2024 Recruiting Trends and Predictions for the 2025 Cleared Hiring Market

Identifying whether a resume was created by artificial intelligence (AI) instead of a human can be quite intricate, as advancements in AI technology have led to outputs that closely resemble human-written content.

Leveraging AI to enhance your resume is a smart strategy, showcasing that you’ve worked more efficiently. However, if a candidate submits a resume entirely generated by AI while fabricating their experience, it can put an employer in a difficult position.

This article explores three clear indicators that recruiters can use to quickly determine if a candidate’s resume was produced by AI with minimal editing.

Learn more: How to Tell If a Candidate’s Resume Was Created by AI

The Security Clearance Compensation Report is created by a survey of thousands of cleared candidates every year, including geo targeted reports that both job seekers and cleared recruiters can leverage. Loaded with data, insights, and trends, this article covered compensation increases and how highlighing mission impact is key to reaching cleared talent. In addition to using the salary data as a market research tool for pricing strategy or to advocate to recruiter’s hiring managers, check out some of other key takeaways that recruiters should keep in mind: Report Shows That Defense Contractors Have Recruiting Competition with the Government

3. Illegal Interview Questions to Avoid

Where HR meets recruiting – every cleared recruiter should know what interview questions are legal, and those that can get you into big trouble. Whether you are newer to the recruiting business or need a refresher on what has hit the illegal list, here are eight categories and some types of questions to avoid in the interview process: Illegal Interview Questions to Avoid

4. The Impact of Military Recruiting Challenges on the Future Cleared Candidate Pool

The Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) was under scrutiny earlier this year regarding recruitment goals. A member of the House Armed Services Committee questioned Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro regarding the Navy’s strategy to address its recruitment challenges. This comes after the Navy failed to meet its recruitment targets for the first time in fiscal year 2023.

The Navy reported later this year in October that it exceeded its recruiting goals for FY 2024. Military recruits are an important ingredient to cleared recruiting success as they provide many candidates to the cleared candidate pool once they transition.

Take a trip down memory lane: The Impact of Military Recruiting Challenges on the Future Cleared Candidate Pool

5. D.C. Recruiters Will Have to Abide By Pay Transparency Laws

Work in D.C. or are seeking employment in our nation’s capitol? These folks earned legal honesty from prospective employers in March of this year.

There are several states that have implemented pay transparency laws to promote fairness and equality in the workplace. Some of the states with such laws include CA, CO, CT, DE, IL, ME, MD, MA, MI, NJ, NY, OR, and WA.

Washington, D.C. has joined these states in requiring employers to provide salary ranges in job postings and prohibiting the consideration of pay history when setting compensation: D.C. Recruiters Will Have to Abide By Pay Transparency Laws