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Fosway Report Recap: AI in Talent Acquisition 2025

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In their latest report, the Fosway Group provides a comprehensive view of how AI has reshaped hiring. “Fosway AI Insights 2025: AI Market Assessment for Talent Acquisition” shows adoption is accelerating across the market, with leaders implementing AI at three to five times the rate of the average organization. These leaders are embedding automation and intelligence across the entire hiring journey, while slower adopters remain limited by fragmented, isolated processes. In our recap, we highlight the key takeaways and what they mean for organizations looking to advance their AI strategy.

Where AI Adoption Is Strongest

Fosway highlights that AI is delivering measurable results in the early stages of the talent acquisition funnel. Employer branding, recruitment marketing and candidate filtering are three areas where organizations are realizing clear benefits. Automating job distribution, personalizing employer messages and screening large volumes of applicants are proving to be ideal entry points for AI.

In recruitment marketing, AI-driven targeting and optimization are helping companies reach better-fit candidates and improve efficiency. In candidate filtering, intelligent systems can quickly evaluate thousands of applications, prioritize top profiles and ensure faster response times. Candidate engagement is also advancing, with digital assistants and AI agents providing the immediacy and responsiveness that today’s candidates expect.

These advances are enabling recruiters to shift their attention from manual administration to strategic relationship-building with both candidates and hiring managers. The organizations seeing the greatest return are those that have embedded AI directly into their processes rather than treating it as an add-on tool.

Where Gaps Remain

Adoption slows in later stages of the hiring journey. Processes such as onboarding, employee induction and employee acceleration continue to rely on manual steps and disconnected systems. This creates friction at a critical moment when candidates have already accepted an offer and are forming their first impressions as employees. Without automation and intelligence in onboarding and induction, companies risk losing new hires or setting the stage for weaker retention outcomes.

The gap between leaders and slower adopters shows the importance of scaling AI across the full candidate journey. AI should drive impact in sourcing and selection, as well as in integration, retention and long-term workforce success.

Why the Time to Act Is Now

Talent teams are under pressure to move faster and deliver measurable results. Application volumes remain high, candidates expect personalized experiences and business leaders demand a direct link between hiring outcomes and organizational performance.

Fosway’s findings confirm that organizations investing in AI are already reducing costs, shortening time to hire and improving quality of hires. Companies that hesitate risk slower processes, higher recruiting costs and reputational challenges as candidates gravitate toward employers offering more seamless, technology-enabled experiences.

Building an AI-First Strategy

The report emphasizes the need for AI platforms that connect the talent acquisition ecosystem. Fragmented systems – legacy ATSs, siloed CRMs and disconnected workflows – slow hiring and limit visibility. AI-powered platforms provide an integrated environment where automation, intelligence and data work together.

With this approach, organizations can:

  • Consolidate sourcing, employee referrals,career sites and onboarding into one connected ecosystem
  • Forecast application volumes and anticipate hiring peaks with predictive insights
  • Provide hiring managers with real-time analytics to guide decisions
  • Improve retention by identifying and matching employees to internal opportunities

This shift enables recruiters, hiring managers and business leaders to act on insights at every stage of the journey, turning talent acquisition into a more proactive and strategic function.

How Enterprises Can Close the Gap

Fosway’s findings underline a clear truth: success in AI adoption depends on scale, connectivity and integration across the entire talent journey. Organizations that limit AI to early-stage activities risk missing the opportunity to deliver consistent, measurable impact.

Leaders are advancing by embedding automation and intelligence into every stage – from sourcing and selection to onboarding and retention – supported by connected systems that remove silos and create a single source of truth.

Turning Insights into Action with Radancy

The Fosway Group recognizes Radancy as a specialist in Talent Attraction & Engagement, performing above market average across nearly all areas of the talent acquisition model. Highlights include:

  • Ranked “market best” in Employer Branding, Recruitment Marketing and Requisitioning
  • Demonstrated strong results in Attraction & Acquisition, including volume recruitment, candidate relationship management and self-screening
  • Rated significantly above market average in Referral Management, Candidate Communications, Sourcing and Internal Mobility
  • Maintains a strong live AI and roadmap presence across all feature segments
  • Offers additional capabilities beyond the Fosway model, focused on recruiter productivity, cost optimization and personalized candidate experiences

These strengths underscore Radancy’s ability to deliver measurable impact through a full-stack, AI-powered platform that connects every part of the talent journey, simplifying hiring and driving better outcomes.

Download the Full Report

“Fosway AI Insights 2025: AI Market Assessment for Talent Acquisition” delivers valuable benchmarks for every organization evaluating its AI adoption strategy. The report highlights where leaders are advancing fastest, where opportunities remain and what it takes to achieve results.

Read the full report to explore the insights in detail and see how Radancy helps organizations simplify hiring, accelerate results and build the workforce of tomorrow.

About Evan Clarke

Evan Clarke, a Canadian Content Marketing Manager based in Vienna, crafts narratives for Radancy through insightful articles, whitepapers, compelling social media content, and more. Outside of connecting top talent with leading companies, Evan enjoys writing fiction, producing music, and watching movies.

Last modified: November 13, 2025

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Evan Clarke, a Canadian Content Marketing Manager based in Vienna, crafts narratives for Radancy through insightful articles, whitepapers, compelling social media content, and more. Outside of connecting top talent with leading companies, Evan enjoys writing fiction, producing music, and watching movies.

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