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Recruitment Trends in 2025 – Predictions From 15 Experts

We are approaching completion of another hectic and ever-changing recruitment year.

We asked 15 recruitment industry professionals to think about how 2023 will go into the history books and what you can bring with you for 2024.

Unsurprisingly, when we asked our experts about the most substantial changes in recruitment in 2023, the words turning up in the word cloud were AI, automation and the changes in abilities and employer branding.

Let’s dive into what 15 recruitment professionals had to say in the 2023 Teamdash study.

The increase of AI and automation in recruitment

The concentrate on automation has appeared in the previous years, and truly so. Recruitment innovation is more readily available, available and adaptable than ever.

This year, AI took a substantial step ahead in recruitment and has actually been incorporated into recruitment software application, including Teamdash.

We just recently commemorated one year of ChatGPT – the notorious AI tool pointed out at every table this year. ChatGPT and other AI tools are utilized by both recruiters and candidates, raising issues about how it impacts the recruitment process and how to preserve ethical and human aspects in the decision-making.

At Teamdash, our viewpoint has actually always been that the recruiter ought to be at the steering wheel and in control, and innovation is simply a vehicle to arrive much faster, safer and more comfortably. And it ought to continue and be transparent in the recruitment efficiency metrics.

AI resembles your co-pilot – you’re in control, providing commands and employment deciding.

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Renita Käsper, Global Director of Talent Acquisition and Employer Branding at HRS Group

Talent acquisition and recruitment has been a relatively early adopter of Expert system. AI helps recruiters to work smarter, not harder, automate repetitive jobs, make it faster and simpler to source prospects, compose task ads, launch employer branding campaigns, and engage with prospects, to call simply a few. AI continues to develop and automate everyday jobs. Recruiters might be able to take a lot of repetitive things off their plates and focus on the more human elements of recruiting.

Keter Luhaorg, Recruitment Partner at Euronics

I started using multiple AI-powered tools in recruitment, constantly ensuring ethical practices, obviously. Learning the essential prompts not just made my task simpler, but also proved extremely interesting. Embracing ethical AI tools entirely changed my approach to recruitment: Automated Resume Screening: quickly matching candidate credentials with job requirements. Chatbot assistance: guides prospects, responses FAQs, and schedules interviews flawlessly.

In 2023, we experienced the growth of the requirement to headhunt skills instead of fill the functions of actively applying individuals. At the same time, the increased flow of applying candidates appeared like a positive change, however in fact, it did more operate in regards to the need to respond to everybody, examine each profile’s suitability to the role and employment send out more rejection emails.

The efficiency increase that the AI and automation tools provided enabled us to make the process faster and more consistent. We attained an enhancement in the Time to Hire metric and the drop in Voluntary Turnover, and, at the very same time – a boost in employee NPS.

Gireniene, Head of Talent Acquisition at Nord Security

In 2023 our hiring rate from applicants increased by 25% – to increase working with rates, you need to ensure the very best candidate experience by using automations and AI.

Tools you require for successful recruitment in 2024

Recruiters without up-to-date tools and software application have a clear disadvantage compared to the ones who have actually adopted an extensive tech stack.

All the professionals who reacted to our study discussed having an excellent and modern-day ATS as the first essential tool in 2024.

Teamdash is recruitment software application built by employers for recruiters, and we understand how frustrating it is dealing with technology that does not fit your workflows.

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That’s why Teamdash is highly customisable and includes different automation possibilities and (AI-powered) tools that make your work easier – an interview scheduler, a job advertisement landing page tool, the inclusive language checker, AI-powered Candidate Summaries and video speaking with choices, among others. The recruitment control panel provides you a birds-eye summary of your whole recruitment procedure. The Recruitment Performance tab gives you a visual overview of necessary recruitment metrics so you can be more tactical in your daily work.

We covered choosing the right ATS for your requirements and business at one of our webinars in 2023. You can view it on need on Livestorm.

Having the right tools helps us adjust to the marketplace modifications we experienced in 2023 and be proactive in 2024. Here are some recommendations from our professionals:

My essential tools are Proficient at, Chat GPT (or similar), and LinkedIn.

Jane Pettit, Business Growth Coach and Recruitment Team Trainer at Centred Excellence

For employers in 2024, essential tools consist of innovative AI-driven Applicant Tracking Systems, advanced candidate assessment software, diverse and inclusive task advertising platforms, information analytics tools for talent acquisition insights, and virtual reality user interfaces for immersive prospect experiences, stressing effectiveness, fairness, and engagement in the recruitment procedure.

Piret Ulm, Partner Relations Lead at TalentHub

I personally believe you will fall too far behind the curve if you do not make AI work for you. There are still too numerous employers not maximizing technology. You do not need to master them all, but get a great grounding on triggers and validation as a minimum. AI is as reputable as Wikipedia – you require to do the fact-check.

Danas Venclovas, Head of Talent Acquisition at Luminor Group

ATS, Magical Text Expander, DeepL, Grammarly, and templates to make daily jobs quicker.

Rethinking and redesigning your company brand name to adapt to the changes

The nature of work and the expectations towards the office and company have actually significantly shifted in the previous years. There is also a generational change in the labor force – Gen Z is entering the workforce as a part of the Boomer generation is retiring.

To maintain and exceed these expectations and employment keep working with and retaining top talent, employers need to reassess their employer brand name and offering. At our end-of-the-year webinar, Kaarel Holm from MeetFrank shared that the Pareto concept uses in their user base – 20% of the very best companies get 80% of the applicants. No company wishes to miss out on working with the best skill.

To turn into one of the best, openness is expected throughout all phases of the talent strategy. This implies leveraging the right technology and tools to support human proficiencies and constructing a strong employer brand based upon them.

Diversity (DEI), flexibility, openness and the rise of relatable organisations are the keywords in focus for employer brands in 2024.

We’ve seen a lot of modification throughout 2023.

– Firstly, employment the need for the workplace on a versatile basis has rebounded. While fully remote and remote-first chances stay dominant among jobseekers, hybrid roles are becoming increasingly popular.

Our Q3 Flexible Working Index (a report which tracks evolving trends across the flexible jobs market) exposed a sharp shift away from remote work amongst companies – completely remote roles represented just 4% of task posts between July and September, usually.

Meanwhile, jobseekers’ need for remote work remains strong, however our information reveals that the more versatility business use staff around working places, the more popular they are amongst candidates.

– Secondly, the conventional work week has actually substantially evolved over the previous year.

The timeless Mon-Fri is taking a rear seat. Increasingly more business are introducing an alternative technique, that includes variations of the 4-day week, the 4.5-day week, and the 9-day fortnight.
Demand for the 4-day work week has increased, with an average of 47.4% of Flexa users listing it as their favored way of working during October. During the same duration, 37.5% chosen the 4.5-day week as their choice, and 14.1% mentioned the 9-day fortnight was theirs.

Kayleigh Little, Recruitment Automation Expert at Teamdash

Maintaining your employer brand whilst recruitment is low is KEY! You need to be constantly sharing things with your audience so when recruitment selects back up you are not basically beginning from scratch. Technology will permit you to truly make data-driven choices whilst being able to track prospects, elevate your employer branding and master recruitment marketing.

Recruiter skillset in 2024

Over the last few years, we have actually seen a lift in skill- and value-based hiring. Companies are now actively upskilling their present workforce and employing brand-new workers to fill the ability gaps.

This also indicates recruiters need to adjust their abilities to match the requirements. Recruiters need a mix of exceptional soft abilities and hard skills to be effective in 2024 and beyond. A successful employer in 2024 is a terrific communicator and facilitator who knows how to sell the role and the company, works with information and data to think strategically, and adapts quickly to the modifications in the market.

Again, proactively dealing with establishing these abilities even more and using innovation helps remain on top of the recruitment game.

In the previous few years, we have seen recruitment becoming more and more tactical and data-driven. HR professionals have ended up being the leaders of this shift and the brand-new skill strategies.

We’re happy to see that Teamdash users are actively working with the information offered for them in the Recruitment efficiency tab and have actually made checking it a part of their daily regimen. This has assisted them find new ways to streamline the process and automate tedious jobs, making more time for activities that produce value.

The new skillset lines up with the difficulties that 2023 has actually brought and will carry on to 2024.

– We have seen an increase in the number of candidates but still have troubles getting adequate qualified candidates;
– We need to cut or handle recruitment expenses to remain on top of the financial circumstance worldwide;
– For more powerful company brand names, we require better interaction across business, and partnership with hiring managers is especially crucial.

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Riin Soostar, Senior HR Business Partner at Circle K Eesti

It is very important to automate as much administrative work as possible so the recruitment process is as effective and premium as possible. Recruiting is getting more technical with every year. I ´ d state that a great recruiter needs to stay up to date with the patterns, understand employment the target group, and understand how to connect to them. Also, there has to be a little bit of a salesperson in every recruiter, in an excellent way.

The most essential abilities for an employer in 2024 are:

Business partnering and consultancy abilities. The ability to take part in meaningful discussions and forge partnerships with hiring supervisors and stakeholders is critical. We should first cultivate a wealth of service acumen and abilities within ourselves to genuinely operate as important service partners. It includes understanding our service objectives, preemptively building skill pools, and avoiding last-minute firefighting. Stepping into a consumption call with skill market mapping results guides the discussion. It aligns expectations at the right level, making the next actions more enjoyable for ourselves, working with managers, and prospects.
Data-fueled processes and decision-making: While the discourse around data-driven processes has persisted, few have actually completely embraced these principles. Predicting what leads us ends up being a vital ability among TA professionals and helps us construct meaningful collaborations with our stakeholders. The approaching years signal a concrete shift, requiring fundamental change when it concerns time-based metrics, however not only. Integrating Talent Analytics and Talent Intelligence into resource preparation is ending up being the requirement even before recruitment activities begin. Balancing the internal and external viewpoints guarantees that we stay up to date with modifications and remain half a step ahead. As the data topic requires to expand, storytelling skills take centre stage-because data holds a vital story, and we are in the lead of writing the story around this.

Natalja Horohordina, Head of Talent Acquisition at Eesti Energia

Recruiters should embrace and utilize recruitment automation, construct evaluation abilities, and boost internal mobility in 2024. Recruiters need to comprehend their teams’ skills and abilities thorough to construct a thorough team’s evaluation picture.

Lara Holding-Jones, Director at Pink Jelly People Consultancy

Assessment skills will become increasingly important as prospects use AI tools to produce significantly strong CVs.

What will 2024 bring into recruiting?

We will see the number of of these trends and challenges discussed bring over to 2024.

Something is for sure: AI and employment automation will play a helping function for recruiters – customised communication, and the human aspect will always stay the leading players for both recruiters and prospects.

We are delighted to see in which instructions AI and technology will take us in 2024.

The end-of-the-year webinar “Key trends and changes in recruitment for 2024” was an informative session with data and skilled predictions from MeetFrank’s Co-Founder Kaarel Holm and The Talent Hunter Vanessa Raath. It is available as needed on Livestorm.

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Piret Luts, Global Head of Talent Analytics, Sourcing & Research at Nortal AS

2023 has left numerous skill acquisition teams lean. Recruitment teams and experts need to find out and reevaluate how to deliver more with less. Balancing the demands of organization requirements while making sure individual wellness is vital to combat the prevalent challenge of recruitment burnout in the year ahead. Remember, it is very important that your cup is complete also.

The second one would be trust. 2023 was infamous for the number of layoffs, I feel that there is a growing deficit of trust from the prospects side. Therefore, companies require to be conscious of constructing their authentic company brands completely and taking good care of their present staff members. Prioritizing the well-being and engagement of current staff members ends up being not just a corporate obligation however a tactical important to reconstruct and strengthen trust in the hiring landscape.

Molly Johnson-Jones, CEO & Co-founder at Flexa

As attitudes and understanding continue to sway in the best direction, I hope 2024 will bring much more openness and utilisation of company branding. Both go together and are very crucial to effectively working with and retaining leading talent – particularly as they help build trust among prospects and employees.

And there’s a lot data to back this up. For instance, LinkedIn’s Employer Brand data state that 75% of job hunters think about a company’s brand before even making an application for a job.
In a study of 1,000 workers, Visier found that 90% trust their company. When asked why, 65% stated, “They typically tell me the truth”, 52% said, “They’re transparent about company policies and practices”, and 38% stated, “They motivate workers to speak up”.
And information from Deloitte exposed that trusted business surpass their peers by approximately 400%!

Vanessa Raath, Founder of The Talent Hunter

There is a great deal of interruption from generative AI. We are visiting great recruiters using AI to make their jobs simpler and improve a great deal of their routine, admin-intensive jobs in 2024. We are also going to see a great deal of lazy employers terribly utilizing Generative AI tools. We should keep in mind that no one speaks like ChatGPT, so we can not simply regurgitate material and pass it off as our own. Personalisation will be crucial for us to remain Human.

Hiie-Liin Tamm, Recruitment Lead at Scoro

More automation in recruitment: Using more AI in recruitment to support manual jobs and enhance prospect experience with a more personal approach.
Pay transparency: being more transparent about pay is getting a lot of appeal; business need to prepare to be able to satisfy the requirements of the European Parliament Pay Transparency Directive.
More talent is readily available: Due to lots of layoffs and instability in the tech sector, there’s more skill offered. So companies who can work with now have the possibility of having extremely premium people who are loyal to them.
DEI in hiring: companies stress diversity recruitment and unconscious predisposition.

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