Most In-Demand Recruiting Skills
The most in-demand skills for Recruiting roles right now are candidate-experience, ai, full-cycle-recruiting — ranked across 40816 open postings.
Updated October 17, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | candidate-experience | 7,118 | +1,173 |
| 2 | ai | 3,491 | +583 |
| 3 | full-cycle-recruiting | 3,025 | +508 |
| 4 | networking | 2,988 | +475 |
| 5 | linkedin-recruiter | 2,816 | +426 |
| 6 | employer-branding | 2,737 | +377 |
| 7 | stakeholder-management | 2,177 | +398 |
| 8 | analytics | 1,956 | +398 |
| 9 | automation | 1,170 | +263 |
| 10 | cloud | 969 | +250 |
| 11 | crm | 936 | +244 |
| 12 | process-improvement | 901 | +175 |
| 13 | business-development | 864 | +103 |
| 14 | boolean-search | 852 | +225 |
| 15 | talent-sourcing | 793 | +193 |
| 16 | machine-learning | 645 | +95 |
| 17 | saas | 592 | +134 |
| 18 | talent-management | 536 | +122 |
| 19 | agile | 472 | +68 |
| 20 | github | 384 | +50 |
| 21 | agentic-ai | 374 | +80 |
| 22 | go-to-market | 372 | +64 |
| 23 | pipeline-management | 357 | +48 |
| 24 | fintech | 355 | +43 |
| 25 | employee-relations | 352 | +102 |
| 26 | ecommerce | 339 | +53 |
| 27 | accessibility | 312 | +84 |
| 28 | cybersecurity | 293 | +67 |
| 29 | performance-management | 292 | +41 |
| 30 | devops | 275 | +23 |
| 31 | succession-planning | 273 | +72 |
| 32 | gdpr | 263 | +86 |
| 33 | data-analytics | 230 | +40 |
| 34 | oracle | 221 | +68 |
| 35 | lead-generation | 203 | -35 |
| 36 | data-science | 194 | +19 |
| 37 | program-management | 185 | +72 |
| 38 | vendor-management | 181 | +24 |
| 39 | data-quality | 162 | +47 |
| 40 | generative-ai | 161 | +35 |