As every year, Computrabajo and Pandapé have joined forces to carry out an exhaustive analysis of the main labor trends in Latin American countries.
Through the results of surveys of 1,000 HR leaders and polls of 4,000 professionals from various sectors, the report provides a detailed overview of the evolution of employment, the most common challenges in recruiting and talent management, as well as new perspectives for 2025.
How will companies hire in 2025?
Below we summarize the main findings of the study, extracted from Market Research 2025 , regarding the hiring outlook in the region.
Hiring outlook…downward
The report notes a slowdown in workforce growth in Latin American companies.
While in 2023, 4% of respondents said algeria telegram data they had not made any hires, in 2024 this figure tripled: 15% of companies said they had not added employees to their workforce.
On the other hand, 37% of companies made more than 50 hires in all of 2023, while in the last year only 2% of organizations made more than 50 hires in the entire year.
In 2025, the scenario is expected to be similar, as 20% of companies do not expect to increase their workforce and almost 50% foresee growth of less than 10%.
Operational and commercial positions…on the rise ⬆
Following the trend of 2023, during 2024 the most hired profiles were specialized operational and commercial, motivated mainly by staff replacement and business growth . In 2025, the workforce is expected to grow due to new projects and initiatives.
As we know, when we talk about staff replacement we can mention involuntary reasons such as retirement or dismissals due to restructuring. However, in Latam there is a phenomenon that we analyze with special interest in this study: voluntary turnover .
Download your copy to learn about the expected turnover rate in 2025 and what HR professionals are doing to reduce it.
Candidates and recruiters in tune
This 2025 report revealed recruiters' preference for job boards (53%) as the main source of recruitment, followed by social networks (43% LinkedIn and 37% on FB or IG), unlike the previous year where internal mobility and referral programs still stood out in the top 3.
What do the candidates say?
This year we asked ourselves if recruiters look for talent in the same channel where talent looks for jobs, so we conducted a survey among more than 1,600 professionals.
The results confirmed that 65% of people look for talent in a job bank, which is why it is the best option.
Main challenges of the selection process
Selection processes present challenges for both recruiters and candidates.
In 2024, the biggest challenge they faced was the shortage of talent (53%), uncompetitive salaries (46%) and candidates who disappear halfway through the process (41%).
From the candidates' perspective, the #1 problem with selection processes is that they are long or without response (48%), and offers with uncompetitive salaries (45%).
So the great opportunity that these data reveal to us is to streamline and speed up processes, because among that 48% who suffer from not getting a quick response, there may be a great profile for our organization.
Check out the results of the 2025 labor market study analysis
The report prepared by Pandapé and Computrabajo highlights the ongoing transformation of the labor market in Latin America, driven by technology, remote work and the need to adapt to a changing environment, summarizing the findings in.
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