Every recruiter is staring down a big question in 2025: What matters most right now? After a few years of whiplash-inducing shifts—COVID surges, hiring frenzies, economic cooling, AI disruption, and now tariff tremors—the recruiting industry is recalibrating. In our annual State of the Recruiting Industry Survey, asked recruiters directly: What

As we settle into 2025, one question looms large in the minds of recruiting professionals: Is the worst behind us—or yet to come? In our recent State of the Recruiting Industry Survey, we asked recruiters to weigh in on the future of their industry. The question was simple: Where do

(Editor’s note: The information from this article by Top Echelon Recruiting Software has been taken from an Expert Recruiter Coaching Series webinar by Barb Bruno, CPC/CTS of Good as Gold Training titled, “Become a Recruiting Powerhouse!” Click HERE to watch the video of that training webinar for free.) What does it take to rise above the

(Editor’s note: The information from this article by Top Echelon Recruiting Software has been taken from an Expert Recruiter Coaching Series webinar by Gary Stauble of The Recruiting Lab titled, “How to Recession-Proof Your Firm.” Click HERE to watch the video of that training webinar for free.) When economic uncertainty looms, the recruiting industry often finds

As the recruiting world navigates a swirl of layoffs, economic anxiety, automation, and shifting expectations, it’s a fair time to ask: How is the industry really doing? To find out, we recently conducted our annual State of the Recruiting industry survey, asking recruiting professionals to give the industry a letter

In an industry that never truly sleeps, today’s recruiters are feeling more overwhelmed, underappreciated, and stretched thin than ever before. We reviewed hundreds of direct recruiter comments collected from our annual State of the Recruiting Industry Survey to better understand what’s happening in the trenches—and the picture is not a