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Salary and Recruiting Trends guides


Access the latest Hays Salary & Recruiting Trends digital guide for a closer look at the employment market, with exclusive insights into the trends most likely to impact your workplace in the next 12 months, as well as the issues and opportunities impacting both organisations and professionals.

Salary & Recruiting Trends 2025

Our trusted 2025 Hays Salary & Recruiting Trends guide contains important world of work insights based on our survey of over 1,000 professionals.

Access the digital guide today to discover what’s motivating professionals to move jobs, how to attract and retain talent and what steps employers must take to maximise their hiring potential.

Technology Contractor Day Rate Guide 2024

Get your copy of 2024 Ireland Tech Contractor Day Rate Guide now to explore the latest insights and trends from our survey of tech contractors in the sector.

Discover current day rates for hundreds of roles and gain expert perspectives from our in-depth findings. 

 

 

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion report


In the 2024 Hays Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Report, we take a closer look at how capturing this data can help you build a more diverse workforce, plus tips on how to level up your DE&I strategies.

Find out the smart way to retain diverse talent

63% of professionals say they actively look for an organisation’s DE&I policy when researching a potential employer – are organisations doing enough to promote their diversity efforts? 

The answers to this and more can be found in Hays’ 2024 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Report, now available for you to access. 

 

What Workers Want reports


Our latest 2024 What Workers Want Report is now available. It’s packed with insights from our research of over 1,000 professionals around what workers want when applying for jobs.

What Workers Want 2024:

What Workers Want When Applying for Jobs report

Our highly anticipated 2024 What Workers Want report is now available for you to access. Discover what over 1,000 professionals have to say about what makes them more likely to apply for a job as well as what deters them.

You’ll also find out what matters most to different age groups when applying for jobs, the impact of AI on recruitment and how to gather more diversity data during the application process to further your DE&I initiatives.

  • What Workers Want 2023: Different ways of working

    With the world of work constantly changing, it’s more important than ever to understand how to best support employees whichever working approach your organisation follows.

  • What Workers Want 2023: Working with AI

    Take a closer look at how rapidly evolving artificial intelligence is set to change the way we work and how employers can best support their staff in making the most of AI tools.

  • What Workers Want 2023:
    Older workers

    Find out what attracts and keeps professionals over the age of 50 in a role. We also examine topics such as ageism, flexible working, benefits and more.

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Managed Service Programmes (MSP) Guide: optimise your contingent workforce

Our in-depth MSP guide, tailored around a unique core value framework, provides flexible solutions for maximising the potential of your contingent workforce while mitigating risk.

Challenges such as:

  • Poor integration with existing systems
  • Inability to source the necessary skills
  • Clouded workforce visibility
  • Complex regulations and contingent labour laws
  • Consolidating and analysing data from disparate sources

The Workforce of the Future report: Navigating the skills disruption

Our new Workforce of the Future report is available now, and contains the insights you need to bridge the skills gap effectively.

Download it now to discover the following:

  • Availability of talent by industry and location
  • The places with major skills gaps and strong pipelines
  • A spotlight on emerging talent networks and where to find them
  • Actionable recommendations for leveraging our findings

  • Cyber Security Report 2024

    Hays has released the Global Cyber Security Report 2024, with input from over 1,000 cyber security leaders worldwide. Discover how other organisations are investing in their defence, as well as their challenges and solutions in hiring and retaining talent.

  • Future of Work Report 2024

    Navigate complex workplace trends, adapt to inflation, AI impact, and workforce productivity. Shape an informed workforce strategy for tomorrow. Access the report now!

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