This week Graham and Marty discuss a variety of trends reports and predictions about the state of talent acquisition in 2025.
Topics include:
How to utilize AI in recruiting without sacrificing the human element, the uncanny valley, the metaphor of AI as a free unpaid intern, how AI is particularly well suited for the top of funnel, how AI is changing learning and development, hybrid work and the use of technology to detect unproductive workers, the future of compensation models, the repackaging of old HR problems, how to put the statistics in trends reports in proper context, the rebranding of employer branding, the history of employer branding, and the question of whether employer branding has gotten a bad name.
Take the 2025 Changing State of Talent Acquisition Survey:
Articles: Korn Ferry’s Talent Trends 2025: Progress Over Perfection Steve Hunt’s “A Guide to HR Predictions, Trends, and Forecasts” James Ellis’s “Employer Brand Bingo: When Your Company Wins, You’re Actually Losing”