Technology Will Reshape Talent Acquisition in 2018

This is the second in a two-part series of articles about recruiting trends for 2018. This installment addresses data analytics and artificial intelligence. Advances in talent data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) will provide talent acquisition professionals in 2018 with the tools they need to be more strategic and insightful when making hiring decisions and streamline the transactional side of recruiting. Over 9,000 recruiters and hiring managers across the globe identified these trends, among others, as being the most impactful when surveyed by LinkedIn for the professional networking site's Global Recruiting Trends 2018 report. LinkedIn found that most companies are already using data to some degree to solve talent issues and that most recruiting professionals expect AI will eventually transform their roles.