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Recruiting Future with Matt Alder - What's Next For Talent Acquisition, HR & Hiring?

Recruiting Future with Matt Alder - What's Next For Talent Acquisition, HR & Hiring?

Ep 808: The Starting Point For TA Innovation

Recruiting Future with Matt Alder - What's Next For Talent Acquisition, HR & Hiring? · Jul 15, 2026 · 28:51

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Innovation in recruiting is hard. TA leaders are experts at running their operations, but improving them in a structured way is a different discipline, and the AI revolution has made it one that no one can avoid. Before any function can innovate, though, it has to know where it is starting from, and that is where benchmarking becomes critical.

Recent research from the Recruiting Excellence Foundation, which has assessed the maturity of hundreds of TA teams worldwide, reveals that TA teams are struggling to move from operational to strategic.

So how should TA leaders get started?

My guest this week is Toni de Graaf, Co-Founder of the Recruiting Excellence Foundation. In our conversation, Toni shares what the global benchmark reveals, why so many teams are stuck in operational mode, and how to prioritize the improvements that matter most.

In the interview, we discuss:


Benchmarking TA maturity across the globe



The most surprising insight from the results



The two areas where TA teams struggle most



The difference between an operational and a strategic function



The impact of AI



AI and broken processes



Resource, capacity and value



Knowing your starting point



What does the future look like?


Take the recruiting excellence assessment

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