Most In-Demand Recruiting Skills · freehire
The most in-demand skills for Recruiting roles right now are candidate-experience, ai, full-cycle-recruiting — ranked across 20658 open postings.
Updated July 23, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | candidate-experience | 3,736 | +1,286 |
| 2 | ai | 1,751 | +452 |
| 3 | full-cycle-recruiting | 1,484 | +470 |
| 4 | networking | 1,469 | +669 |
| 5 | employer-branding | 1,345 | +562 |
| 6 | linkedin-recruiter | 1,289 | +495 |
| 7 | stakeholder-management | 1,119 | +405 |
| 8 | workday | 883 | +382 |
| 9 | analytics | 842 | +316 |
| 10 | greenhouse | 673 | +107 |
| 11 | automation | 483 | +157 |
| 12 | cloud | 387 | +58 |
| 13 | crm | 379 | +156 |
| 14 | process-improvement | 362 | +151 |
| 15 | boolean-search | 350 | +134 |
| 16 | talent-sourcing | 319 | +134 |
| 17 | saas | 301 | +98 |
| 18 | machine-learning | 300 | +75 |
| 19 | compensation-and-benefits | 259 | +3 |
| 20 | lever | 251 | +51 |
| 21 | fintech | 238 | +96 |
| 22 | agentic-ai | 195 | +42 |
| 23 | agile | 188 | +51 |
| 24 | github | 171 | +53 |
| 25 | ecommerce | 164 | +6 |
| 26 | talent-management | 153 | +54 |
| 27 | employee-engagement | 146 | +48 |
| 28 | cybersecurity | 133 | +60 |
| 29 | data-analytics | 121 | +59 |
| 30 | employee-relations | 121 | +76 |
| 31 | performance-management | 121 | +32 |
| 32 | data-privacy | 119 | +63 |
| 33 | oracle | 115 | +80 |
| 34 | data-science | 108 | +35 |
| 35 | express | 107 | +44 |
| 36 | succession-planning | 107 | +46 |
| 37 | devops | 102 | +42 |
| 38 | generative-ai | 93 | +41 |
| 39 | chatgpt | 88 | +41 |
| 40 | smartrecruiters | 86 | +2 |