Anna Howell

The age of manual recruiting is over... if you aren't automating your process using AI, your recruiting team might not be reaching its fastest hiring timelines possible.

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Brandon Jeffs took to HR Tech to ask industry leaders what’s really shaping their recruiting strategies these days. Learn how recruiters define the “why” behind recommending candidates, how proactive pipelines produce the right profiles faster, and how Gem’s AI sourcing helps every step of the way.

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Recruiting is changing, and fast. But it’s not something to fear. It’s something to use. Amit Babbar, Sr. Director of Talent Acquisition at Roblox, shares why the most successful TA professionals will be the ones who embrace the tools, not avoid them. Learn. Adapt. Stay relevant. The future of hiring has already begun. #SuccessSparks

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Manual outreach shouldn’t be your team’s full-time job. The smartest recruiting teams are scaling what works—targeted, personalized, and timed outreach through Campaigns on Handshake. Check the comments to learn how to build campaigns that actually convert.

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Onboarding is broken. Here’s the reality HR leaders face: 🔹 40+ tasks for every new hire 🔹 Only 12% of employees are satisfied with onboarding 🔹 Companies with smooth onboarding see 50%+ higher retention Now, for the first time in Paycor: background screening is built into onboarding. That means: ✅ No system hopping ✅ Fewer errors ✅ Day one = a running start Our decade-long partnership with Paycor made this possible. And HR leaders are already calling it the fastest hiring tool they’ve ever used. 👉 See how it works and why it’s changing onboarding: https://hubs.li/Q03DCT-P0

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Talent acquisition budgets don’t get approved because they’re needed. They get approved because the business impact is clear. With rising costs and stretched TA teams, many leaders are being asked to justify hiring investment more rigorously than ever and traditional arguments aren’t landing. We break down how HR and TA leaders can build a compelling, data-backed business case for TA investment by tying hiring directly to what leadership cares about most: • Revenue impact and speed to delivery • The real cost of unfilled roles and skills gaps • Risk exposure from underinvestment • ROI beyond time-to-fill • Flexible, scalable budget models This isn’t about asking for more budget. It’s about positioning talent acquisition as a growth lever, not a cost center. Read the full blog via the link in the comments. #TalentAcquisition #HRLeadership #WorkforceStrategy #HiringROI #PeopleStrategy #TALeadership #FutureOfWork #LevelUPHCS

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Recruiting in 2026: What’s Next? 2025 reshaped recruiting with AI, skills-based hiring, and rising candidate expectations. As we head into 2026, trends like quiet hiring, deeper skills assessments, and human-centric recruiting will define success. But challenges, like fake candidates and skyrocketing benefit costs, are on the horizon. Want to stay ahead? Check out our latest insights on how to hire smarter in 2026 #recruiting #recruitingtrends #recruitingin2026 #kmarecruiting #hrtrends #talentstrategy #kmahr #weknowtalent https://lnkd.in/g7mw2jJc

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Ready to revolutionize your HR operations? 🚀 Gusto, a leading HR platform, partnered with Onix to streamline processes and empower self-service. Discover how we leveraged Google Vertex Agent Builder and Generative AI to: 🤖 Automate routine HR tasks like onboarding new employees 🎯 Provide instant, accurate answers to FAQs, reducing friction 📈 Create a scalable solution that's easy to update See how this transformed their customer experience and boosted efficiency. Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4kYEo45 #HRTech #GenerativeAI #AIAutomation #SelfService #GoogleCloud #VertexAI

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3 Standout Findings from HR.com's 2025 Future of Talent Acquisition Report: 1️⃣ Only 30% of organizations plan to increase their TA budget—despite 56% expecting hiring needs to grow 2️⃣ Only 5% of organizations rate their TA function as "world-class"—even though they're self-assessing against a maturity model 3️⃣ "Leaders" in TA are 3x more likely than "laggards" to rate their hiring capabilities high Download the full report—compliments of Rival—for more benchmarks and comparative data and to learn how leading TA teams are finding success in 2025 and beyond: https://lnkd.in/eTWvN_7t #TalentAcquisition #Recruiting #Survey #HiringTrends2025

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Still juggling too many recruiting vendors and getting too few hires? If you lead Talent Acquisition at a large org, chances are you’ve got: - Multiple agency relationships - Pressure to deliver fast, high-quality hires - A dashboard full of vendor data with no clear story And yet hiring still feels slow, inconsistent, and reactive. This piece breaks down what high-performing recruiting partners actually do differently. And how to tell if yours are adding value or just resumes. If adding more vendors isn’t solving the problem, this article is worth a full read. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e8icYpgV  #hiring #talentacquisition #hiringnow #recruitment

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⚙️ AI can’t transform recruiting without ops leaders connecting the dots. Whether it’s integrating tools with your ATS, building workflows, or analyzing recruiting funnel data—your impact is growing fast. This post highlights where recruiting ops pros should focus in 2025: 📊 SQL, BI tools, AI governance, vendor strategy, and more. 📍 Dive into the details: https://bit.ly/3ZTYVys #RecruitingOps #HRTech #WorkflowAutomation #AIIntegration #DataDrivenHR #TalentTech #SenseAI

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The talent industry is evolving fast. Are you keeping up? Built In surveyed 350+ talent leaders to uncover how top teams are navigating today’s biggest hiring shifts. The top takeaway? A multi-channel approach to recruiting is a must have, especially if you’re looking to secure top AI talent. Download the 2025 Talent Trend Report to stay ahead: https://lnkd.in/gTs2ZifZ

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📊 The Cost of Talent is Shifting: Key Benchmarks from the 2025 Recruiting Report The new SHRM 2025 Recruiting Executives Benchmarking Report reveals a major divergence in hiring metrics, with costs soaring for executive roles while time-to-fill stabilizes. Here are the must-know insights for every talent acquisition professional: 1. Executive Hiring Costs Explode, Nonexecutive Costs Drop The cost-per-hire (CPH) gap is wider than ever, underscoring the resource intensity of top-tier talent acquisition: Executive CPH has reached a median of $10,625. This represents a staggering 113% increase since 2017 and a 21% rise since 2022. Nonexecutive CPH decreased to $1,200, a 27% decline since 2017. The Ratio: The cost of hiring an executive is now nearly 9 times that of a nonexecutive role. 2. Time-to-Fill Stabilizes, But Size Matters The hiring process is becoming more consistent across job levels, suggesting focused effort on speed: The median time-to-fill for both executive and nonexecutive positions is now about 44-45 days (a month and a half). This is a sharp drop for executive roles, which took 60 days in 2022. The Bottleneck: Extra-large organizations (5,000+ employees) report significantly longer time-to-fill periods (around 60-61 days for both). 3. The Internal Hiring Opportunity is Missed Recruitment remains overwhelmingly external, though larger firms are better at internal mobility: The overall median shows executive hiring is 100% external. Only 7% of nonexecutive positions are filled internally across all organizations. The Exception: Extra-large organizations are the exception, filling 50% of executive positions from within. 4. A "Quality of Hire" Blind Spot Despite 61% of recruiting executives citing a lack of qualified candidates as a top challenge, very few organizations actually measure whether their new hires deliver value: Only 20% of organizations use a quality-of-hire metric, a decline from previous years. 💡 Actionable Takeaway: Recruitment is expensive, especially at the executive level. Recruiting leaders need to justify these costs by integrating Quality of Hire metrics into their reporting and investing in internal development programs (upskilling, mentoring) to capitalize on the lower cost and higher potential retention of internal talent. How does your organization's CPH compare to these benchmarks? Share your thoughts below! 👇 #Recruiting #TalentAcquisition #HRMetrics #Benchmarking #FutureOfWork #SHRM #ExecutiveSearch

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