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Smart Companies Are Hiring Now – Are They Onto Something?

 

Hiring’s been pretty quiet lately.After the hiring booms of 2021–2022, the market cooled. Budgets were cut. Teams were told to do more with less. And a lot of great people – genuinely talented, experienced professionals – found themselves on the market longer than usual.But here’s the thing – some companies are hiring.We’re already seeing movement. More hiring. More offers. More competition.And the companies that are thinking ahead? They’re not waiting for things to go back to “busy.” They’re hiring now – or at the very least, putting strong hiring plans in place.Because they know how this plays out.

Why now?

Right now, there’s an unusual mix in the market:

  • Highly skilled people available – not because they’re underperforming, but because of restructuring, mergers, budget freezes.
  • Less hiring competition – fewer companies are actively searching, which means less bidding wars and fewer drawn out processes.
  • Talent open to conversations – many candidates who wouldn’t normally take a call are more receptive right now.

That’s not going to last. Once budgets release and demand picks up, the good candidates go fast – and the hiring pressure returns with it.

The cost of waiting

We’ve seen this before. In sectors like ERP, CRM & Cloud – the market can flip in a matter of weeks.

One month, great candidates are taking time to decide.
The next, they’ve got three offers, a counteroffer and they’re off the table in 48 hours.

When that happens, companies that didn’t prepare start scrambling:

  • Rushing job specs through sign off
  • Chasing interviews after notice periods already started
  • Trying to match offers with inflated salaries they hadn’t budgeted for

That’s when good hiring turns into panic hiring. And that’s where quality drops.

Effective Hiring Begins with Strategic Preparation

This isn’t a call to rush out and hire without a plan. It’s about using this moment strategically.

Start conversations now.
Map the gaps you’ll need to fill.
Get your hiring process clear and ready, so when you find the right person, you can move.

Even just engaging with a specialist recruiter or getting feelers out in the market can put you ahead.

Because in a few months, some of the top talent that’s open now won’t be.
And the companies that moved early? They’ll have already snapped them up.

One last thing

You don’t need to hire recklessly. But waiting until “things pick up” might mean missing the window altogether.

The smart move isn’t reacting when everyone else does.
It’s seeing the shift before it happens – and acting while others are still hesitating.

Well… maybe they’re onto something.

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Author: Oliver Craggs MD Dynamic Nation

 

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