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  • Our 2025 Recruiting Trends Report is Here! So much has changed in the recruiting landscape in the past year, which makes it important to keep up with the latest trends to stay competitive in your talent search. Our 2025 Recruitment Trends Report contains curated recruiting data and insights from our…

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  • Corporate Navigators Releases 2025 Brochure After over twenty years in the Recruiting Research space, it’s inevitable that things change over time. Client needs and expectations plus the methods in which we acquire information are always evolving. Therefore, we thought it was a good time to update this document to explain…

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  • 1 in 4 Candidate Profiles Will Be Fake by 2028 Sometimes hiring mistakes happen. You may have onboarded an employee who seemed great in the interview, but then failed to perform as promised after hiring. While this unfortunate scenario has happened as long as jobs have existed, it’s becoming more…

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  • AI Sourcing VS. Human-Based Recruitment It doesn’t take a long time to realize that artificial intelligence has been taking the talent acquisition world by storm, promising on-target candidate profiles and a more expedient hiring process. While there are many benefits to using AI as a tool to support one’s candidate…

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  • More than One Third of Quits Are Preventable Did you know that one-third of voluntary quits happen due to completely preventable issues? Figuring out the top reasons why employees leave on their own volition can help employers know what to avoid. In turn, they can create the very best work…

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  • How to Spot IP Spoofing in Fake Candidates Fake candidates have been a recurring problem in recruiting talent in the digital age, especially with the rise of remote and hybrid work opportunities. While we have covered the topic of fake candidates in detail in previous articles, we have not taken…

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  • How Skills-Based Hiring Is Reshaping the Labor Market in 2025 In 2025, more employers than ever are interested in a candidate’s proven skills instead of degrees. Skills-based hiring has become a defining trend in recruitment, fundamentally changing how employers identify, evaluate, and select talent. While college degrees still hold weight,…

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  • What to Expect When You Hire a Corporate Recruiter Need to hire qualified candidates, but are finding that an open job ad is causing nothing but an influx of off-target or fake candidates? Unfortunately, this problem is becoming more common than ever. However, using corporate recruiters or a recruiting research…

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  • How AI Is Revolutionizing Recruitment As technology evolves, professionals across all industries and functions are discovering the benefits of streamlining operations with new tools and tricks. Namely, AI is transforming recruitment by automating and enhancing a wide range of tasks, allowing recruiters to spend more time with human-to-human interactions and…

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  • 5 Ways to Instantly Elevate Your Company Brand A positive brand image is a company’s lifeline in the digital age. In every facet of running a business, reputation and image mean everything, whether you want to recruit new talent or generate more revenue. In fact, improving brand image is one…

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  • How the Economy Influences Time to Hire In a recent study that uses Indeed data on job creation and hire dates*, the average time to hire in the U.S. fell sharply by 23% from February 2020 to August 2022. It then began rising again and is now nearly back to…

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  • What Is Impact Hiring? Impact hiring is a hiring method that focuses on recruiting, supporting, and retaining entry-level talent, especially from groups facing systemic barriers, to create business advantage and social value. When you implement this method into your hiring process, you can maximize your chance of hiring and retaining…

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  • Comparing Full, Blended, and Project-Based RPO Models Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) offers premium recruitment services to organizations that lack in-house recruitment teams or need to enhance existing ones. Due to differences in hiring needs, RPO has evolved into several models to suit varying business needs: Full, Blended, and Project-Based. Understanding…

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  • 62% of Job Seekers Won’t Do This A recent survey by Express Employment Professionals-Harris Poll reveals that 62% of U.S. job seekers would think about not applying to companies that use generative AI during the hiring process. These findings reveal how important it is to keep human discernment at the…

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  • Top Recruiting Challenges in 2025 The process of sourcing candidates in 2025 has certainly been full of changes, and we’re not even halfway through the year. The landscape has been shaped by rapidly evolving technological advancements, shifting workforce expectations, and persistent economic uncertainty, creating a variety of unique challenges for…

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  • How to Build Future Superstar Leaders It’s no secret that raising existing employee through leadership training is the most cost effective way to obtain strong leaders, especially if you want someone to carry legacy knowledge for years to come. However, this plan requires a solid leadership develop program and a…

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  • Top 10 HR Trends What HR Trends are shaping the workforce in 2025? At Corporate Navigators, we did some research to discover the common changes sweeping the professional world. As employer and candidate expectations continue to evolve, you can be sure that these trends will continue to change throughout the…

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  • How to Find Better Candidates with a Recruiting Research Firm Finding better candidates has become a pain point for many companies and recruiters, so much that it’s listed as one of the biggest challenges faced in recruitment in 2025. Yet, no matter how difficult it is, recruiting the right talent…

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  • Introducing our Mid-Year Recruitment Report The first half of 2025 has been dynamic for recruitment and talent acquisition. A cooling yet still-competitive labor market, rapid technological advances (especially AI), and evolving candidate expectations are reshaping how organizations attract and retain talent. This mid-year report highlights current U.S. hiring trends, expert…

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  • Fake Job Candidates: A Growing Threat in Recruitment How easy is it for a company to mistakenly hire a North Korean spy among its sea of job applicants? Well, according to the FBI, easier than you think. Hiring a fake candidate has happened to more than 300 companies, including Fortune…

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  • The Hidden Costs of a Poor Candidate Experience Not too long ago, we published an article that explained why offering a positive candidate journey is so important. From initial contact to completing the job interview process to onboarding, the entire hiring process has a direct impact on both the candidate…

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  • What is Talent Acquisition? Talent Acquisition (TA) is a strategic process used by organizations to identify, attract, select, and retain highly qualified employees to meet their long-term business goals. It goes beyond traditional recruitment by building relationships with potential candidates and developing a talent pipeline for future organizational needs. While…

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  • The State of Diversity Hiring in 2025 DEI has been a hot topic this year, as companies have been making policy shifts away from DEI initiatives (Target, Walmart) or doubling down on them (Costco). Recent executive orders have mandated federal organizations to no longer pursue diversity hiring goals or promote…

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  • Spammed with Fake Candidates? It’s Par for the Course in 2025. Across the board, companies are seeing a surge in fake applications after putting job openings up online. These fake candidates are wasting employers’ time by providing falsified work histories, identities, locations, and other information. In 2025, fake job candidates…

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  • A Step-by-Step Guide for Recruiters, Business Owners, and Leaders Hiring top talent is one of the biggest challenges for recruiters and business owners. With hundreds of applications flooding in for each job posting, manually reviewing resumes, scheduling interviews, and tracking candidates can be overwhelming. That’s where an Applicant Tracking System…

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  • While recruiting, do you feel lost in space? Recruiting is like an intergalactic adventure. There are plenty of planets (companies), spaceships (recruiters), and star systems (job roles) out there, and you’ve got to know how to navigate them all to find the right candidates. The key to success? Having a…

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  • The Future of Talent Sourcing: What to Expect in 2025 In 2025, the talent sourcing landscape is undergoing some significant transformations. New technology, shifting workforce dynamics, and evolving expectations influence significant changes in recruiting qualified candidates. Organizations must adapt to these trends to remain competitive in attracting, developing, and retaining…

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