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Market evidence report — talent-acquisition-manager
Source: 39 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 39), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-20. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 25 | 64 % |
| senior | 8 | 21 % |
| lead | 5 | 13 % |
| junior | 1 | 3 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | applicant tracking system (ATS) | 13 | 33 % |
| 2 | LinkedIn / LinkedIn Recruiter | 11 | 28 % |
| 3 | Microsoft Office | 9 | 23 % |
| 4 | Indeed | 5 | 13 % |
| 5 | applicant tracking systems | 3 | 8 % |
| 6 | applicant tracking systems (ATS) | 3 | 8 % |
| 7 | Greenhouse | 3 | 8 % |
| 8 | ICIMS | 3 | 8 % |
| 9 | Microsoft Excel | 3 | 8 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talent acquisition | 17 | 44 % |
| 2 | workforce planning | 16 | 41 % |
| 3 | data analysis | 15 | 38 % |
| 4 | candidate sourcing | 11 | 28 % |
| 5 | full-cycle recruiting | 11 | 28 % |
| 6 | interviewing | 8 | 21 % |
| 7 | talent pipeline development | 5 | 13 % |
| 8 | budget management | 4 | 10 % |
| 9 | compliance | 4 | 10 % |
| 10 | market research | 4 | 10 % |
| 11 | negotiation | 4 | 10 % |
| 12 | process improvement | 4 | 10 % |
| 13 | recruiting | 4 | 10 % |
| 14 | sourcing | 4 | 10 % |
| 15 | sourcing strategies | 4 | 10 % |
| 16 | stakeholder management | 4 | 10 % |
| 17 | succession planning | 4 | 10 % |
| 18 | candidate screening | 3 | 8 % |
| 19 | change management | 3 | 8 % |
| 20 | full-cycle recruitment | 3 | 8 % |
| 21 | performance management | 3 | 8 % |
| 22 | recruiting strategy | 3 | 8 % |
| 23 | recruitment strategy | 3 | 8 % |
| 24 | talent acquisition strategy | 3 | 8 % |
| 25 | talent sourcing | 3 | 8 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | employer branding | 6 | 15 % |
| 2 | pipeline development | 3 | 8 % |
| 3 | recruiting best practices | 3 | 8 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | team leadership | 12 | 31 % |
| 2 | hiring manager partnership | 6 | 15 % |
| 3 | process improvement | 6 | 15 % |
| 4 | candidate screening | 5 | 13 % |
| 5 | recruiting metrics tracking | 4 | 10 % |
| 6 | talent pipeline building | 4 | 10 % |
| 7 | candidate interviewing | 3 | 8 % |
| 8 | candidate sourcing | 3 | 8 % |
| 9 | offer management | 3 | 8 % |
| 10 | offer negotiation | 3 | 8 % |
| 11 | onboarding coordination | 3 | 8 % |
| 12 | recruiter coaching | 3 | 8 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 39 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
39 ads.
Top hard skills:
- talent acquisition — 44 % (17 ads)
- workforce planning — 41 % (16 ads)
- data analysis — 38 % (15 ads)
- candidate sourcing — 28 % (11 ads)
- full-cycle recruiting — 28 % (11 ads)
- interviewing — 21 % (8 ads)
- talent pipeline development — 13 % (5 ads)
- budget management — 10 % (4 ads)
- compliance — 10 % (4 ads)
- market research — 10 % (4 ads)
Top tools:
- applicant tracking system (ATS) — 33 % (13 ads)
- LinkedIn / LinkedIn Recruiter — 28 % (11 ads)
- Microsoft Office — 23 % (9 ads)
- Indeed — 13 % (5 ads)
- applicant tracking systems — 8 % (3 ads)
- applicant tracking systems (ATS) — 8 % (3 ads)
- Greenhouse — 8 % (3 ads)
- ICIMS — 8 % (3 ads)
- Microsoft Excel — 8 % (3 ads)
- HRIS — 5 % (2 ads)
Seniority: mid 64 % · senior 21 % · lead 13 % · junior 3 %
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Talent Acquisition Manager | 6 |
| SENIOR DIRECTOR, TALENT ACQUISITION | 2 |
| Talent Acquisition & Recruitment Manager | 2 |
| Talent Acquisition Manager, Partners & Counsel | 2 |
| Full‑Cycle Talent Acquisition Specialist | 1 |
| Head of Talent Acquisition | 1 |
| Manager II, Talent Acquisition - Human Resour | 1 |
| Manager of Talent Acquisition - University Relations | 1 |
| Manager, Legal Talent Acquisition | 1 |
| Manager, Talent Acquisition Operations | 1 |
| Manager, Talent Acquisition Process | 1 |
| Senior Director, Talent Acquisition, NA | 1 |
| Senior Manager of Talent Acquisition | 1 |
| Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition | 1 |
| Senior Recruiter - Talent Acquisition and Growth Specialist | 1 |
| Senior Talent Acquisition Manager | 1 |
| Sr Mgr. Talent Acquisition | 1 |
| Sr. Manager, Talent Acquisition | 1 |
| Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist - NETA & Technical Recruiting | 1 |
| Strategic Talent Acquisition Manager | 1 |
| Talent Acquisition Manager - $35-$38/hr - Alexandria, VA | 1 |
| Talent Acquisition Manager - $35-$38/hr - Mt Vernon, VA | 1 |
| Talent Acquisition Manager - Chimes DC (Baltimore, MD/Onsite) | 1 |
| Talent Acquisition Manager - DC/VA/MD | 1 |
| Talent Acquisition Manager - Executive Search (Location Flexible) | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.