Ep 50 Skills-First Hiring in 2026: How AI, Emerging Skills, and RPO Are Redefining Talent Acquisition with Chip Holmes
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The episode discusses how skills-first hiring is evolving in 2026 with the influence of AI and emerging skills on talent acquisition.
In 2026, demand for emerging skills is accelerating even as overall hiring slows—yet only 21% of companies have fully adopted skills-based hiring, according to LinkedIn’s 2024 Future of Recruiting report. Talent acquisition and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) teams face a widening execution gap as AI and automation create new roles faster than traditional, credential-based hiring can keep up. Only a small share of employers are redesigning sourcing, screening, and workforce planning to ...
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