Today’s business climate creates many internal and external factors that impact talent acquisition (TA). Emerging Trends in Talent Acquisition for 2025 factbook, the newest entry in our Talent Climate Series created in collaboration with AMS, defines the trends expected in the new year and detailed strategic recommendations around the four recommended focal points that can best drive business success:
- Implementing skills-based approaches to hiring and mobility
- Redesigning the TA tech stack with AI at the forefront
- Developing a multifaceted approach to fill talent and skills gaps
- Upskilling and elevating the TA function for the future
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These trends do not happen in isolation. Over the past few years, a high level of volatility, coupled with many tech solutions introduced to the market, has disrupted many of the TA teams’ processes and practices. However, as the factbook explores, volatility does not equate to futility. Today’s business climate offers unique opportunities for TA teams to future-proof their teams and quickly adapt to changing business needs.
Achieving this new level of proficiency means TA teams cannot operate in a silo. TA leaders must become true strategic advisors and form strong partnerships with leaders across the organization. Working collaboratively will support decision-making around resource allocation, workforce planning, and skills development.
Companies actively implementing this relationship between TA’s leadership and other departments have realized numerous business gains, including:
- Building skills-first talent practices, resulting in a strong pipeline of upskilling opportunities for internal growth and effective external recruiting
- Creating an internal, skills-first marketplace that has boosted internal candidate hiring to 42%
- Rolling out AI-powered GPT across the TA team to ensure that team members are doing the work that adds the most value—spending time with candidates
- Analyzing and improving each step in the hiring process—including tech and data tools—to ensure the focus remains on key stakeholders: the candidate, the recruiter, and the hiring manager
Emerging Trends in Talent Acquisition for 2025 features a compelling series of deep-dive interviews with TA leaders from organizations of various sizes and industries and is supported by half a million global data points from AMS, which have been core to every entry in the Talent Climate Series. Despite the vast industry-specific needs unique to each featured organization, the throughlines of challenges and opportunities remained the same, resulting in universally relevant, broadly applicable guidance for all TA and HR leaders.
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