Brainfood Live On Air - Ep384 - The Hire Standard 2026 Benchmark Report

Um-

Sounds good.

Yeah.

Where in the world are you?

I'm in, I'm in Budapest, would you believe? Um, and hadn't realized that, um, this is the weekend of the Champions League, uh, final, uh, which is actually sort of, uh, based in the city.

So it's like full of football fans right now, and it's gonna get even more busy.

Um, and it's like, yeah, I wasn't actually here for the football.

[chuckles] And it's like the last thing I want is to hang around with a lot of beery yobs.

Not yobs, uh, you know, motivated footy fans.

Um-

There you go

... anyway.

Beautiful city, um, and I highly recommend anybody to visit.

Um, okay.

Uh, we're live, everybody.

I think we're live.

Uh, folks, uh, bringing it to you every Friday, no fail.

This is "Bringfood Live On Air," Episode 384.

Um, and we've got a, a very exciting conversation, um, here today, uh, because I've been sitting on this report for a little while.

Had an early glimpse of it, um, where before it came out and I thought, "This is exactly the sort of data that the recruiting community is desperate for." We all know that recruitment has changed.

We all know there was a big break in the world, you know, 2022 and so on.

That, that is in the past.

It's a different era of how recruitment works.

What do the numbers tell us in terms of how things have changed in terms of candidate behavior, company behavior? What's, what's the impact on recruiters in this new environment? Um, and it's brilliant to see that Greenhouse has done that sort of work.

So today is gonna be a special edition so to say, just one-on-one with me and Kevin Ryan, and we're gonna go through the report.

Uh, so Kevin, great to see you, sir.

Uh, you, you look as if you're in a, a holiday destination right there.

What's, uh...

Uh, is this Dublin in the, in the background here, mate? What's going on?

This, this is Dublin in the background.

So this is the-- this vista is, uh, Dump- uh, Dublin, just, uh, Temple Bar in the background for those of you that have been-

Mm.

... to Temple, Temple Bar.

Over to the left there, you've got The Spire.

Um, yeah, our, our, our HQ, our EMEA HQ is here in Dublin, so joining from, from sunny Dublin.

Yeah.

And it's great that we have a bit of summer, even though it's been baking hot.

Um, but it's better than the miserable long gray, gray winter we've had for the last couple of-- uh, last six months, it seems.

So brilliant stuff.

Love it.

Um, okay.

So before we kick off, just wanna do a few sound checks with everybody, make sure everyone can hear and see myself and Kevin okay.

Uh, friends, if you're watching this on, uh, Crowdcast, do let me know if the audio and visual's fine.

Um, just let me know in the comments there.

Um, we should be broadcasting this live also on LinkedIn.

Let me just quickly check whether that is going out all right.

Um, if you're watching this on LinkedIn, uh, again, let me know in the comments, uh, whether the audio and visual is okay.

Um, again, um, we love Crowdcast, but this is a new experience for everyone 'cause we're now on version three.

No rollback version, version two, so it might be all new for you in terms of how it all looks.

But, um, let me know whether the audio is okay.

Thank you, Keith, appreciate it.

Um, and thank you, Rob, also good on LinkedIn.

Um, okay.

Um-

Sounds good.

Yeah.

Where in the world are you?

I'm in, I'm in Budapest, would you believe? Um, and hadn't realized that, um, this is the weekend of the Champions League, uh, final, uh, which is actually sort of, uh, based in the city.

So it's like full of football fans right now, and it's gonna get even more busy.

Um, and it's like, yeah, I wasn't actually here for the football.

[chuckles] And it's like the last thing I want is to hang around with a lot of beery yobs.

Not yobs, uh, you know, motivated footy fans.

Um-

There you go

... anyway.

Beautiful city, um, and I highly recommend anybody to visit.

Um, okay.

Uh, we're live, everybody.

I think we're live.

Uh, folks, uh, bringing it to you every Friday, no fail.

This is "Bringfood Live On Air," Episode 384.

Um, and we've got a, a very exciting conversation, um, here today, uh, because I've been sitting on this report for a little while.

Had an early glimpse of it, um, where before it came out and I thought, "This is exactly the sort of data that the recruiting community is desperate for." We all know that recruitment has changed.

We all know there was a big break in the world, you know, 2022 and so on.

That, that is in the past.

It's a different era of how recruitment works.

What do the numbers tell us in terms of how things have changed in terms of candidate behavior, company behavior? What's, what's the impact on recruiters in this new environment? Um, and it's brilliant to see that Greenhouse has done that sort of work.

So today is gonna be a special edition so to say, just one-on-one with me and Kevin Ryan, and we're gonna go through the report.

Uh, so Kevin, great to see you, sir.

Uh, you, you look as if you're in a, a holiday destination right there.

What's, uh...

Uh, is this Dublin in the, in the background here, mate? What's going on?

This, this is Dublin in the background.

So this is the-- this vista is, uh, Dump- uh, Dublin, just, uh, Temple Bar in the background for those of you that have been-

Mm.

... to Temple, Temple Bar.

Over to the left there, you've got The Spire.

Um, yeah, our, our, our HQ, our EMEA HQ is here in Dublin, so joining from, from sunny Dublin.

Yeah.

And it's great that we have a bit of summer, even though it's been baking hot.

Um, but it's better than the miserable long gray, gray winter we've had for the last couple of-- uh, last six months, it seems.

So brilliant stuff.

Love it.

Um, okay.

So before we kick off, just wanna do a few sound checks with everybody, make sure everyone can hear and see myself and Kevin okay.

Uh, friends, if you're watching this on, uh, Crowdcast, do let me know if the audio and visual's fine.

Um, just let me know in the comments there.

Um, we should be broadcasting this live also on LinkedIn.

Let me just quickly check whether that is going out all right.

Um, if you're watching this on LinkedIn, uh, again, let me know in the comments, uh, whether the audio and visual is okay.

Um, again, um, we love Crowdcast, but this is a new experience for everyone 'cause we're now on version three.

No rollback version, version two, so it might be all new for you in terms of how it all looks.

But, um, let me know whether the audio is okay.

Thank you, Keith, appreciate it.

Um, and thank you, Rob, also good on LinkedIn.

Um, okay.