What Lead Recruiting Jobs Ask For
Across 439 open Lead Recruiting postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are candidate-experience, ai, stakeholder-management.
Updated November 4, 2026
569 open Lead Recruiting postings. The percentages below are measured over the 439 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| candidate-experience | 57% |
| ai | 39% |
| stakeholder-management | 37% |
| analytics | 28% |
| employer-branding | 24% |
| linkedin-recruiter | 18% |
| full-cycle-recruiting | 18% |
| networking | 14% |
| automation | 13% |
| process-improvement | 10% |
| machine-learning | 9% |
| saas | 7% |
| cloud | 7% |
| performance-management | 7% |
| fintech | 6% |
| talent-sourcing | 5% |
| hris | 5% |
| crm | 4% |
| github | 4% |
| go-to-market | 4% |
| vendor-management | 4% |
| agile | 3% |
| data-analytics | 3% |
| devops | 3% |
| boolean-search | 3% |
| gdpr | 3% |
| agentic-ai | 3% |
| business-development | 3% |
| data-engineering | 3% |
| pipeline-management | 3% |
| talent-management | 3% |
| corrective-action | 3% |
| cybersecurity | 2% |
| data-science | 2% |
| employee-relations | 2% |
| oracle | 2% |
| succession-planning | 2% |
| accessibility | 2% |
| slack | 2% |
| computer-vision | 1% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
Browse 569 open Lead Recruiting jobs →
Across all Recruiting levels
Most Recruiting postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- candidate-experience 7,384
- ai 3,531
- networking 3,130
- employer-branding 3,030
- linkedin-recruiter 3,005
- full-cycle-recruiting 2,889
- stakeholder-management 2,360
- analytics 2,031
- automation 1,173
- business-development 1,026
- cloud 953
- crm 949