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Recruitment isn’t what it used to be – and that’s a good thing. AI. Remote work. Shifting expectations. Hiring has never been more exciting or more challenging. But if you’re asking, “Who’s actually shaping the future of recruitment?” – we’ve got answers. https://bit.ly/4fQGsrJ Meet the 30 voices leading the charge... in no particular order, but we did keep Chad 'n' Joel together! 1. Josh Bersin 2. Amy Miller 3. William Tincup 4. Meghan M. Biro 5. Tim Sackett, SCP ?? Sackett 6. Chad Sowash 7. Joel Cheesman 8. Roberta Matuson 9. Ben Eubanks 10. Carrie Corbin 11. Matt Charney 12. Katrina Kibben 13. Craig Fisher 14. Christopher Rainey 15. Gerry Crispin 16. Joel Lalgee 17. Serge Boudreau 18. Shelley Billinghurst 19. Sailesh Hota 20. Ryan Stene 21. Madeline Laurano 22. Jim Durbin 23. Adam Posner 24. Job Board Doctor 25. Hung Lee 26. Jeff Dickey-Chasins 27. Prafulla Deori 28. Bill Banham 29. Sven Elbert 30. Kris Dunn If you made it to the end of this post, you MUST tell: who’s your favorite? If you've got a fav we've missed, give them a shoutout in the comments. #HRInfluencers #Recruitment #FutureofWork #RecruitmentTrends #Influencers2025?#Joveo

5 Bold Predictions for HR in 2025 (And My Dream Prediction) You know what’s tricky? Making predictions. Ask any weatherman in Texas or even Thomas Edison. (He predicted all home furniture in the 21st century would be made of steel. He still has 75 years to go. Give him a chance!) But predictions are also necessary. If you're not looking ahead in this industry, you're looking in the wrong direction. Here’s what I see coming in 2025. 1. Goodbye Hybrid, Hello Commutable In 2023, you had to offer remote work options to attract the best. In 2024, that changed to hybrid with as little in-office as possible. Well, 2025 is going to change the conversation again. More and more companies will define "commutable distance" in their hybrid policies. But what's commutable in Austin isn't the same as what's commutable in San Francisco or Dallas. One-size-fits-all ain’t going to work. Literally. 2. The Great IT Correction Is Coming We've lost nearly a quarter-million IT professionals in 2024. Here's my prediction: 2025 will see a massive bounce-back in IT hiring—but not the way you might think. We’re not going to hire the same roles as before. We need people who can build and maintain AI systems, create sophisticated modeling, and handle the complex infrastructure that modern businesses require. So when you hear talk about an AI bubble bursting, think again. It's a market correction. Remember the dot-com bubble bursting? That led to where we are now. 3. AI Won't Replace HR, It'll Make Us Even Better at Our Jobs Here’s my easy prediction. Yes, AI will be more deeply integrated into hiring processes in 2025. But it won't be any kind of terrifying takeover. Instead, AI will work behind the scenes and handle the tedious stuff so you can focus on meaningful human interactions. 4. Face-to-Face Strikes Back Speaking of human interactions, business travel budgets are going to skyrocket. Why? Zoom is good for some meetings, but it will never ever beat the relationship-building conversations in the hotel bar. 5. Job Titles Get Accidentally Standardized Oops. Job titles and descriptions are going to become more standardized across industries. If everyone's using similar AI tools to write job descriptions, we might?accidentally?create more consistency. A "Software Developer" at one company will finally mean the same thing as a "Software Developer" at another. So someone trying to hire a "Software Developer" won’t accidentally hire a “Software Engineer.” BONUS: My Fantasy Prediction for 2025 Drumroll, please. HR and Procurement will finally get on the same page about workforce strategy. Every procurement professional just spit out their coffee. The Only Sure Thing The companies that will win in 2025 won't be the ones who predicted everything perfectly. They'll be the ones ready to adapt when changes hit. They always do!