2025 Report
The State of Pre-Employment Screening 2025
Trends shaping the future of talent assessment — the insights, strategies, and innovations that will define how you screen, assess, and hire.
- Discover the top hiring trends shaping recruitment in 2025
- Get insights from leading TA experts and thought leaders
- Learn how AI and automation are transforming screening
- Find out how to balance speed, quality, and fairness in hiring
- Explore strategies to build diverse, high-performing teams
Discover what's next in hiring
Top talent is harder to find and keep than ever. As the hiring landscape evolves, are you ready to keep up? Our latest report uncovers the trends, insights, and innovations that will define how you screen, assess, and hire in 2025.
We've gathered insights from leading TA experts, thought leaders, and cutting-edge data to give you the strategies you need to stay ahead.
What you'll learn
- Emerging Soft Skills in Demand: The most critical soft skills companies are screening for in a hybrid and remote-first world.
- Predictive Hiring Trends: How data-driven predictions help you hire candidates who will stay and thrive long-term.
- Gamified Assessments: How gamification is transforming candidate engagement and revealing real-world skills.
- Resilience & Adaptability Screening: Why these traits are the new must-haves and how to measure them effectively.
- Personalized Screening with AI: How AI creates tailored assessments that adapt to each candidate's strengths.
- Ethical Considerations in Tech-Driven Hiring: How to keep your hiring practices ethical and transparent in an AI-dominated landscape.
- Future of Reference Checks: How automation is making reference checks faster, more insightful, and fraud-resistant.
- Reducing Candidate Drop-Off: Strategies to keep candidates engaged and excited throughout the screening process.
- Hiring for Innovation: How to screen for creative thinkers and problem-solvers who drive your company forward.
- Market-Driven Hiring Strategies: How to align your hiring focus with shifting market demands and business goals.
Who this report is for
- Talent Acquisition Leaders
- Hiring Managers
- HR Professionals
- Recruitment Teams
If you're looking to level up your hiring game and stay ahead of the curve, this report is for you.
Why download this report?
- Stay Competitive: Discover the latest tools and trends in screening and assessments.
- Insights You Can Use: Real-world advice from experts leading the hiring revolution.
- Future-Ready Strategies: Prepare your team for the challenges of 2025 and beyond.
- Optimize Your Process: Find the perfect balance of speed, quality, and fairness.
Meet the contributors
This report wouldn't be possible without the brilliant insights of some of the sharpest minds in Talent Acquisition and HR — industry leaders and innovators actively shaping the future of hiring. A few of the incredible contributors who brought it to life:
- Brandon Jeffs — Director, People & Talent at TLDR
- Christin Glaeser-Seidel — Head of Talent Acquisition at IDnow
- Dilara Bukellal — Senior Talent Sourcer at Veeam Software
- Emily Marmoy-Savage — Talent Acquisition Leader at Artsy
- Eugenia Martyniv — Senior Configuration Engineer (Talent and HR Tech) at Wayfair
- Hung Lee — Curator at Recruiting Brainfood
- Joseph de Garr Wilkinson — Head of Talent at Agreena
- Matthias Schmeisser — Global Senior Director, Talent at emnify
- Rex Rusling — Co-founder and Director at the rec hub.
- Robby Perdue — Group Product Manager at Greenhouse
Don't get left behind
Be the first to know what's shaping the future of talent acquisition. Download the report and gain the insights you need to hire smarter, faster, and better.
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