2025 ANZ State of Talent Acquisition Report
Benchmark your in-house hiring against the ANZ market with the 2025 edition of our State of Talent Acquisition Report, plus an on-demand expert webinar.
Our annual State of Talent Acquisition Report gives in-house hiring teams across Australia and New Zealand a clear view of market movements and hiring performance. This 2025 edition looks back at the trends that shaped 2024, giving you a useful baseline for tracking how your team’s hiring has changed since.
Looking for the latest data? Read the 2026 State of Talent Acquisition Report.
What’s in the report?
Complete the form to get the report and the webinar recording.
Performance benchmarks – compare your in-house hiring performance with the rest of the ANZ market
Market trends – job growth, application volumes, temp vs perm hiring and how teams are sourcing talent
Expert analysis – why these trends happened and what they mean for your hiring strategy
On-demand webinar – hear industry experts unpack the report’s key findings
Download the report
2024 at a glance
Job creation fell 1.7% across Australia year on year
Placements by in-house teams fell 7% year on year
Applications rose 59% year on year
5% of roles were filled through proactive sourcing
Speakers
Matt Woodard
Introducing Matt Woodard, an accomplished Talent Acquisition professional with over 16 years of TA experience, across New Zealand and Australia. With a strong focus on helping start-ups and scale-ups achieve success, Matt has become a trusted advisor in the industry. Recently, Matt embarked on a new venture by launching scalr, a platform designed to support companies on their growth journey.
Hannah Mundell
Hannah is a seasoned recruitment leader with over 14 years of experience spanning New Zealand and the USA. Based in Wellington, New Zealand, Hannah has over 15 years’ experience in the talent acquisition space. Having worked across a broad range of roles – including Provoke Solutions, Assurity Consulting, and Kiwibank – she brings an incredibly varied and in-depth knowledge of the HR and talent acquisition landscape in New Zealand.
Martin Herbst
Martin is the CEO of JobAdder, with over 20 years experience launching and scaling tech businesses across the globe. Adept in fostering customer-centric cultures, Martin’s vision for JobAdder is to provide a recruitment platform centred on design-led usability, enhanced by e-learning and support and augmented by the transformative power of AI, thus fulfilling the company's purpose to make recruitment more efficient and joyful for everyone.
Compare with the latest data
See how the market has moved since with our 2026 State of Talent Acquisition Report, and use both editions to track your team’s performance year on year.
