Most In-Demand Recruiting Skills
The most in-demand skills for Recruiting roles right now are candidate-experience, ai, linkedin-recruiter — ranked across 4580 open postings.
Updated November 1, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | candidate-experience | 670 | +670 |
| 2 | ai | 523 | +523 |
| 3 | linkedin-recruiter | 379 | +379 |
| 4 | networking | 324 | +324 |
| 5 | full-cycle-recruiting | 263 | +263 |
| 6 | employer-branding | 239 | +239 |
| 7 | stakeholder-management | 221 | +221 |
| 8 | analytics | 172 | +172 |
| 9 | automation | 149 | +149 |
| 10 | boolean-search | 124 | +124 |
| 11 | process-improvement | 104 | +104 |
| 12 | cloud | 95 | +95 |
| 13 | crm | 92 | +92 |
| 14 | machine-learning | 89 | +89 |
| 15 | saas | 87 | +87 |
| 16 | github | 77 | +77 |
| 17 | computer-vision | 76 | +76 |
| 18 | go-to-market | 70 | +70 |
| 19 | talent-sourcing | 66 | +66 |
| 20 | sensor-fusion | 65 | +65 |
| 21 | agentic-ai | 64 | +64 |
| 22 | fintech | 62 | +62 |
| 23 | itar | 58 | +58 |
| 24 | talent-management | 53 | +53 |
| 25 | business-development | 41 | +41 |
| 26 | cybersecurity | 41 | +41 |
| 27 | agile | 40 | +40 |
| 28 | devops | 35 | +35 |
| 29 | pipeline-management | 30 | +30 |
| 30 | ecommerce | 30 | +30 |
| 31 | backbone | 29 | +29 |
| 32 | data-science | 28 | +28 |
| 33 | smartrecruiters | 27 | +27 |
| 34 | gdpr | 26 | +26 |
| 35 | data-analytics | 24 | +24 |
| 36 | ccpa | 24 | +24 |
| 37 | blockchain | 22 | +22 |
| 38 | generative-ai | 22 | +22 |
| 39 | jest | 20 | +20 |
| 40 | llm | 19 | +19 |