While reading a new report from Indeed.com looking at hiring trends in 2025, I found it odd that two of the top 6 trends are “proactive candidate engagement” and “recruiting automation.” I’ve written about the importance of engaging with candidates before, as well as how AI is hurting the application process and the hiring process. While I completely agree with increasing candidate engagement, this is a critical step often overlooked or forgotten about by most corporate and 3rd party recruiters, I don’t think the best way to go about this is by automated processes. This seems like good intentions gone awry.

For Hiring Managers

For Hiring Managers