraging AI To Better Your Benefits Strategy

Speaker: Joana Ardelean, MSHRM, PHR, SHRM-CP, CC

The benefits landscape is shifting rapidly, and AI is at the center of this transformation. From optimizing health and wellness programs to predicting future benefits needs, AI is empowering HR and total rewards leaders to make smarter, more proactive decisions. The challenge? Understanding where AI fits in your strategy and how to leverage it effectively while keeping employee well-being at the forefront.

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5 recruiter training issues you must fix

Greg Savage

Most Recruitment Training is a Waste of Time. After 40 years in recruitment training, I can say this confidently. Training is often cursory or non-existent. Even when delivered well, without follow-up, retention fails. The real difference between recruiters and agencies is skills, attitude, and development. Are you falling behind? Is your career at risk?

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Content Marketing Strategies to Attract Quality Talent

Recruitics

Effective content marketing strategies help organizations showcase their employee value proposition through blogs, social media, and video content, attracting quality talent by authentically communicating career growth, culture, and benefits. Key Takeaways Only one-third of employees believe organizations deliver on employee value proposition promises, making authentic content essential for building trust with potential candidates.

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Podcast: Belonging, Leadership, and the Future of Talent with Eric Knauf of BelongHQ

Proactive Talent

In a recent episode of TribePod , host Matt Staney welcomed Talent Leader and former Proactive Talent client Eric Knauf , Founder and Managing Partner at BelongHQ, for an in-depth conversation on talent leadership, belonging, and the evolving role of human connection in the workplace. With decades of experience spanning companies like SAP, Ariba, and Commvault, Eric brought valuable perspectives on the future of talent acquisition and leadership.

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Optimizing your social recruiting strategy: what works where

CareerArc

What if your next great hire isnt searching job boards but scrolling their social media feed instead? In 2025, thats where the talent hunt begins. With 86% of jobseekers turning to social media platforms and more alternatives to job boards than ever, its especially important to meet candidates where they are. But heres the catch: not all social platforms are created equal.

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10 HR Metrics for 2025: HR Data Toolkit

The right HR metrics can illuminate hidden trends, justify decisions to the C-suite, and give you an edge in this unpredictable economy. Download Paycor’s guide and learn how to calculate your: Cost-per-Hire Total Financial Impact of Absences Voluntary Turnover Rate And more!

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Job Applicant Overload: Why More Candidates Doesn’t Mean Better Hiring

Survale

The job market has shifted dramatically in recent years, with an increasing number of candidates vying for each open position. On the surface, this might seem like a positive development for employers. A larger talent pool should, in theory, result in better hiring outcomes. However, the reality is far more complicated. This job applicant overload often makes it hardernot easierto find the right employees, overwhelming recruiters and complicating the hiring process.

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How Western States Lodging and Management Optimized Applicant Outsourcing

ApplicantPro

Founded in 1994, Western States Lodging and Management has grown into a leader in the hospitality and senior living industries. With 2,250 employees and a reputation for providing exceptional service, the company needed to strengthen its hiring pipeline to support its rapid expansion while maintaining its high standards for employee quality. One of the biggest challenges was hiring for Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) positions across their 19 properties, where turnover rates reached 80-90%.

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Talent Sourcing in 2025: Predictions for a Dynamic Workforce

WizardSourcer

The dawn of 2025 ushers in new opportunities and challenges in talent sourcing. As technology evolves and societal priorities shift, businesses must navigate a complex landscape to attract and retain top talent. Here are key predictions shaping the future of talent sourcing in 2025. 1. AI-Powered Talent Acquisition Artificial intelligence will continue to transform how organizations find candidates.