about the survey.

The "Randstad 2025 HR Trends" survey was conducted between October and December 2024, interviewing nearly 400 senior executives from domestic companies in various industries.

About the respondents:

  • more than half of the 395 respondents are HR managers or HR leaders, and nearly a third are company managers or directors
  • 87% of the respondents are involved in the recruitment process (47% are primary decision-makers, 40% make suggestions)
  • firms with less than 50 employees represent 22% of the sample, 12% with 51-100 employees, 16% with 101-250 employees, 16% with 251-500 employees, 13% with 501-1000 employees and 21% with more than 1000 employees
  • 67% of respondents are international, 14% national and 18% local
  • the sectors most represented in the survey are manufacturing and services, which together cover 41% of the sample

Randstad collaborated with the global market research and analysis company Evalueserve on the research (www.evalueserve.com).