The talent market is full of contradictions right now. There are many people looking for jobs, but for many organisations, finding the right talent remains difficult. Caution dominates on both sides, with candidates asking harder questions about stability and culture while businesses are slowing down decision-making around headcount. AI is promising to transform recruiting, but most organizations are still working out where it fits.

Through all of this, talent acquisition is clearly evolving. The best teams are thinking about workforce planning, internal mobility, and skills rather than just filling requisitions. However, many of them are still measuring themselves on time-to-hire and cost-per-hire, metrics which capture efficiency but say nothing about real business impact.

So what comes next for TA, and how should teams measure what actually matters?

My guest this week is Bharat Siyani, VP of People and Culture at Elmo Software. In our conversation, he explains what a broader set of success metrics looks like, where AI genuinely helps versus where humans must lead, and how he sees TA's role changing over the next few years.

In the interview, we discuss:

The contradictions in today’s talent market
Finding the signal in the noise
The importance of understanding nuance in recruiting
What should AI do and what should humans do?
How should organizations measure the impact of TA?
Efficiency metrics versus value metrics
Assessing tech talent at a time of high layoffs
Skills and outcomes versus job titles
TA’s role in shaping the workforce
What does the future of the TA team look like?

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