Recruitment Insights
Report 2026
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Key insights
The 2026 talent landscape is defined by contradiction:
→ Hiring goal attainment is at a five-year high; yet only 10% of companies hit 90-100% of targets (GoodTime, 2026 Hiring Insights Report).
→ AI investment is accelerating: 84% of talent leaders plan to use AI in 2026, yet only 11% believe their leadership is prepared for the transition (Korn Ferry, TA Trends 2026).
→ CEOs prioritise AI skills, while 73% of TA leaders rank critical thinking as their #1 recruiting priority (Korn Ferry, TA Trends 2026).
→ Organisations face a skills gap, but Deloitte identifies the deeper issue as an experience gap (Deloitte, 2025 Global Human Capital Trends).
This report synthesises findings from:
- Teamtailor - Recruitment Trends 2025
Deloitte - 2025 Global Human Capital Trends
World Economic Forum research (as cited by Deloitte)
GoodTime - 2026 Hiring Insights Report
Korn Ferry - TA Trends 2026
NOCA - Recruitment Report 2025
Ballisager - Candidate Analysis 2025
The data reveals a profession in transition: from transactional hiring toward decision intelligence, from process metrics toward performance metrics, and from skills-based hiring toward capability and experience-based evaluation.
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