Hiring doesn’t stop when a role opens, it starts long before. Learn how to balance reactive and proactive sourcing to fill current positions efficiently while building a pipeline for future needs. Explore strategies for smarter sourcing, engaging passive talent, and creating sustainable hiring success.

AI is reshaping recruiting in 2025 with automation, predictive analytics, and skills-based hiring. Learn how to leverage AI for smarter, faster, and fairer hiring while keeping the human touch.

The 2025 job market is grappling with a hiring freeze and a 4.3% unemployment rate, creating unprecedented challenges for recruiters across industries. From tech’s 36% drop in job postings to federal hiring halts, economic uncertainty is reshaping talent acquisition. Discover actionable strategies like targeting passive candidates, embracing contract workers, and upskilling internal talent to overcome shortages and thrive in a competitive landscape with Skywalk Group’s expertise.

Although the Federal Pandemic Unemployment benefits programs themselves are set to expire September 6, 2021, the last payable week for pandemic unemployment benefits in Iowa will be June 12, 2021.