HR Hiring Survey 2025

Name* This field is required.

First Name

Last Name

Email* This field is required.

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1. What is your role?* This field is required.

2. Which industry is your company based in?

Financial Services

Professional Services

Not for Profit

Industry and Science (Oil and Gas, Engineering, Manufacturing, Construction, Pharmaceutical, Logistics, Private Healthcare)

Technology, Media, Telco, Business to Business

Consumer (Retail, Hospitality, Leisure, FMCG)

3. In which location are the majority of your HR team based?

London

South East

South West

Thames Valley

Midlands

North West

North East

Ireland

Scotland

Wales

Europe

Middle East

4. What are your company’s key HR focus areas over the next six months?

5. In which areas of HR and payroll do you anticipate additional hiring needs in the next six months? (Please select all that apply) 

HR Generalist/Business Partner

Talent Acquisition

Learning and Development

HR Operations/Shared Services

ER and Policy

Reward and Analytics

HR systems

Payroll

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Change (ER) and Transformation / Organisational Development

None

Other (please comment)

6. Which areas of HR and payroll are the hardest to hire into? (Please select all that apply)

HR Generalist/Business Partner

Talent Acquisition

Learning and Development

HR Operations/Shared Services

ER and Policy

Reward and Analytics

HR systems

Payroll

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Change (ER) and Transformation / Organisational Development

None

Other (please comment)

7. If you anticipate hiring needs, which functions are you prioritising when recruiting?

HR Generalist/Business Partner

Talent Acquisition

Learning and Development

HR Operations/Shared Services

ER and Policy

Reward and Analytics

HR systems

Payroll

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Change and Transformation / Organisational Development

None

8. Which of these hiring needs do you consider external parties for?

HR Generalist/Business Partner

Talent Acquisition

Learning and Development

HR Operations/Shared Services

ER and Policy

Reward and Analytics

HR systems

Payroll

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Change and Transformation / Organisational Development

None

9. Where do you anticipate the majority of your hiring to be?

Permanent

Interim/Temporary

Fixed-term contract

10. Has your work location model changed in the last six months?

More office-based

Less office-based

11. What impact does this have on your company culture?

Positive

Negative

Neutral

Other (please comment)

12. Hiring fully remote talent is becoming a more strongly considered option in your organisation?

Strongly agree

Agree

Neither agree or disagree

Disagree

Strongly disagree

13. What has been your most successful source of hiring?

Direct – via in-house or onsite recruitment team

Recruitment agency

Search firm

Other

14. If direct, where have external hiring partners been able to provide specialist support?

15. What are the biggest challenges you foresee when hiring in 2025?

16. What has been your experience of the HR recruitment market this year?

17. What have been your biggest challenges in hiring this year?

18. How have the last 6-12 months impacted your staff turnover in HR?

19. What are the strongest pull factors in attracting HR talent to your organisation? (Please select all that apply)

Culture

Competitive salary and benefits

Development opportunities and career growth

Commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Remote/hybrid working

Other

20. What have been the main challenges in building or maintaining your company culture in the last 12 months?

21. What key transformation or change has occurred in your business in the last year or is still ongoing?

22. If your organisation has prioritised cost effectiveness, how has this impacted the efficiency and performance of your company’s HR function?

23. Are you aware that Oakleaf Partnership has capability to hire internationally? Would you be keen to understand more about our offering in: (Please select all that apply)

Europe

United States

Middle East

24. Oakleaf has a specialist Technology, Change & Transformation division. Would you be keen to understand more about Oakleaf TCT? Upon submission, you will be redirected to the 2024 results.

YESNO